{"id":406,"date":"2016-06-07T12:15:15","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T19:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/?p=406"},"modified":"2020-02-07T12:58:54","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T20:58:54","slug":"useful-sentence-patterns-ielts-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/useful-sentence-patterns-ielts-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Useful Sentence Patterns for IELTS Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-07-at-6.22.57-PM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-07-at-6.22.57-PM.png\" alt=\"sentence patterns for ielts writing -magoosh\" width=\"819\" height=\"306\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-07-at-6.22.57-PM.png 819w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-07-at-6.22.57-PM-300x112.png 300w, https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/files\/2016\/06\/Screen-Shot-2018-02-07-at-6.22.57-PM-768x287.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nUsing varied sentence structures, along with other <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/linking-words-ielts-writing-task-1-task-2\/\">writing techniques<\/a>, can help strengthen your IELTS essay and, overall, help you achieve a higher score on the <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/ielts-writing\/\">IELTS writing exam<\/a>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nIf you\u2019re in need of some IELTS writing tips, take a look at some of these useful sentence patterns that you can incorporate in your writing. <a href=\"http:\/\/ielts.magoosh.com\/?utm_source=ieltsblog&#038;utm_medium=blog&#038;utm_campaign=ieltshome&#038;utm_term=inline&#038;utm_content=useful-sentence-patterns-ielts-writing\/\">Practice makes perfect<\/a>, and practicing these advanced sentence structures for IELTS will help your writing become more coherent and persuasive!\n<\/p>\n<h2>It is + adj. + that + [statement] \/It is + adv. + adj. + that + [statement]<\/h2>\n<p>\nThere are a number of ways you can use the adverb and the adjective in this sentence structure.  Use this sentence pattern when stating a fact or an idea. Here are some example sentences:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It is indisputable that<\/strong> the Internet plays an essential role in people\u2019s lives today.\n<li><strong>It is widely acknowledged that<\/strong> modern technology makes our world more connected and more entertaining than ever before.\n<li><strong>It is commonly believed that<\/strong> education offers us more opportunities to achieve higher salaries and better quality of life.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>There is no doubt\/There is no denying that &#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>\nThis sentence pattern is another way to express a fact or an idea. Here are two example sentences:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>There is no doubt that <\/strong>the government is responsible for the safety of citizens.\n<li><strong>There is no denying that <\/strong>the accommodation problem is getting worse in big cities.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>An increasing\/growing number of &#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>\nThis sentence structure can be used to note a certain trend (either increasing or decreasing). Here is an example sentence:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>An increasing number of<\/strong> parents realize that their children need more privacy.\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>A growing number of<\/strong> children prefer to spend their free time indoors.\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The reason why\u2026 is that\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>\nThis sentence pattern is a great way to illustrate cause and effect, and it serves as an alternative to using the word \u201cbecause\u201d over and over again.\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The reason why<\/strong> people feel more stressed nowadays <strong>is that <\/strong>they live in a more competitive society, which requires them to work much harder than before to achieve the same results.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>There is a hot debate over\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>\nYou can use this sentence pattern to introduce a controversial topic or a phenomenon in the first paragraph of your essay. Here\u2019s an example:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>There is a hot debate over<\/strong> whether women should have the same roles as men in the army.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The + comparative adj.\/adv. +\u2026, the comparative adj.\/adv. + \u2026<\/h2>\n<p>\nThis is a useful sentence pattern for showing the relationship between two things or expressing two ideas that correlate with one another.\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The older<\/strong> you get, <strong>the more experienced<\/strong> you are.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>\nTo write a complete and coherent essay, you need to restate your opinion in the conclusion. The below sentence pattern serves as a good choice to conclude what you have mentioned in the previous paragraphs. Feel free to create your own variations of this concluding sentence!\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>From what has been discussed above, we may conclude that<\/strong> the biggest factor affecting people\u2019s shopping habits is not their age group but their income level.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<strong>Ready to try these example sentence patterns out on a real IELTS task? Check out this video for great IELTS writing tips for the Writing Task 1:<\/strong><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe title=\"IELTS Writing Task 1 -The ULTIMATE Guide\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WhdNAHyRX60?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>And check out <a href=\"https:\/\/magoosh.com\/ielts\/ielts-writing\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">our complete tutorial on IELTS Writing<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using varied sentence structures, along with other writing techniques, can help strengthen your IELTS essay and, overall, help you achieve a higher score on the IELTS writing exam. &nbsp; If you\u2019re in need of some IELTS writing tips, take a look at some of these useful sentence patterns that you can incorporate in your writing. 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