{"id":238981,"date":"2017-09-13T15:19:58","date_gmt":"2017-09-13T15:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/gsi_study_guides\/ielts-tips-5-difficult-useful-contrastive-conjunctions\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T23:32:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:32:31","slug":"ielts-tips-5-difficult-useful-contrastive-conjunctions","status":"publish","type":"gsi_study_guides","link":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/study-guides\/ielts-tips-5-difficult-useful-contrastive-conjunctions\/","title":{"rendered":"IELTS tips: 5 difficult but useful contrastive conjunctions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we are going to review useful conjunctions for contrastive sentences. \u2018Contrastive\u2019 means \u2018forming contrast\u2019 or \u2018to contrast\u2019. These simple examples shows what contrastive sentence are: \u2018He likes mathematics, <strong>but<\/strong> does not like geography\u2019, or \u2018She likes mathematics, <strong>but <\/strong>he does not\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>In order to produce high quality academic essays, you need to use a variety of conjunctions in appropriate contexts. Here are five examples.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"IELTS Tips and Advice\" href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto\" src=\"\/\/siuk-europe.s3.amazonaws.com\/assets\/images\/ielts-classes.jpg\"  width=\"619\" height=\"324\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>5 useful conjunctions for contrastive sentences<\/h2>\n<h3>1. On the one hand\/on the other hand<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Example: <strong>On the one hand<\/strong> smokers should have the right to smoke if they want to, but<strong> on the other hand<\/strong> non-smokers should have the right to breathe smoke-free air.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Conversely<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Example 1: <strong>Conversely<\/strong>, a slump in domestic investment will expand the current account surplus.<\/li>\n<li>Example 2: If you love and encourage your children, they will develop good self-esteem. <strong>Conversely<\/strong>, if you are harsh and critical, they may become angry and insecure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. Despite + verb + ing \/ Despite this \/ Despite + noun<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Example 1: <strong>Despite <\/strong>being a more sustainable form of energy than fossil fuels, there are still considerable drawbacks to nuclear power.<\/li>\n<li>Example 2: The market saw a brief period of economic growth. <strong>Despite this<\/strong>, the general trend was downwards.<\/li>\n<li>Example 3: <strong>Despite<\/strong> a brief period of economic growth, the general trend was downwards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>4. Although<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Example: <strong>Although<\/strong> much of our garbage contains valuable raw materials, most of it is simply burned or buried.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>5. While<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Example: <strong>While<\/strong> the few may be for war, the many are almost always for peace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Sign up for IELTS classes in London and Manchester<\/h2>\n<p>If you want to improve your reading, writing, listening or speaking ahead of the IELTS exam,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/\">arrange a free consultation<\/a>\u00a0in London or Manchester to learn more about studying our flexible,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/study-in-uk\/institutes\/\">low cost IELTS classes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"study-guide-destinations":[24],"study-guide-canada-categories":[],"study-guide-australia-categories":[],"study-guide-usa-categories":[],"study-guide-uk-categories":[48],"study-guide-nz-categories":[],"study-guide-ireland-categories":[],"class_list":["post-238981","gsi_study_guides","type-gsi_study_guides","status-publish","hentry","study-guide-destinations-study-in-uk","study-guide-uk-categories-ielts-tips"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsi_study_guides\/238981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gsi_study_guides"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gsi_study_guides"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"study-guide-destinations","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-destinations?post=238981"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-canada-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-canada-categories?post=238981"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-australia-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-australia-categories?post=238981"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-usa-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-usa-categories?post=238981"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-uk-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-uk-categories?post=238981"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-nz-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-nz-categories?post=238981"},{"taxonomy":"study-guide-ireland-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gostudyin-dev.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/study-guide-ireland-categories?post=238981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}