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,
In my view,
From my point of view,
It seems to me that
From my perspective
It appears that
I realize
I imagine

Giving Examples

For example,
such as
as
that is
To illustrate

As...as
also
In the same way,
At the same time
resemble

Contrasting

However,
On the contrary,
Differ from
Although
Otherwise
Alternatively,

For instance,
In other words,
like
namely
To paraphrase

Comparing

Similar to
in common
Either...or
Neither...nor
Just as

According to me,
To me,
I think
I believe
To my way of thinking
I suppose
I understand
I feel

Generalizing

But
On the other hand,
Nevertheless
Though
Instead
Even though

Generally,
Overall,
In general,
It seems to me that
All in all,
Essentially,
All things considered

Expressing Certainty

Certainly,
Doubtless,
Definitely,

Because
Owing to

Showing effect

Therefore,
Consequently,
Thus,
thereby
Hence,

To some extent,
Almost,
So to speak,

Showing cause

Due to
Because of

Undoubtedly,
No doubt,
Of course,

Expressing Partial Agreement

More or less,
Up to a point,
In a way,

Generally speaking,
On the whole,
By and large,
I believe
Basically,
As a rule,
For the most part

As a result,
For this reason,
So,
Eventually,
The reason why

Marking time

First,
Second,
Third,
Firstly,
Secondly,
Thirdly,
During
To begin with
Simultaneously
Since
Afterwards
When

Last
Lastly,
Then,
First of all,
Before
After
While
At the same time
After this / that
Meanwhile
Following this
As soon as

Adding Information

Furthermore
Also
Moreover
Likewise
Besides
Even

Expressing condition

If
In case
Provided that

In addition
And
Similarly
As well as
Too
Whats more

Whether
Unless
So that

Concluding

To summarize
Lastly,
To conclude with,

In conclusion
Finally,
In short,