In this lesson, you’ll learn different ways to write easy but effective introductions to your essays. You don’t need to be imaginative with your introduction — all you need to do is follow the structure I give you. For most people, the hardest part of writing an essay is beginning. Stop being nervous and get a high score in your English exam by learning my simple structure for a good introduction. As a bonus, you’ll also learn some useful phrases you can memorise and use in your IELTS and CAE essays.
Writing an introduction for an essay is -I think- the most important and at the same time difficult part in the process; since it provides a general picture of what the whole essay is all about.
Jade’s guidelines help us organize our ideas in order to develop effective and coherent introductions.
Many thanks for sharing these writing tips with us Jade.
Regino
Hi! I’m Ghislain. Please I am looking the people with who to practise in Englis please
check my account details. Thank you
Ghislain Urbain
Thanks Jade,
I like your classes because eventhough I don’t think to attend an exam like IELTS, but in order to improve my listening skills and to understand a native speakers accent your classes are so helpful.
thank you so much again.
If there is someone who wants to practise in English with me please check my account details.
camalote
It’s dificult
English now
Great lesson thank you
Thang "Hesh" Le
If I want to study what the project.
Jack
Because if you don’t, Jade will be angry…..I love this option very much
Joseph013
Great coach! I want to use these phrases and templates forever. Introduction is the catchy part of any formal writing and this surely is gonna help me. Thank you for this lesson and quiz.
prakhar
thank you jade
Esamzitoun
Thanks Jade for your efforts to help us writing an essay, and for the templates. But the truth is that the explanations were a little bit confusing. You improvise, you must follow a line of thinking, and you didn´t it.
Jorge Pedroso
Many thanks Jada, It will be helpful on my IELTS test.
andreschacon99
Difficult but interesting topic. Thank you, Jade :)
Happy04
Teacher Jade,
This your best lesson. Thank you.
MKJMKJ
Thank you so much.your lesson is so handy.good luck
kami88
Thank you so much Jade. Your lesson is helpful and It make me get better about the IELTS.
teerawat1985
Jade, I’ve watched the video for three times because I want to make sure that I really understand how to use them. Thanks a lot for your lesson.
noneego
Hi Jade, your lesson is really awesome. Appreciating for your informative contribution.
duongtranvn
great lesson!!
Thanks!!
Jesus bless!!
hugs teacher!!
tiagoamericoo
awesome:) thanks my teacher:)
asikurt
Your lessons are very helpful.
By the way, I will take IGCSE (ESL) lesson. can you give me the detail about it?
Thank you Ms. Jade, I love u :)
Nabiila
Thank you Jade.
pavanut2
8/10 Thanks!
viacheslavkr
Thank you teacher Jade! Great class! You are awesome!
Mulets
thank you a lot! there are intersting question
shewit
I’ll take the IELTS at the last day this month, this must be helpful.
Good luck to me!
zanxiongfeng
Nice explaination. But Jade u didnt mention your personal channel
amitdhamankar
Nice and very interesting. I must to listening once
Randolfito
thanks Jade for this interesting lesson,I hope it would help me in my ESL classes.
souf1996
I’ve already watched some of your videos an I find them very helpful. Thank you
Polishinka
difficult lesson but got 50%. Thanks for delivering lecture.
Abdul Qayum
thanks so much
Lawy
THANK YOU
NanaChiyo
SuperB, Thank you Sir,
Suvit Kingtion
I scored 7 in IELTS,would you say it is a good score ?
EdieKashyap
it´s very difficult i need to listen it again
LucianoRM
Thanks Mrs. Jade for this wonderful vedio
Ali A. Ali
Hy Jade! Thanks for this video. I’m from Romania and I want to buy your course about grammar, but a don’t know how I could pay. Do you help me please?
VladBv
thanks Mrs Jade it is very helpful
samar elsawy
hi samar, I’d also take ielts exam soon but i need to practise my speaking more.
I u are interested plz don’t hesitate to contact me, i think we could help eachother.
this my skype mhmd.ezat
MhmdEzat
Hi
Thaks alot
soghra
You have a sweet British accent!
Fari
Thanks!
Cristian Gutiérrez
thanks Jade
mak1978
please show us how to cmplete the other parts of the essay..
mak1978
oh its good….
Amangrgtamu
Thank u Dear Jade!
It was so useful…..
ArashEng
Really great lesson.
many thanks
geedi
Thank you ¡¡ .. this is really useful ¡
SoffiLondo
can you teach me english:D please add me on your skype… i wanna pratice english more:( and can make friend with you.
my skype..hunter.nguyen5
trungnguyenvan
yes
Abdulrashed Hasan
Thanks! Very informative lesson. However, now is three in the morning and I need sleep.
Chao.
Marval
I have exam on 14 March and I think it will help me. Thank you! :)
Narmin
Very helpful. Thanks!
Tin82
Many Thanks
farukmiah
it is a very Helpful website. many Thanks for you.
farukmiah
It is quite helpful. I liked it.
Aksakaloglu
jade you so cool & fresh
whare are you from?
chakim hamzah
took 10 out of 10
Sil Silvia
it was very helpful
rezaid
thanks jade, it is a very Helpful
MhmdEzat
Thanks, you are really offering great learning resources indeed!! appreciated it~
krchris66
As you said, this is really quick and easy way to write an introduction, thank you a lot Jade for your sharing, learnt a lot!
carpediempyy
Greetings Jade, Why is it good to follow a structure for writing an introduction in your exam?Because if you don’t, Jade will be angry. ))I loved this one:))) I’ve a question for you Jade, the same one I’d asked to Rebbeca, with all do respect for you, and totally no offense at all, the question is; why do I found it easier to understand everything here in this video: https://www.engvid.com/the-secret-to-remembering-english-vocabulary/
while I always find it much harder for me to understand the way you talking or lecturing??? appreciate it so much to know your opinion and answer.
Respects. Amer.
Amer_70
Thanks, simple and effective. Additionally, I want to go fishing with you :)
Ray Kwan
Hi Jade,
You taught this lesson very well but I got 70 correct out of 100.
I am going to watch that again.Also, I like your accent.
Thanks alot.
EKRAMI
rhetorical questions;
A rhetorical question is a question that you ask without expecting an answer. The question might be one that does not have an answer. It might also be one that has an obvious answer but you have asked the question to make a point.
‘Can fish swim’? Of course fish can swim and we may say this to make an example in a situation where something is obvious.
On an extremely hot day after walking a long distance, a friend asks; Are you thirsty? And the reply; ‘Can fish swim?’
Other similar examples are;
Can birds fly?
Do dogs bark?
Do cats meow?
Kadir
hello jade…
it was nice to see your video, i understand that. thank you.. i have some more doubt in english preopostions and grammar , can you help me ??
Mak
Good tips! Thanks!
tathywentzel
someone talk to to me. i want to improve my speaking skill,,,,
delwar
this is my skype name..khansh65
delwar
It’s important for me to write a essay. Thanks Jade :)
jaden83
thanks jade madam
mohammed anwar 13
thank you so much :D
hsj9886
it was really good
thanks
imranshinwari
thanks a lot!!
lektemur
Thank you so much
Mohd calculus
It has little bit confused me to understand first.
But I think this techinique will help to write in exams.
pavanshamanur
Thank u a lot, I got 100 scores. I will practice base on 3 of your structures more and more. :)
kimthuong
thanks ,good practice for me
nino79
It is the greatest quiz ever =D
Evedel
thanks a lot.
sarah-hadi
Thaks a lot Jade. You are the best.
MarioAleman
Thank you Jade!!!!~
Yitingfan
thanks,
karla venegas
Is some one interested in practicing the speaking part? test in 7 days..
faatin.khan
thanks! i did well, 100%.
tselobilwe
thanks it is very useful
Baraa.Adel.Ahmed
yes¡¡ my score is 10/10 ..a love you jade.¡¡
jmanuelsi
Thanks Jade….
Bhaskar Ketham
Thanks Jade a lot, I like your teaching style.
Mathew Martin
Thanks a lot
Yarafaisou
Thanks JADE
very helpful lecture
abdulbaset alromaima
I like this lesson,
thank you lovely teacher
Monaf80
-its very productive for me.
Thank you
Jayesh Patoliya
Thank you, Jade. I’ll follow these instructions on my next IELTS writing test.
MarceloRT
Hello ms could u help me to learn writing?
reza0098
First of all thank you for the video and for your effort, but if I may to ask you for a complete essay example to see how all points came together as a paragraph tank you again
sameralbaz
Miss/ Mrs this was really amazing, i mean ,i’m seriously enjoying these lectures
Daniel Dos Santos
Thank you! I´ve a good class…
trentin
It is very helpful lecture, which will help us not only economize time, but will get a good score.Thanks for systematization of an introduction.
eleonorad74@gmail.com
Thank you Jade you’re amazing ♥
AlejandraMartinez93
very helpful!Thanks, Jade
Stephanie toah
thanks a lot it’s important way to write a good introduction
nadori
Thank you Jade for this precious lesson. My weakness is writing. I am confident that I will improve a lot thanks to your lessons and to EngVid. I think I will attend the IELTS test in less thana year from now. I want to achieve a C1 level. ;)
danielsan8787
Can this be my opinion that “I think the family should pay for the elderly people. But the elderly people whose family are not capable to pay for them,their care expense should be paid by government.” ?
nuFf
Thank you so much.. I was looking for something like that :D
Dsuisso
FOR ME IT’S THE MOST DIFFICULT PART TO WRITE IN AN ESSAY. THANKS A LOT! ^^
kolorbloo
Interesting lesson.
Perhaps the “sometimes” should be clarified. It certainly means that government doesn’t pay for all the elderly people but only for the impecunious people. Then the focus would be more as what to do with the poor elderly people.
Nota bene : It’s not always the case. For example, most government pay for the education of every children even the rich ones.
Brunofromparis
thanks a lot, it helps me too much to find my way how to write an essay.
sayed reza
Thank you Jade , I’m going to use these informations a lot for my preparing to exam =) I’m sure it will be very helpful !!
Vicktorich
Thanks Jade ,this will help me to improve on my essay, its really helpful.
MargaretPST
very bad presentation :(
nematkia
9 correct out of 10.
Thank you, Jade. :)
naomic1010
I felt that your presentation was very helpful:)
barbholm
Thank you Jade for the video !
I also enjoyed the funny quizz.
Tyrion
Thank you Jade for this lesson.
Marco Brasil
Awesome class! It was exactly what I needed! Thanks!
naiara.carvalho
Thanks Jade
ABSI70
Thank you Jade
kheireddine007
Thanks Jade, enjoy fishing.
only1thp
Thanks jade? great help!
Christer pascual
Thanks Jade I really enjoyed that and have another way of writing an introduction. I have followed and understood how James has suggested but I will try both yours and James idea’s now, fabulous
Moko5puna
that was so amusing other than being helpful. Thanks so much !
drjason
Thanks a lot Jade for useful lesson!
Alex-1956
Thanks
Ezechiel
thanks Jade, great lesson
Nkechi
Thank you so much Teacher Jade:) I’ve been writing essays in school for so many years and I was really having a hard time in making it. The worst part I guess in that experience is not knowing where to start.
annaerdnA
i got 9 out of 10, thank you jade
siddiquee10
Many thanks!
I’m just wondering if it’s possible to insert a quote in an introduction of an essay or should it be written in the body?
Ricia
Do these structures work for any kind of question type in IELTS?
Abdullohuser
I got 70. mmmhhh thank you Jade
saeful
I got 7 out of 10, thanks jade
mirzaalaqm@gmail.com
hahahahhha I loved this option ….”Because if you don’t, Jade will be angry.”
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137 COMMENTS
Thanks a lot!
Thanks . Jade.
Writing an introduction for an essay is -I think- the most important and at the same time difficult part in the process; since it provides a general picture of what the whole essay is all about.
Jade’s guidelines help us organize our ideas in order to develop effective and coherent introductions.
Many thanks for sharing these writing tips with us Jade.
Hi! I’m Ghislain. Please I am looking the people with who to practise in Englis please
check my account details. Thank you
Thanks Jade,
I like your classes because eventhough I don’t think to attend an exam like IELTS, but in order to improve my listening skills and to understand a native speakers accent your classes are so helpful.
thank you so much again.
If there is someone who wants to practise in English with me please check my account details.
It’s dificult
Great lesson thank you
If I want to study what the project.
Because if you don’t, Jade will be angry…..I love this option very much
Great coach! I want to use these phrases and templates forever. Introduction is the catchy part of any formal writing and this surely is gonna help me. Thank you for this lesson and quiz.
thank you jade
Thanks Jade for your efforts to help us writing an essay, and for the templates. But the truth is that the explanations were a little bit confusing. You improvise, you must follow a line of thinking, and you didn´t it.
Many thanks Jada, It will be helpful on my IELTS test.
Difficult but interesting topic. Thank you, Jade :)
Teacher Jade,
This your best lesson. Thank you.
Thank you so much.your lesson is so handy.good luck
Thank you so much Jade. Your lesson is helpful and It make me get better about the IELTS.
Jade, I’ve watched the video for three times because I want to make sure that I really understand how to use them. Thanks a lot for your lesson.
Hi Jade, your lesson is really awesome. Appreciating for your informative contribution.
great lesson!!
Thanks!!
Jesus bless!!
hugs teacher!!
awesome:) thanks my teacher:)
Your lessons are very helpful.
By the way, I will take IGCSE (ESL) lesson. can you give me the detail about it?
Thank you Ms. Jade, I love u :)
Thank you Jade.
8/10 Thanks!
Thank you teacher Jade! Great class! You are awesome!
thank you a lot! there are intersting question
I’ll take the IELTS at the last day this month, this must be helpful.
Good luck to me!
Nice explaination. But Jade u didnt mention your personal channel
Nice and very interesting. I must to listening once
thanks Jade for this interesting lesson,I hope it would help me in my ESL classes.
I’ve already watched some of your videos an I find them very helpful. Thank you
difficult lesson but got 50%. Thanks for delivering lecture.
thanks so much
THANK YOU
SuperB, Thank you Sir,
I scored 7 in IELTS,would you say it is a good score ?
it´s very difficult i need to listen it again
Thanks Mrs. Jade for this wonderful vedio
Hy Jade! Thanks for this video. I’m from Romania and I want to buy your course about grammar, but a don’t know how I could pay. Do you help me please?
thanks Mrs Jade it is very helpful
hi samar, I’d also take ielts exam soon but i need to practise my speaking more.
I u are interested plz don’t hesitate to contact me, i think we could help eachother.
this my skype mhmd.ezat
Hi
Thaks alot
You have a sweet British accent!
Thanks!
thanks Jade
please show us how to cmplete the other parts of the essay..
oh its good….
Thank u Dear Jade!
It was so useful…..
Really great lesson.
many thanks
Thank you ¡¡ .. this is really useful ¡
can you teach me english:D please add me on your skype… i wanna pratice english more:( and can make friend with you.
my skype..hunter.nguyen5
yes
Thanks! Very informative lesson. However, now is three in the morning and I need sleep.
Chao.
I have exam on 14 March and I think it will help me. Thank you! :)
Very helpful. Thanks!
Many Thanks
it is a very Helpful website. many Thanks for you.
It is quite helpful. I liked it.
jade you so cool & fresh
whare are you from?
took 10 out of 10
it was very helpful
thanks jade, it is a very Helpful
Thanks, you are really offering great learning resources indeed!! appreciated it~
As you said, this is really quick and easy way to write an introduction, thank you a lot Jade for your sharing, learnt a lot!
Greetings Jade, Why is it good to follow a structure for writing an introduction in your exam?Because if you don’t, Jade will be angry. ))I loved this one:))) I’ve a question for you Jade, the same one I’d asked to Rebbeca, with all do respect for you, and totally no offense at all, the question is; why do I found it easier to understand everything here in this video: https://www.engvid.com/the-secret-to-remembering-english-vocabulary/
while I always find it much harder for me to understand the way you talking or lecturing??? appreciate it so much to know your opinion and answer.
Respects. Amer.
Thanks, simple and effective. Additionally, I want to go fishing with you :)
Hi Jade,
You taught this lesson very well but I got 70 correct out of 100.
I am going to watch that again.Also, I like your accent.
Thanks alot.
rhetorical questions;
A rhetorical question is a question that you ask without expecting an answer. The question might be one that does not have an answer. It might also be one that has an obvious answer but you have asked the question to make a point.
‘Can fish swim’? Of course fish can swim and we may say this to make an example in a situation where something is obvious.
On an extremely hot day after walking a long distance, a friend asks; Are you thirsty? And the reply; ‘Can fish swim?’
Other similar examples are;
Can birds fly?
Do dogs bark?
Do cats meow?
hello jade…
it was nice to see your video, i understand that. thank you.. i have some more doubt in english preopostions and grammar , can you help me ??
Good tips! Thanks!
someone talk to to me. i want to improve my speaking skill,,,,
this is my skype name..khansh65
It’s important for me to write a essay. Thanks Jade :)
thanks jade madam
thank you so much :D
it was really good
thanks
thanks a lot!!
Thank you so much
It has little bit confused me to understand first.
But I think this techinique will help to write in exams.
Thank u a lot, I got 100 scores. I will practice base on 3 of your structures more and more. :)
thanks ,good practice for me
It is the greatest quiz ever =D
thanks a lot.
Thaks a lot Jade. You are the best.
Thank you Jade!!!!~
thanks,
Is some one interested in practicing the speaking part? test in 7 days..
thanks! i did well, 100%.
thanks it is very useful
yes¡¡ my score is 10/10 ..a love you jade.¡¡
Thanks Jade….
Thanks Jade a lot, I like your teaching style.
Thanks a lot
Thanks JADE
very helpful lecture
I like this lesson,
thank you lovely teacher
-its very productive for me.
Thank you
Thank you, Jade. I’ll follow these instructions on my next IELTS writing test.
Hello ms could u help me to learn writing?
First of all thank you for the video and for your effort, but if I may to ask you for a complete essay example to see how all points came together as a paragraph tank you again
Miss/ Mrs this was really amazing, i mean ,i’m seriously enjoying these lectures
Thank you! I´ve a good class…
It is very helpful lecture, which will help us not only economize time, but will get a good score.Thanks for systematization of an introduction.
Thank you Jade you’re amazing ♥
very helpful!Thanks, Jade
thanks a lot it’s important way to write a good introduction
Thank you Jade for this precious lesson. My weakness is writing. I am confident that I will improve a lot thanks to your lessons and to EngVid. I think I will attend the IELTS test in less thana year from now. I want to achieve a C1 level. ;)
Can this be my opinion that “I think the family should pay for the elderly people. But the elderly people whose family are not capable to pay for them,their care expense should be paid by government.” ?
Thank you so much.. I was looking for something like that :D
FOR ME IT’S THE MOST DIFFICULT PART TO WRITE IN AN ESSAY. THANKS A LOT! ^^
Interesting lesson.
Perhaps the “sometimes” should be clarified. It certainly means that government doesn’t pay for all the elderly people but only for the impecunious people. Then the focus would be more as what to do with the poor elderly people.
Nota bene : It’s not always the case. For example, most government pay for the education of every children even the rich ones.
thanks a lot, it helps me too much to find my way how to write an essay.
Thank you Jade , I’m going to use these informations a lot for my preparing to exam =) I’m sure it will be very helpful !!
Thanks Jade ,this will help me to improve on my essay, its really helpful.
very bad presentation :(
9 correct out of 10.
Thank you, Jade. :)
I felt that your presentation was very helpful:)
Thank you Jade for the video !
I also enjoyed the funny quizz.
Thank you Jade for this lesson.
Awesome class! It was exactly what I needed! Thanks!
Thanks Jade
Thank you Jade
Thanks Jade, enjoy fishing.
Thanks jade? great help!
Thanks Jade I really enjoyed that and have another way of writing an introduction. I have followed and understood how James has suggested but I will try both yours and James idea’s now, fabulous
that was so amusing other than being helpful. Thanks so much !
Thanks a lot Jade for useful lesson!
Thanks
thanks Jade, great lesson
Thank you so much Teacher Jade:) I’ve been writing essays in school for so many years and I was really having a hard time in making it. The worst part I guess in that experience is not knowing where to start.
i got 9 out of 10, thank you jade
Many thanks!
I’m just wondering if it’s possible to insert a quote in an introduction of an essay or should it be written in the body?
Do these structures work for any kind of question type in IELTS?
I got 70. mmmhhh thank you Jade
I got 7 out of 10, thanks jade
hahahahhha I loved this option ….”Because if you don’t, Jade will be angry.”
Thank you a lot
Great lesson, keep going.