For and Against Essay: Tips and Examples

Introduction: hacer introducción general del tema, Ej: Some people claim/believe/say (algunas personas afirman/creen/dicen), It is sometimes said (a veces se dice) Arguments in favor: damos argumentos de lo que apoyemos (poner unos cuantos) Ej: Let me start by saying (déjame empezar diciendo), On the one hand (por un lado). Arguments against: si no es lo que defiendes poner pocos Ej: On the other hand...(por otra parte), Secondly (en segundo lugar) Conclusion: poner tu opinión Ej: In conclusión (en conclusion).EXPRESSIONS: However (sin embargo), still (todavia) though (aunque), that (que) while (mientras que) In fact (de hecho) actually (actualmente) owing to (debido a) bebidas (además). INTRODUCCIÓN: Las personas suelen estar acostumbradas a... (people are usually usad to) CONCLUSION: although the...is fine, see the... at home is better because of what was said above (aunque el... esta bien ver las... en casa es mejor por lo dicho anteriormente) PRESENT SIMPLE: he/she/it: +es, I/you/we/they: verbo infinitivo. Negativa: i don't / he doesn't +verbo infinitivo. ?: Do/does: +verbo infinitivo. Every day (cada dia), always (siempre), usually (normalmente), hardly ever (casi nunca)...PRESENT CONTINUOUS: i am verb+ing/ you are verb+ing/ he is verb+ing.PAST SIMPLE: i/you/he/we/they: +ed o 2 lista, ?: did

PAST CONTINUOUS: i/she/he/it: was v+ing, you/we/they were v+ing (pasado simple después del when, pasado continuo después del While Ej:Jose called while I was watching the news(Jose llamó mientras estaba mirando las noticias.)VERBOS IRREGULARES: be/was o were/been (ser o estar) begin/began/begun/ (empezar) break/broke/broken (romper) bring/brought/brought (traer) build/built/built (construir) burn/burnt/burnt (quemar) buy/bought/bought (comprar) can/could/been able to (poder) catch/caught/caught (coger) Choose/chose/chosen (coger) come/came/come (venir) cost/cost/cost (costar) cut/cut/cut (cortar) do/did/done (hacer) dream/dreamt/dreamt (soñar) drink/drank/drunk (beber) drive/drove/driven (conducir) eat/ate/eaten (comer) fall/fell/fallen (caer) feel/felt/felt (sentir) flight/fought/fought (luchar) fly/flew/flown (volar) forget/forgot/forgotten (olvidar) get/got/got (obtener) give/gave/given (dar) go/went/gone (ir) have/had/had (tener) hear/heard/heard (oir) know/knew/known (saber) learn/learnt/learnt (aprender) leave/left/left (irse) lose/lost/lost (perder) make/made/made (hacer) must/had to/had to (tener que) pay/paid/paid (pagar) put/put/put (poner) read/read/read (leer) run/ran/run (correr) say/said/said (decir) see/saw/seen (ver) show/showen/shown (enseñar) sing/sang/sung (cantar)sleep/slept/slept (dormir) speak/spoke/spoken (hablar) spend/spent/spent (gastar) take/took/taken (coger) teach/taught/taught (enseñar) think/thought/thought (pensar) understand/ understood/understood (entender) win/won/won (ganar).