Structure of an article: Separate each part into a separate paragraph.

Beginning: Engage the reader and make them want to read more, you can begin with a question or a general opinion
Middle: State your main points and relate them to personal experiences and opinions.
Ending: Summarize your main points but make an overall point to make the reader think they have learned something from
reading the article

Suggested grammar structures:

Impersonal passive: It is said that HBO make the best movies in the world.
Modal verbs: It might be a good idea to take your time.
Conditionals: If I were you, I would watch it at the cinema.
Relative clauses: I know someone who lives in that area.
Wish: I wish I could eat chocolate every day.

Useful language

✓ Involving the reader ✓ Giving your own opinion

▪ Have you ever thought about…? ▪ In my opinion, …
▪ How would you feel if …? ▪ In my eyes, …
▪ What would you think of…? ▪ To my mind, …
▪ Are you one of those people who …? ▪ As far as I am concerned, …
▪ If the answer is …, you should…. ▪ Speaking personally, …
▪ What do you reckon to …? ▪ From my point of view, …
▪ What would live be like if… ▪ I hold the view that …
▪ Just think for a moment… ▪ I would say that …
▪ Just imagine… ▪ It seems to me that …
▪ I have no doubt that …
✓ Try to use extreme adjectives instead of intensifiers ▪ I am sure / I am certain that …
▪ I hold the opinion that …
▪ Very good = awesome, excellent, fantastic ▪ I dare say that …
▪ Very bad = awful, terrible, disturbing ▪ I guess that …
▪ I bet that ….
✓ Making the article lively and interesting (use adverbs) ✓ Justifying opinions
▪ importantly
▪ surprisingly ▪ because…
▪ worryingly ▪ the reason is…
▪ the most amazing ▪ the reason I believe that is…
▪ absolutely ▪ the facts suggest…
▪ amazingly ▪ the evidence shows…
▪ taking into account what I have seen…
✓ Developing your points
▪ Another advantage of … ✓ Making recommendations and suggestions:
▪ On top of all that…
▪ What is more, … ▪ It would be a good idea to…
▪ Above all,,, ▪ Wouldn’t it be better to…?
▪ The reason I think this is… ▪ Why don’t we…?
▪ The reason I feel this way is… ▪ What about… ?
▪ On top of that, … ▪ How about… ?
▪ Let’s start with … ▪ Shouldn’t we… ?
▪ Let’s consider…
▪ Why not… ?