COMON STRUCTURES USED IN IELTS WRITING Prepared by ielts.vinh@gmail.com STT Structure When S+V+O, S1+V1+O1 When a language dies out, a whole way of life disappears with it While S+V+O, S1+V1+O1 While some students dropt out after a few years studying, others finish academic courses with poor degrees S+V+O, resulting in an increase/a Many people in the countryside migrate into big cities, decrease in + the number of resulting in an increase in the demands for accommodation, smth/the demand for smth food and services in urban areas S+V+O, giving rise to smth Advertisements give people more choices on what they want to buy, giving rise to the consumer society By doing smth, S + V + O By spending money to protect minority languages, governments can also preserve traditions, customs and behaviours Example S+V+O, and/but/so + S1+V1+O1 S+V+O, and this will +V+O The use of private cars is increasing in Hanoi, and this puts a strain on its infrastructure Instead of + Ving + O, S+V+O Instead of driving cars, people should use public transport S+V+O This The utilisation of cheap labour helps companies to reduce allows/urges/encourage smth/smb the production cost This encourages business expansion to smth (This will discourage smb from doing smth) 10 Compared to those who +S+V+O, Compared to those who hold high school qualifications, S1+V1+O1 university graduates often have more employment opportunities 11 If S+V+O, S+V+O If air travel is restricted, people would opt for other means of transport such as buses and cars 12 S+V+O [that S1+V1+O1], because I partly disagree with the idea that advertising has S2+V2+O2 negatively influenced our life, because I recognise several benefits it brings to society 13 When S+V+O, S1+V1+O1, Ving + When the government pays for tuition fees, the constraint of O finance is removed, encouraging a greater number of students to attend academic courses