Linking Words/ Phrases
To state personal opinion:
To list advantages and disadvantages:
To list points:
To add more points to the same topic:
To express cause:
To refer to other sources:
To show effect/result/consequences:
To express purposes:
To give examples:
To make general statements:
To make partially correct statements:
To make contrasting points:
To express reality:
To emphasize a point:
In my opinion, / In my view, / To my mind, /
(Personally) I believe that, / I feel (very)
strongly that, / To my way of thinking, / I am
convinced that, / It seems to me that, / I think
that, / It is my firm belief that, / It strikes me
that, / As far as I am concerned, / I am
inclined to believe that.
One (dis)advantage of, / Another
(dis)advantage of, / The main (dis)advantage
of, / The greatest (dis)advantage of, / The first
(dis)advantage of.
First(ly), / First of all, / In the first place, / To
start/begin with, / To begin with, / Secondly, /
Thirdly, / Finally, / Lastly, / Last but not
least, / Then , / Next, / After this, /
Afterwards.
What is more, / Furthermore, / Apart from
this/that, / In addition to this, / Moreover, /
Besides, … not to mention the fact that, / Not
only, / But, / Also.
Because, / In view of, / Since, / Due to the
fact, / Therefore, / For this reason, / As, /
Owing to the fact that, / On the grounds that.
With reference to, / According to, /
Therefore, / So, / Consequently, / As a
consequence, / As a result, / For this reason, /
If not, otherwise, / In which case, / Thus.
So that, / In order to, / With the
purpose/intention to, / In case, / So as to.
For instance, / For example, / Such as, /
Particularly, / In particular, / Especially, /
Like.
As a general rule, / By and large, / Generally, /
In general, / On the whole.
Up to a point, / To a certain extent(degree), /
To some extent(degree), / In a sense, / In a
way, / To a limited extent.
However, / Nonetheless, / Nevertheless, /
Yet, / But, / Even so, /Even though, /
Regardless of the fact that, / In spite of the
fact that, / Despite the fact that, Although.
In fact, / It is a fact that, / In effect, / As a
matter of fact, / The fact of the matter is
(that), / Actually, / In practice, / Indeed.
Indeed, / Naturally, / Clearly, / Obviously, / Of

To express limit of knowledge:
To state other people’s opinion:
To clarify, rephrase:
To express similarity:
To express condition:
To express an alternative:
To conclude:
To summarise:
course, / Needless to say.
To the best of my knowledge, / As far as I
know.
It is popularly believed that, / People often
claim that, / It is often alleged that, / Some
people argue that, / Many argue that, / Most
people feel that, / Some people point out
that, / Contrary to the popular belief.
In other words, / That is to say, / To put it
another way.
Similarly, / Likewise, / In the same way.
On the condition that, / Provided that, /
Providing that, / Only if, / In the event of, / As
long as, / In case.
Either, / On the other hand, Alternatively.
Finally, / Lastly, / All in all, / Taking
everything into account (consideration), / To
sum up, / All things considered, /On the
whole, / In conclusion, / On balance, / For the
above mentioned reasons, / Therefore I feel
that.
In short, / Briefly, / To put it briefly