Some important linking words for IELTS essay writing....

 

Common connective words to be used in IELTS writing

Familiarity with these words would be useful in all IELTS test modules.

KEY WORDS for IELTS WRITING

 

• Stating Your Opinion

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,