phrase (argument) · academic

There are several reasons why + clause

Band 4-5task2

Used to introduce multiple reasons that explain or support a point.

Examples

“There are several reasons why city centres have become more expensive.”

“There are several reasons why students drop out of university.”

“There are several reasons why the scheme failed to attract volunteers.”

Band 8 sentence

“There are several reasons why renewable energy adoption remains slow, chief among them being initial costs and regulatory uncertainty.”

Collocations

  • There are several reasons why + subject + verb

Word family

reason nounseveral determiner

Common mistakes

There is several reasons why students are late.→There are several reasons why students are late.

There are several reason why traffic increases.→There are several reasons why traffic increases.

Say it for a higher band

5There are a lot of reasons why→6There are a number of reasons why→7+There are several reasons why + clause

Synonyms

There are a number of reasons why

Easily confused

There are a number of reasons why

“There are a number of reasons why commuters prefer trains.”

Many reasons explain why

“Many reasons explain why the local economy declined.”

Related words

It is imperative that + clauseOn the other hand, + clauseIn my opinion, + clauseThere is a strong case to be made for + V-ingThese findings have important implications for + NPTo sum up, + clauseIt took + somebody + [time] + to + VOne advantage of + Noun/Gerund + is + ...

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