COMPOSITION AND SPEAKING

COMPOSITION WRITING AND SPEAKING

PARA DAR UN PUNTO DE VISTA

In my opinion....................................

In my view.............................................

Personally..........................................

As far as I am concerned...................

From my point of view......................

The first thing that comes to my mind when I think about.....................

PARA EXPRESAR REALIDADES

As a matter of fact........................

In fact............................................

Actually.........................................

PARA DAR EJEMPLOS

For example.....................................

For instance......................................

Such as..............................................

PARA EXPRESAR ALGO DE OTRO MODO

That is................................

In other words..................................

PARA ESTABLECER UN CONTRASTE

However..............................................

Nevertheless........................................

On the other hand................................

Although...............................................

In spite of.............................................

Despite.................................................

PARA AÑADIR INFORMACIÓN

Apart from this....................................

Moreover.............................................

In addition............................................

PARA EXPRESAR CAUSAS O RESULTADOS

Because of this.......................................

For this reason........................................

That is why..............................................

Therefore.................................................

As a result of............................................

Consequently............................................

So..............................................................

PARA MODIFICAR LO QUE ESTAMOS DICIENDO

At least............................................................

In particular.....................................................

More or less....................................................

Above all........................................................

Basically.........................................................

PARA CONECTAR EL TIEMPO

First of all.......................................................

Next................................................................

In the meantime..............................................

After that.........................................................

Finally.............................................................

While..............................................................

In the end........................................................

PARA FINALIZAR

In short...........................................................

In conclusion..................................................

On the whole..................................................

To sum up.......................................................

WRITING (FRASES ÚTILES)

WRITING (FRASES ÚTILES)

"It is about time"
Ya es hora (seguido de un verbo en pasado)
It is about time you found a job

"It is no good" 
No vale la pena (seguido de un verbo en gerundio)
It is no good buying this paper, it is very expensive.

"In case"
Por si
I carry an umbrella in case it rains

"Had better"
Sería mejor (seguido de verbo en infinitivo)
 You’d better study or you’ll fail

Neither.........nor 

Paul is  neither short nor tall

It's no good +ing

(no vale la 

In case