IELTS Writing Task 2 - Useful Language (Collocations)

Flashcards featuring collocations and useful phrases for IELTS Writing Task 2, categorized by theme such as Advantages, Disadvantages, Agreement, Disagreement, Cause, Effect, and Problems.

Offer significant benefits

A collocation used to describe providing major advantages.

Bring considerable advantages

To produce a substantial number of positive points or benefits.

Play a crucial role in

To be extremely important or essential in a specific situation or process.

Provide opportunities for

To create chances or possibilities for something to occur.

Contribute to the development of

To help something grow, advance, or progress.

Enhance the quality of

To improve how good, effective, or valuable something is.

Have a positive impact on

To affect something in a beneficial or helpful way.

Lead to improved

To result in a better version or state of something.

Promote economic growth

To encourage the increase in the capacity of an economy to produce goods and services.

Increase efficiency / productivity

To raise the level of performance or the rate of production.

Pose serious problems

To present or cause significant difficulties or issues.

Create potential risks

To cause the possibility of something bad or dangerous happening.

Have detrimental effects on

To have a harmful or damaging influence on something.

Lead to negative consequences

To result in unwelcome or unpleasant outcomes.

Result in serious drawbacks

To end in significant disadvantages or negative aspects.

Give rise to concerns about

To cause people to feel worried or anxious about a particular issue.

Undermine the quality of

To weaken or damage the excellence or standard of something.

Place pressure on

To put a strain or a heavy demand on a person, system, or resource.

Increase the likelihood of

To make something more probable or likely to happen.

I strongly agree that

A powerful expression of complete concurrence with a specific statement.

I firmly believe that

To have a very strong conviction or opinion regarding a fact or idea.

There is no doubt that

A phrase used to emphasize that something is certainly true.

It is widely acknowledged that

Used to express that an idea is accepted or known by many people.

It is undeniable that

Used to describe a fact that is so certainly true that it cannot be argued against.

I completely support the view that

An expression used to show total agreement with a particular perspective.

This argument is highly convincing

Used when a line of reasoning is very persuasive or believable.

I strongly disagree with the view that

A phrase used to express a powerful lack of concurrence with an opinion.

This argument is unconvincing

Used to state that a specific line of reasoning is not persuasive or credible.

This perspective overlooks the fact that

Used to point out that a viewpoint ignores a critical piece of information.

It is difficult to accept the idea that

Used to express skepticism or disagreement with a concept.

This claim is highly questionable

Used to state that a statement or assertion is likely to be incorrect or doubtful.

This view fails to consider

Used to highlight that a specific perspective does not take certain factors into account.

Stem from

To be caused by or to originate from something specific.

Trigger

To cause an event or situation to happen or exist, often suddenly.

Have a profound impact on

To have a very great or intense influence on someone or something.

Have far-reaching consequences

To have effects that extend over a long period or affect a wide range of things.

Produce significant results

To yield outcomes that are important or noticeable.

Bring about changes in

To cause transformations or modifications to occur.

Affect the overall quality of

To influence the general standard or excellence of something.

Exert a strong influence on

To have a powerful effect on the way someone or something develops or behaves.

Face serious challenges

To be confronted with major difficulties that require effort or skill to resolve.

Pose a major threat to

To present a significant danger or risk to something.

Remain a pressing issue

To continue to be an urgent problem that needs to be dealt with.

Be a growing concern

To be an issue that is increasingly causing worry or anxiety.

Require immediate attention

To be urgent enough that it must be dealt with right away.

Be a matter of great concern

To be a topic or problem that is extremely worrying.

Create social problems

To cause issues that affect many people within a society.

Put a strain on

To place a heavy burden or pressure on a resource, relationship, or system.