Essays

Useful essay-phrases:

• One argument in favour/against of..
• I am inclined to believe..
• In the light of this evidence..
• Taking everything into consideration,
• There is no absolute answer to the question of...

Useful grammatical structures for essays

• Causative: have (in all tenses) + object + past participle
• Subjunctive: (advise,recommend,suggest,etc) + (that) + subject + (should) + bare infinitive
• Wish/If only: wish + past simple ~~ wish + past perfect ~~ wish + subject + would + bare inf.
• Passive voice: be(in the correct form) + past participle
• Modals: must/mustn't/ can/can't/should/etc. ~~~ Most of the modals + bare inf. = present
                                                                               Modals + have + past participle = past