hello my name is Emma and in today's
video I am going to teach you a very
good and useful trick on how to write
essays how to sound better when you
speak how to do better in presentations
this tip is very useful if you are
taking the TOEFL or the IELTS or if you
are studying in college university or
high school okay so it's a very very
useful trick this trick is called well
I'm calling it how to start right okay
so I'm going to teach you a great way to
start either in your essays or in your
speech oftentimes if you're taking the
TOEFL or the IELTS you're going to be
asked to give your opinion on something
okay
in general life you might have to give
your opinion on something maybe somebody
wants to know what do you prefer
do you prefer go into a restaurant or do
you prefer eating at home what's better
okay when you give your opinion it's a
very good idea to start by saying what
is good about the opposite opinion okay
so example if I love restaurants I want
to eat at a restaurant instead of just
saying I love restaurants a better way
to start this is by saying the opposite
the good part of the opposite so how can
I do this well I can say something like
although some people love eating at home
I prefer eating at a restaurant okay
another example imagine somebody wants
to know if I like cats better or dogs
better what is the better animal well
maybe if I like dogs better I would say
although some people prefer cats
I prefer dogs although some people
prefer to live in cold countries I
prefer warm countries so you can use
this in essays in speech
in so many different ways it's always a
good idea to start with the opposite of
what you believe a good point of the
opposite and then to say your opinion
okay so I want you to try this okay I'm
going to give you a question and I want
you to use this formula what do you
prefer
waking up early or waking up late okay
so although some people prefer waking up
I prefer waking up and here you would
say either early or late okay
so I've used this word although although
is to show this contrast okay it's a
very very great word useful word when
you're writing essays or speaking in a
formal setting something that has the
same meaning as although is even though
okay so very similar even though and we
can use the same formula okay if I ask
you would you rather go to a beach or go
skiing you can say even though some
people love going to beaches I prefer
skiing
even though skiing is a lot of fun I'd
rather go to the beach okay so again
you're offering the opposite idea first
and then your idea
great for TOEFL and IELTS speaking okay
so let's look at these sentence
structures a little bit closer so I have
here my words although even though what
follows is a subject a subject can be
words like some people can be he she we
the teacher okay so the subject is
pretty much a noun although Canada okay
although candidate
even though Canada now you need a verb
even though Canada use a verb is even
though Canada is a good country okay if
I was writing now I would put a comma
even though Canada is a good country
Canada has problems so what I'm trying
to get out here is that if you use
although you will have two parts of a
sentence you will have part one before
the comma which has a subject and a verb
and then you will have a second part
part two with a subject and a verb okay
so let me give you one more example
although learning English is fun many
students find it difficult okay although
some people like learning English
I prefer learning French okay just some
examples of these types of ideas so
let's look at a couple more expressions
to help you show the opposite view okay
so let's look at some more words that
you can use to show the opposing side
okay we can use the word despite despite
is very similar to although and even
though imagine this imagine if I asked
you if you would rather live in the city
or in the countryside would you rather
live in a big city or in a quiet town in
the countryside which would you prefer
so imagine if you prefer the city okay
you might say something like despite the
advantages of living in the country
comma I prefer living in the city okay
despite the advantages of living in the
country I prefer living in the city
despite the calm of the country despite
the peace the peacefulness of the
country the quiet of the country I
for the city okay
so again this is a great way to start
either in an essay or when you're giving
an answer for TOEFL and IELTS is it's a
great way to do this one thing here
despite is a little bit different than
although and even though the way it is
different is despite is followed by a
noun it is not followed by a noun and a
verb
only a noun okay so we could say despite
despite my money despite my dog
despite the disadvantage despite my
teacher despite global warming okay so
you don't need a verb you just say
despite noun then you have a comma and
then you can say subject verb okay so
despite despite happiness
despite peace despite the nightlife I
would prefer to live in the country okay
another way you can show the opposing
opinion is with the word nevertheless
okay
some people like living in the city
nevertheless I like living in the
countryside
some people like playing computer games
nevertheless I like reading books okay
some people love their politicians
nevertheless I find politicians are not
always honest
okay so again this is where you're
giving the opposite view finally
nevertheless has the same meaning as
however some people like movies however
I don't
I prefer books okay so however
nevertheless despite even though and
although our great ways to show the
opposing viewpoint great for TOEFL and
IELTS as well as presentations and just
everyday speaking and essay writing
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