Noun
Sentence in an essay that indicates your stance/opinion and ideas
Thesis statement
words that indicate small change
moderate, marginal, slight
Preferred
popular, favoured, well liked
this word is used when talking about a specific time/location
AT
a phrase to sum up ideas.
in conclusion, in a nutshell, as a conclusion
these words mean an obvious change
dramatically, significantly
other phrases to mean 'in my opinion'
this word is used to show movement of time
from .... to
these phrases indicate cause
because of, due to, since, result of
remain constant, plateau, remain unchanged
phrase that is similar in function to;
just as, similar to, in the same way
likewise, similarly
this word can be used to show difference in quantity or as a tool to do something
by
this word shows continuation of ideas from previous sentence
in addition, furthermore, moreover, besides that
The correct tense to be used in WT1
past tense
words that indicate obvious rise.
surge, skyrocketed
to have an upper hand or an edge
Advantage
Yesterday somebody stole our TV _______ we were asleep.
while
these phrases show contrasting idea
On the contrary, in contrast, although, whereas
the preferred tense to be used in WT2
present tense
Words that indicate a huge fall
decrease, sink, plummet, plunge
drawback, limitation, weakness, flaw, pitfall, downside
I stayed ____ the Ritz Hotel ________ my stay in New York.
at .... during
this word can be used for comparison and also replace because