💎 IELTS CÔNG THỨC NÓI TIẾNG ANH PHẦN 19

✅ Formula 19: Is it difficult to do X?
Cấu trúc:
1 Use adverbs of degree with adjectives to talk about degrees of difficulty.
Learning to play a musical instrument is incredibly hard for some people.
Look at this list of adverbs of degree ordered from 1-7 from the smallest to largest degree:
1 quite / fairly
2 relatively / comparatively
3 pretty
4 really
5 considerably / very / remarkably
6 extremely
7 incredibly
To talk about how difficult it is to learn things, you can use the above adverbs of degree before a number of different adjectives, including:
easy / simple / straightforward
hard
difficult
challenging
awkward
frustrating
Here are some examples of these adverbs of degree and adjectives combined:
I think it’s incredibly hard to learn to play the trumpet.
I am under the impression that it’s remarkably easy to play card games.
I believe it’s exceedingly frustrating to learn to play the violin.
A lot of people say that learning Russian is unbelievably challenging.
2 Use a few time marking phrases like a native.
In the beginning speaking English might seem hard, but after a while it gets easier.
To talk about and compare the difficulty of different stages of learning an activity, you should use the following time marking phrases:
at the outset
at first
in the beginning
When you start doing something …
When you get into something/ doing something …
for the first few weeks / months / times
after a while
after a certain point
Examples:
At the outset, learning to drive a car can be quite frightening, but after a while it becomes pretty easy.
When you start playing the violin, it seems incredibly difficult and doesn’t really get any easier until after the first few months.
3 Use a few native speaker expressions about learning things.
Once you get used to a new language, you pick it up quickly.
The following native speaker expressions are extremely useful, especially when answering questions about learning a new skill or language:
to get used to (somebody / doing something)
To describe the process where an action that was difficult or unpleasant to do in the beginning becomes acceptable or enjoyable
I don’t think Susan is going to get used to working in such a small office.
to get to grips with (something / doing something)
To try to master, to succeed in doing something difficult
Ask the sales manager to talk to his team please; we really need to get to grips with our aftersales service as it isn’t good enough.
to pick up (something) or to pick (something) up
To learn, obtain or develop (new skills, abilities)
While I lived in Barcelona, I picked up a little Spanish.
to get the hang of (something / doing something)
To become skillful, learn how to do something
It doesn’t take long to get the hang of driving a car; after a few weeks it will be pretty familiar.