1
Q
What are some of the structures to show contrast?
A
much AW cab
(1) Much as …, … .
(2) Unlike …, … .
(3) …, compared to … .
(4) …; However, … .
(5) Although …, … .
(6) While …, … .
(7) …; conversely, … .
(8) …, as opposed to … .
(9) …; by contrast, … .
2
Q
What are some structures to show similarity?
A
(1) …, very much the same as … .
(2) …; in (much) the same way, … .
(3) …, very much like… .
(4) …; also, … .
(5) …; by the same token, … .
3
Q
Writing Task #1
Process description
First:
1 - 8
Next:
1 - 23
While:
1 - 4
Last:
1 - 2
A
First:
- First, …
- At first, …
- At the beginning …
- Initially, …
- The process starts when …
- The process begins with
- At the first stage in the process, …
- In the first stage of the process, …
Next:
- The second step involves …
- In the next stage …
- After X, Y …
- After that, …
- After this, …
- Afterwards, …
- Following this, …
- At the following stage, …
- Subsequent to this, …
- Subsequently, …
- As a consequence, …
- Next, …
- Then, …
- Later, …
- When X, …Y.
- As X , Y.
- One X , Y.
- As soon as …
- At this stage, …
- …, in turn, …
- From this point on, …
- Before X , Y.
- … until …
While:
- Simultaneously …
- At the same time, …
- Meanwhile, …
- During this process, …
Last:
- Eventually, …
- Finally, …
