Spanish: Essay phrases

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Useful connectives and sentence openers for paper 2.
Carmen Watson
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My main aim is ... Mi objetivo principal es ...
The main object of my essay is ... El objetivio principal de mi ensayo es ...
In this essay I will talk about ... En este ensayo hablaré de ...
Firstly, I will expain ... En primer lugar explcaré ...
Secondly, I will point out ... En segundo lugar destacaré ...
In the first place ... En primer lugar ...
Firstly ... Primeramente ...
At first sight ... A primera vista ...
With regards to ... Con respecto a ...
On the other hand ... Por otra parte ...
For example, when the director was little ... Por ejemplo, cuando el director era pequeño + IMPERFECT ...
It seems that ... Parece ser que ...
What is certain ... Lo cierto es que ...
In fact ... De hecho ...
Despite this ... A pesar de esto ...
Aside from this ... Aparte de eso ...
On the contrary ... Al contrario ...
On the one hand ... Por un lado ...
On the other hand ... Por otro lado/ Por otra parte ...
Anyway ... De todos modos/ De todas maneras/ De todas formas ...
As for ... En lo que concierne a ...
With regards to ... En cuanto a ...
Whilst ... Mientras que ...
In addition ... Además ...
In addition to what has already been stated ... Además de lo dicho ...
You have to take into account ... Hay que tener en cuenta ...
Moreover ... En más ...
Whats's more ... Además ...
Also ... También ...
In the same way ... Del mismo modo/ De la misma manera ...
Equally ... Igualmente ...
Not only ..... but also ... No sólo ..... sino ...
because of a causa de
due to debido a
due to this debido a esto
thanks to gracias a
due to/ because of por culpa de
because porque
since/ because ya que/ puesto que
seeing that visto que
from what we have seen visto lo visto
given that/ considering that dado que
this explains why eso explica por qué
for whatever reason por cualquier razón/ motivo
with reference to con referencia a
in relation to a próposito de
in that regard/ about that al respeto
as I said before como he dicho
as I mentioned before como se mencionó anteriormente
regarding/ in connection with con relación a
in that way de esa manera
as regards/ regarding en cuanto a
in that case en ese caso
according to según
From my point of view ... Desde mi punto de vista ...
I would say that ... Yo diría que ...
From my stance ... A mi modo de ver ...
It seems to me that ... A mi me parece que ...
I think that ... Yo opoino/ pienso/ creo que ...
Presumably ... Es de presumir que ...
Presumably ... Según cabe presumir ...
On my behalf ... Por mi parte ...
From the point of view of ... Desde el punto de vista de ...
I'm sure that + INDICATIVE ... Estoy segura de que + INDICATIVE ...
I'm not sure that + SUBJUNCTIVE ... No estoy segura de que ...
I don't think that +SUBJUNCTIVE ... No creo/ pienso/ opino que + Subjunctive ...
This leads me to think ... Esto me lleva a pensar que ...
As far as I know ... Que yo sepa ...
reality realidad
I'm not surprised that ... No me sorprende que ...
It is important to take into account ... Es importante tener en cuenta que ...
It is obvious that ... Es evidente que ...
It is unquestionable that ... Es incuestionable que ...
It is possible to distinguish ... Es possible distinguir ...
One must point out that ... Se debe resaltar que ...
It seems clear that ... Parece claro/ evidente que ...
Today there is a tendency to say that ... Hoy en día hay una tendencia a decir que ...
Always ... Siempre ...
Sometimes ... A veces ...
Normally ... Normalmente ...
Every so often ... De vez en cuando ...
Rarely ... Rara vez ...
Never ... Nunca/ Jamás ...
At this moment ... En este momento ...
Nowadays ... Hoy en día ...
Now/ Presently ... Actualmente ...
During this time ... En esta época ...
After + gerund ... Después de + infinitive/ Tras + infinitive ...
Before + gerund ... Antes de + infinitive ...
In summary/ to summarise ... En resumen ...
In conclusion ... En conclusion ...
Finally ... Finalmente ...
To conclude ... Para concluir ...
To sum up ... Para resumir ...
As a result ... Por consiuiente ...
In any case ... En todo caso ...
In any case/ Anyway ... De todos modos ...
After all ... Después de todo ...
In reality ... En realidad ...
As a result of ... Como consecuencia ...
(Everything) seems to point to ... (Todo) parece indicar que ...
It's no surprise that ... No me sorprende que + SUBJUNCTIVE ...
It's a shame that ... Es de lamenter que + SUBJUNCTIVE ... / Es una lastima que + SUBJUNCTIVE ...
It's even more surprising that ... Es incluso más sorprendente que + SUBJUNCTIVE ...
It's good that ... Es bueno que + SUBJUNCTIVE ...
It's essential that ... Es esencial que + SUBJUNCTIVE ...
It's important that ... Es importante que + SUBJUNCTIVE ...
It's possible/ impossible that ... Es possible/ imposible que + SUBJUNCTIVE ...
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