AS/ A2 Writing Phrases

Flashcards for AS/ A2 Writing Opening, Linking phrases, Balancing an argument, Expressing your point of view

Primero

Firstly (Opening phrase)

En primer / segundo / tercer lugar

In the first / second / 3rd place (Opening phrase)

Primero tenemos que preguntarnos si…

First we have to ask ourselves whether… (Opening phrase)

Por consiguiente

Consequently (Linking phrase)

Por consecuencia

Consequently (Linking phrase)

En principio

In principle (Linking phrase)

Por otra parte

On the other hand (Linking phrase)

Además

In addition (Linking phrase)

Es más

Moreover/ furthermore (Linking phrase)

Debido a esto

Due to this (Linking phrase)

Dicho de otro modo

In other words (Linking phrase)

No sólo…sino (followed by a noun)

Not only….but also (Linking phrase)

Es decir

That is to say (Linking phrase)

Resulta que

It turns out that (Linking phrase)

Esto explica por qué

This explains why (Linking phrase)

Así que

So (Linking phrase)

Así es que

Therefore (Linking phrase)

Se trata de

It concerns (Linking phrase)

Desgraciadamente

Unfortunately (Linking phrase)

Por desgracia

Unfortunately (Linking phrase)

Para colmo

To cap it all (Linking phrase)

Puesto que

Since (Linking phrase)

Ya que

Since (Linking phrase)

Sin embargo

However (Linking phrase)

No obstante

However (Linking phrase)

Teniendo en cuenta el hecho de que

Remembering that (Balancing an argument)

Dado que

Given that (Balancing an argument)

En realidad

In reality (Balancing an argument)

A pesar de esto

Despite this (Balancing an argument)

Aparte de eso

Aside from this (Balancing an argument)

Al contrario

On the contrary (Balancing an argument)

Visto así

Seen in this light (Balancing an argument)

Por un lado

On the one hand (Balancing an argument)

Por otro lado

On the other hand (Balancing an argument)

De todos modos

Anyway (Balancing an argument)

De todas maneras/formas

Anyway (Balancing an argument)

En cuanto a

With regard to (Balancing an argument)

En lugar de eso

Instead of that (Balancing an argument)

Mientras que

Whilst (Balancing an argument)

Y por si fuera poco,…

And as if this were not enough,… (Balancing an argument)

No estoy ni a favor ni en contra de (+noun/inf)

I’m neither against or in favour of (Balancing an argument)

Claro que (+clause)

Clearly (Expressing your point of view)

Desde mi punto de vista

From my point of view (Expressing your point of view)

A mi parecer

In my opinion (Expressing your point of view)

A mi modo de ver

From my view point (Expressing your point of view)

A mí me parece que

It seems to me that (Expressing your point of view)

Yo opino que

I think that (Expressing your point of view)

Por mi parte creo que

As far as I’m concerned (Expressing your point of view)

Estoy de acuerdo con los que opinan que + INDICATIVE

I agree with those who think that (Expressing a point of view in the INDICATIVE)

Estoy convencido de que + INDICATIVE

I’m convinced that (Expressing a point of view in the INDICATIVE)

Esto me lleva a la conclusión de que

This leads me to conclude that (Expressing a point of view in the INDICATIVE)

No cabe duda de que

There can be no doubt that (Expressing a point of view in the INDICATIVE)

No se puede negar que

One cannot deny that (Expressing a point of view in the INDICATIVE)

Es cierto que

It is true that (Expressing a point of view in the INDICATIVE)

Hay que tener en cuenta (que)

One must remember that (Expressing a point of view in the INDICATIVE)

Hay que subrayar la importancia de

One must stress the importance of (Expressing a point of view in the INDICATIVE)

No estoy convencido de que + SUBJUNCTIVE

I’m not convinced that (Expressing a point of view in the SUBJUNCTIVE)

No creo que + SUBJUNCTIVE

I don’t think that (Expressing a point of view in the SUBJUNCTIVE)

Nadie diría que + IMPERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE

Nobody would say that (Expressing a point of view in the SUBJUNCTIVE)

¿Por qué tenemos que soportar que + SUBJUNCTIVE?

Why should we put up with… (Expressing a point of view in the SUBJUNCTIVE)

Es intolerable / insoportable que + SUBJUNCTIVE

It’s intolerable that (Expressing a point of view in the SUBJUNCTIVE)

A mí no me parece lógico que + SUBJUNCTIVE

I don’t think it’s logical that (Expressing a point of view in the SUBJUNCTIVE)

No me sorprende que + SUBJUNCTIVE

I’m not surprised that (Expressing a point of view in the SUBJUNCTIVE)

A mí me resulta curioso que + SUBJUNCTIVE

Isn’t it curious that (Expressing a point of view in the SUBJUNCTIVE)

¿No sería mejor que + IMPERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE?

Wouldn’t it be better to… (Expressing a point of view in the SUBJUNCTIVE)

¿Por qué no exigimos todos que + SUBJUNCTIVE?

Why don’t we all demand that (Expressing a point of view in the SUBJUNCTIVE)

Es de lamentar que + SUBJUNCTIVE

It’s a shame that (Expressing a point of view in the SUBJUNCTIVE)

Es una afrenta a la sociedad que + SUBJUNCTIVE

It’s an affront to society that (Expressing a point of view in the SUBJUNCTIVE)

Parece mentira que + SUBJUNCTIVE

It’s incredible that (Expressing a point of view in the SUBJUNCTIVE)

Es importante que + SUBJUNCTIVE

It’s important to (Expressing a point of view in the SUBJUNCTIVE)

Según las cifras

According to the statistics (Introducing other points of view)

Las cifras demuestran que

The statistics show that (Introducing other points of view)

Como ya se sabe

As is well-known (Introducing other points of view)

Por supuesto que

Of course (Introducing other points of view)

Claro que (+clause)

Clearly (Introducing other points of view)

Desde el punto de vista de…

From the point of view of… (Introducing other points of view)

Hay quienes dicen que

Some say that (Introducing other points of view)

Otros afirman que

Others would say that (Introducing other points of view)

La mayoría opina que

Most people think that (Introducing other points of view)

La gente piensa que

People think that (Introducing other points of view)

El caso es que

The fact remains that (Introducing other points of view)

Otro factor es que

Another factor is that (Introducing other points of view)

No cabe duda de que

There can be no doubt that (Introducing other points of view)

Es de suponer que

We can assume that (Introducing other points of view)

Debemos tener en cuenta que

We must remember that (Introducing other points of view)

Resulta que

It transpires that (Introducing other points of view)

Lo cierto es que

What is certain is that (Introducing other points of view)

Este argumento carece de sentido

This argument lacks sense (Rejecting other points of view)

Este argumento carece de sustancia

This argument lacks substance (Rejecting other points of view)

Este una ilusión creer que

We’re kidding ourselves if we think that (Rejecting other points of view)

No hay manera de saber si

There’s no way of telling whether (Rejecting other points of view)

La clave del problema es …

The key to the problem is… (Coming to the point)

La solución obvia es…

The obvious solution is… (Coming to the point)

Hay que tomar medidas urgentes para…

Urgent measures must be taken to… (Coming to the point)

Una crisis a escala mundial

A global crisis (Coming to the point)

Una situación inquietante

A worrying situation (Coming to the point)

La preocupación predominante

The overriding worry (Coming to the point)

La situación va empeorando

The situation is worsening (Coming to the point)

La situación sigue deteriorando

The situation is continuing to deteriorate (Coming to the point)

A corto plazo / largo plazo

In the short / long term (Coming to the point)