Practice
for IELTS
Understanding an adverb
clause will be very useful in writing, especially in task 2, where you
have to write an argumentative essay. You can use expressions such as
while, although, despite the fact that to make concessions. Look at the
following arguments for and against some well-known topics.
Topic |
For |
Against |
| A TV and children
|
Educational programmes-
safe’ baby-sitting’ |
Adverts targeted
at children—too much violence |
| B Women working
versus staying at home |
Children benefit
from nurseries and day-care |
Young children
need to be with their mothers
|
| C Too many cars
in cities |
Build more roads
|
More car users |
| B Women working
versus staying at home |
Children benefit
from nurseries and day-care |
Young children
need to be with their mothers
|
| C Too many cars
in cities |
Build more roads
|
More car users |
-In
each case, imagine that your opinion is the ‘against’ argument.
Write a short paragraph on each topic. Begin with a sentence containing
the main argument and then clarify your view by making a concession. Here
is an example:
| As far as I can
tell, television has few benefits for children. While I agree that
there are some good educational programmes these days, far too much
advertising is targeted at children and this makes television viewing
very undesirable. |
|