structure · academic

it's + adjective + to + V

Band 6-7task2speaking

a common pattern to express general statements, opinions, or advice using an adjective followed by an infinitive

Examples

“It's important to prepare examples for your Task 2 essay.”

“It's obvious to many economists that technology affects jobs.”

“It's difficult to predict the long-term effects of climate change.”

Band 8 sentence

“It's essential to present balanced evidence when arguing both sides of a topical issue in Task 2.”

Collocations

  • It's important/necessary/advisable to + V
  • It's + adjective + to + consider/recognise/prepare

Word family

it's + adj + to + V structureit is + adjective + that + clause alternative structure

Common mistakes

It's important studying for the exam.→It's important to study for the exam.

It's necessary that to reduce waste.→It's necessary to reduce waste.

Say it for a higher band

5Adjective + V-ing (incorrect transfer from Vietnamese)→6It is + adjective + to + V (basic)→7+It's + adjective + to + V (accurate use for formal writing)

Synonyms

It is advisable to

Easily confused

It's adjective that + clause

“It is important that students study regularly.”

Related words

look forward to + V-ingtry + V-ing / try to + Vfor + somebody + to + Vavoid + V-ingbe likely to + Vbegin / start + V-ing / to + Vprevent + somebody + from + V-ingturn out + to + V

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