Connector words - Ielts essay writing.

* In writing your essay, we certainly need many connector words ( transition words ) to link between sentences and paragraphs.

* And make sure you use it frequently when writing your essay.

* Remember not to use the same word repeatedly.

•  Stating Your Opinion

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In my opinion,	According to me,
In my view,	To me,
From my point of view,	I think
It seems to me that	I believe
From my perspective	To my way of thinking
It appears that	I suppose
I realize	I understand
I imagine	I feel

•  Giving Examples

For example,	For instance,
such as	In other words,
as	like
that is	namely
To illustrate	To paraphrase

• Comparing

Similar to	As...as
in common	also
Either...or	In the same way,
Neither...nor	At the same time
Just as	resemble

•  Contrasting

However,	But
On the contrary,	On the other hand,
Differ from	Nevertheless
Although	Though
Otherwise	Instead
Alternatively,	Even though

• Generalizing

Generally,	Generally speaking,
Overall,	On the whole,
In general,	By and large,
It seems to me that	I believe
All in all,	Basically,
Essentially,	As a rule,
All things considered	For the most part

•  Expressing Certainty

Certainly,	Undoubtedly,
Doubtless,	No doubt,
Definitely,	Of course,

•  Expressing Partial Agreement

More or less,	To some extent,
Up to a point,	Almost,
In a way,	So to speak,

• Showing cause 

Due to	Because
Because of	Owing to

•  Showing effect

Therefore,	As a result,
Consequently,	For this reason,
Thus,	So,
thereby	Eventually,
Hence,	The reason why

• Marking time

First,	Last
Second,	Lastly,
Third,	Then,
Firstly,	First of all,
Secondly,	Before
Thirdly,	After
During	While
To begin with	At the same time
Simultaneously	After this / that
Since	Meanwhile
Afterwards	Following this
When	As soon as

•  Adding Information

Furthermore	In addition
Also	And
Moreover	Similarly
Likewise	As well as
Besides	Too
Even	What’s more

• Expressing condition

If	Whether
In case	Unless
Provided that	So that

• Concluding

To summarize	In conclusion
Lastly,	Finally,
To conclude with,	In short,