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 thatI believe
From my perspectiveTo my way of thinking
It appears thatI suppose
I realizeI understand
I imagineI feel


  •  Giving Examples
For example,For instance,
such asIn other words,
aslike
that isnamely
To illustrateTo paraphrase


  • Comparing
Similar toAs...as
in commonalso
Either...orIn the same way,
Neither...norAt the same time
Just asresemble


  •  Contrasting
However,But
On the contrary,On the other hand,
Differ fromNevertheless
AlthoughThough
OtherwiseInstead
Alternatively,Even though


  • Generalizing
Generally,Generally speaking,
Overall,On the whole,
In general,By and large,
It seems to me thatI believe
All in all,Basically,
Essentially,As a rule,
All things consideredFor 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 toBecause
Because ofOwing to



  •  Showing effect
Therefore,As a result,
Consequently,For this reason,
Thus,So,
therebyEventually,
Hence,The reason why

  • Marking time
First,Last
Second,Lastly,
Third,Then,
Firstly,First of all,
Secondly,Before
Thirdly,After
DuringWhile
To begin withAt the same time
SimultaneouslyAfter this / that
SinceMeanwhile
AfterwardsFollowing this
WhenAs soon as

  •  Adding Information
FurthermoreIn addition
AlsoAnd
MoreoverSimilarly
LikewiseAs well as
BesidesToo
EvenWhat’s more

  • Expressing condition
IfWhether
In caseUnless
Provided thatSo that

  • Concluding
To summarizeIn conclusion
Lastly,Finally,
To conclude with,In short,

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