In last week's lesson I showed you a band 9 paragraph using a "firstly, secondly, finally" structure. I also asked you to think of some alternative words or phrases that we could use instead of "firstly, secondly, finally".
Click here to see some other ways to link 3 ideas in the same paragraph.
Thanks !
Posted by: Seinn | Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 09:20
Got it！
One thing I really feel frustrated is that I have no access to videos on Youtube, so I can't watch the videos in your lessons. Is it possible to download the videos for us or any solutions? :-(
Posted by: Jasmine | Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 09:29
thanks you
Posted by: bo.gia | Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 11:09
Simon,
Could you please advise me, who you recommend to get the essays corrected?
Regards,
Braulio
Posted by: braulio | Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 12:53
First,Moreover,In sum
Posted by: Mark | Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 14:38
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Posted by: Aada | Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 15:54
Dear Mr. Simon,
Could you please suggest me some ideas about this topic:
" The costs of international travel are decreasing and tourism is growing.
Do the advantages of increased tourism outweigh the disadvantages".
I'm a rookie in Ielts, so I often lack of strong ideas, please to help me sometimes.
Thank you so much and best wishes for your useful website!! ^-^
Posted by: Toof em | Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 03:14
Dear Simon,
A quick question here -
Should there be a "that" in the sentence?
...the cost of living in a city is usually much higher than "that" in a small town or village.
Or not necessary?
Thank you.
dana
Posted by: dana | Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 08:10
I just want to summary the basic structure that Simon uses in this paragraph:
TS
SS1 + Explain the reason
SS2 + Example
SS3 + Explain the result.
Note:
TS: Topic Sentence
SS: Support Sentence
You can see that this is really a structure easy for us to try in your test.
By the way, I have the same question as "dana" has about the 'that' in SS1. Can anyone please help answer it?
Thanks.
Posted by: Alex | Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 14:44
I should say "make a summary" or "summarize" in my previous comment.
Sorry for my mistake.
Posted by: Alex | Thursday, February 27, 2014 at 14:46
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Posted by: jolie | Friday, February 28, 2014 at 04:54
To begin with, follow by, afterwards, Lastly
Posted by: Sammie | Friday, February 28, 2014 at 08:29
Alex, that is a really good summary of the paragraph structure.
Posted by: Leo | Friday, February 28, 2014 at 13:43
Hello Simon sir, If i have three points then can i write in the following manner?(1,2,3 are paragraphs)
1.1st point+example and 2nd point+example
2.finally+example
3.conclusion
Posted by: Macky | Sunday, March 02, 2014 at 06:09
Hi it has to be summarize not summary :)
Posted by: maui | Sunday, March 02, 2014 at 10:50
Initially, Furthermorer, Last but not least
Posted by: Yusufboy | Wednesday, March 05, 2014 at 06:21