Writing Phrases

Killer phrases for A2 Writing

A list of useful phrases to have next to you when doing extended writing tasks not go overboard as it will then read like a string of clich\u00e9s \u2013 use some o structure your ideas. Remember content is at least as important as language. Opening phrases:

Primero Firstly En primer / segundo / tercer lugar In the first / second / 3rd place Primero tenemos que preguntarnos siFirst we have to ask ourselves whether...

Linking phrases:

Por consiguiente Consequently Por consecuencia Consequently Enprincipio In principle Por otra parte On the other hand Adem\u00e1s In addition Es m\u00e1s, Moreover/ furthermore Debido a esto Due to this Dicho de otro modo In other words No s\u00f3lo...sino (followed by Not a noun) only....but also Es decir That is to say Resulta que It turns out that Esto explica por qu\u00e9 This explains why As\u00ed que So As\u00ed es que Therefore Se trata de It concerns Desgraciadamente Unfortunately Por desgracia Unforutantely Para colmo To cap it all Puesto que Since Ya que Since Sin embargo However No obstante However

Balancing an argument:

Teniendo en cuenta el hecho de R que emembering that Dado que Given that En realidad In reality A pesar de esto Despite this Aparte de eso Aside from this Al contrario On the contrary Visto as\u00ed Seen in this light Por un lado On the one hand Por otro lado On the other hand De todos modos Anyway De todas maneras/formas Anyway En cuanto a With regard to En lugar de eso Instead of that Mientras que Whilst And as if this were not enough,... Y por si fuera poco,... No estoy ni a favor ni en contra I\u2019m de neither against or in favour of (+noun/inf)

Expressing your point of view:

Claro que (+clause) Desde mi punto de vista A mi parecer A mi modo de ver A m\u00ed me parece que Yo opino que Por mi parte creo que

Clearly From my point of view of In my opinion From my view point It seems to me that I think that As far as I\u2019m concerned

Expressing a point of view in the INDICATIVE:

Estoy de acuerdo con los opinanI que+ agree with those who think that INDICATIVE Estoy convencido de que + INDICATIVE I\u2019m convinced that Esto me lleva a la conclusi\u00f3n This deleads que me to conclude that No cabe duda de que There can be no doubt that No se puede negar que One cannot deny that Es cierto que It is true that Hay que tener en cuenta (que) One must remember that Hay que subrayar la importanciaOne de must stress the importance of

Expressing a point of view in the SUBJUNCTIVE:

No estoy convencido de que + I\u2019m not convinced that SUBJUNCTIVE No creo que + SUBJUNCTIVE I don\u2019t think that Nadie dir\u00eda que + IMPERF ECT would say that Nobody SUBJUNCTIVE \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 tenemos que Why soportar shouldque we + put up with... SUBJUNCTIVE? Es intolerable / insoportable queIt\u2019s + intolerable that SUBJUNCTIVE A m\u00ed no me parece l\u00f3gico I don\u2019t que + think it\u2019s logical that SUBJUNCTIVE No me sorprende que + SUBJUNCTIVE I\u2019m not surprised that A m\u00ed me resulta curioso que + Isn\u2019t it curious that SUBJUNCTIVE \u00bfNo ser\u00eda mejor que Wouldn\u2019t + IMPERFECT it be better to... SUBJUNCTIVE? \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 no exigimosWhy todos don\u2019t que + we all demand that SUBJUNCTIVE? a shame that Es de lamentar que + SUBJUNCIt\u2019s TIVE Es una afrenta a la sociedad queIt\u2019s + an affront to society that SUBJUNCTIVE Parece mentira que + SUBJUNCIt\u2019s TIVE incredible that Es importante que + SUBJUNCTIt\u2019s IVE important to

Introducing other points of view

Seg\u00fan las cifras,

According to the statistics,

Las cifras demuestran que Como ya se sabe Por supuesto que Claro que (+clause) Desde el punto de vista de... Hay quienes dicen que Otros afirman que La mayoría opina que La gente piensa que El caso es que Otro factor es que No cabe duda de que Es de suponer que Debemos tener en cuenta que Resulta que Lo cierto es que

The statistics show that As is well-known Of course Clearly From the point of view of Some say that Others would say that Most people think that People think that The fact remains that Another factor is that There can be no doubt that We can assume that that We must remember that It transpires that What is certain is that

Rejecting other points of view:

Este argumento carece de sentido This argument lacks sense Este argumento carece de sustancia This argument lacks substance Este una ilusión creer que We’re kidding ourselves if we think that No hay manera de saber si There’s no way of telling whether

Coming to the point:

La clave del problema es ... The key to the problem is... La solución obvia es... The obvious solution is... Hay que tomar medidas urgentes Urgent para...measures must be taken to... Una crisis a escala mundial A global crisis Una situación inquietante A worrying situation La preocupación predominante The overriding worry La situación va empeorando The situation is worsening La situación sigue deteriorando The situation is continuing to deteriorate A corto plazo / largo plazo In the short / long term

Refining your argument:

Hasta cierto punto En cierto modo De ningún modo De ninguna manera Apenas En ninguna circunstancias Bajo ningún concepto Simplemente Sencillamente Parcialmente Igualmente Efectivamente

Referring to time:

To a certain point To a degree In no way In no way Hardly Under no circumstances Under no circumstances Simply Simply Partially Equally In reality

Ultimamente Recently Durante estos últimos años Over the past few years Cuanto antes As soon as possible A corto plazo In the short term A largo plazo In the long run Hace poco tiempo Not long ago Cada vez más More and more Cada vez menos Fewer and fewer Hoy en día Nowadays Actualmente Now / At present Antes In the past En la época moderna In modern times En la sociedad contemporánea In contemporary society Éste es un tema que ya lleva años this topic has been appearing in the media apareciendo en los medios de for years comunicación