THE VICTORIA AND CO

IELTS 9 BAND KIT

LIST OF CONNECTORS
VICTORIA

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1. Listing
a. Firstly ,secondly
b. To Begin , To start with
c. To Conclude with in the first place, in the second place, next, then
d. Finally, Lastly, to conclude
e. Last but not least
f. To summarize, to sum up
2. Adding
a. Also, too, then
b. Furthermore
c. Moreover
d. In addition to that
e. Above all
f. Additionally
3. Comparing
a. Equally,
b. Likewise
c. Similarly
d. In the same
e. A different way
f. Compare to
g. Compare with
h. In comparison with as
4. Concluding
a. All in all
b. In conclusion
c. To sum up
d. I draw the conclusion
e. Arrive at the conclusion
f. I conclude
g. Consequently
5. Exemplifying
a. For example
b. For instance
c. That is
d. Such as
e. Namely
6. Result
a. Consequently
b. Hence
c. Therefore
d. Thus

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 e. As a result
f. Because of that
g. That is why
7. Reformulating
a. To put another way
b. In other word
8. Contrasting
a. On Contrary
b. In contrast to that
c. But
d. Yet
e. However
f. Nevertheless
g. Whereas
h. While
i. Neither
j. Nor
k. On the one hand
l. On the other hand
9. Concession
a. Besides
b. However
c. Still
d. Though
e. In spite of that
f. Despite that
g. If useless
10. Giving One’s Own opinion
a. In my view
b. In my opinion
c. As I see it
d. I think that
e. I believe that
f. I have come to the conclusion that
g. I would not say that
h. Therefore I cannot agree with
i. I am doubtful whether
j. Uncertain that
k. It seems to me that
l. Another argument is that
m. As far as my views are concerned
n. One reason is that

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o. I would say that
p. It can be seen
q. For all these reasons I would support the view that
r. As result
s. In short
t. With regard to
u. It is for this reason that I think
v. I am convinced that
w. I feel that