Expressing personal opinions:
- In my opinion, …
- Personally, I think that …
- It seems to me that …
- I must admit that …
- I believe/suppose that …
- I cannot deny that …
- As I see it, …
- As far as I’m concerned, …
- I would argue that …
- I’d like to point out that …
- In my experience, …
- I am sure that …
- I am convinced that …
- I am certain that …
Proving your arguments
- to attest, …
- to prove, …
- this (fact) is attested/proven by …
- this (fact) is evidenced by …
- this (fact) is testified by …
- this (fact) is endorsed/supported by…
- this (evidence) establishes that …
Expressing general point of view:
- It is (generally) claimed that …
- It is (generally) said that …
- It is (generally) thought that …
- It is (generally) considered that …
- A common opinion is that …
- A popular belief is that …
Outlining facts
- The fact is that …
- It is obvious that …
- It is clear that …
- There is no doubt that …
- This proves that …
Generalising
- Generally speaking, …
- On the whole, …
- Typically, …
- By and large …
| Topic | Sentence One | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Children | Parents act as role models to establish ground rules for children | This allows youngsters to absorb conventions and codes of conduct, which they can then follow themselves, hopefully leading to an absence of problems such as bullying, truancy, and delinquency later on. | |