Personal opinion To list advancages anc disadvantages: In my opinion, In ms view. | To my mind. /To my wax of thinking, | Personally I believe that ‘It srikes ‘me that I feel very sirongis that ‘ Lam inclined to believe that | It seems ro me hat | As far as I am ‘concerned, I think that the world would be a much ener place without nuclear power. One advantage of | Another advanaage of | One other advansage of | further advantage of The main advantage of / The greatest advantage of | The first advantage of travelling to work by bicycle is tha ti ‘cheap: you dant have to par for ful One disadvantage of Another disadvantage of | One other disadvantage of | further disadvantage of ( The main disadvantage of ' The greatest disadvansage of ! The frst disadvantage of traveling to work by bevels & that you have 10 protection from the wind oF rain To list points To list points in 2 specifie sequence: Firstly, | First ofall! In the first place, { Secondly, ! Thirdty, | Finals, | To star with, people who lve in the country suffer far fewer health problems than those who lve ithe ci. BEGINNING - First To start with, | To begin with,! First ofall. wash the wound with cold water, CONTINUING - Secondls. After this that, { Afterwards. ! Then, | Next. wrap a bandage around the cut concuupine -Finalls, Lore Last bus not least. piace the parent in 2 comfonabie position and allow To add more points fon the same topic: Whatis more | Furthermore Apart from tisha, |r dition (otis), | Morecner, | Besides (ths), | ‘not 19 mention the fact that cars are exremels expensive fo maintain. Cars are also exiremely expensive to maintain Cars are extremely expensive 10 maincain too, [Not only are cars harmful 10 the environment, but they are exrremelt expensive 10 mainiain as well. Cars are both harmful re she environment and expensive to maintain, To refer to other sources: With reference 10 | According to the article in yesterday's Guardian. tte unemplosment rate is falling in Britain To express cause: L To express effec: The goverment decided not 10 fund the sciteme because iowing to the fact that | due to the fact that (on the grounds that | since (as it seemed like to fail In view of | Because of ' Owing to tte scheme’s high chances of flue. she government decided not 0 fund The scherne is key it for this reason the government has decided not 10 und it Seeing thatthe scheme is fkels to fail. the government has decided morro fund The government has decided to fund the scheme now that is planners have redesioned it He passed his exams: thus. / therefore. | so ' consequently. asa result. / as a consequence.‘ for this reason, te was able ro 20 10 university To express purpose The government decided not 10 introduce the dear penalts for fear (that) innocent people would die. The government decided not 10 introduce the death penalts so that innocent people would not die: The eorernment decided not 1o introduce the death penalty so as to | in order t0.a\ innocen people. The government decided not 10 ineroduce the death penal in ease it resuled the deat innocent peopleTo emphasise what Clearly, | Obviusly, | Of course, | Needless 10 say. if everyone were allowed to cary’ a gun. the chime raie would rise considerably. To express reality Mis a fact that | Im effect | In face, | AS @ matter of fact. 1 The fact of the matter is (that) | Actuals, j 1m practice. | Indeed, | To ell you the truth, a crash helmet would be quite useless in the event ofa set ous mororevele accident. Tocxpress the diference bberween appearance and) rely To give examples: Inidalt, | At frst, At first sight, his injures seemed minor. but when the doctors examined hi discovered he had fractured his skull For instance, / For example, by reducing your intake of red meat you can decrease your chances of hav ing ¢ hear anack in later ite. By reducing your intake of foods such as / like beef and lamb vou can decrease your chances of having ‘a heart attack in later life Ifyou want to decrease your chances of having a hear anal Jer life, vou should reduce your intake of meat. particulartyj in particular. j especially red meat To make general statements ‘As a general rule. j General, (In general. { On the whole, people who exercise regularly suffer fener saress-reated problems than those who don', ‘To make panially correct statement: Up 10.0 point, To a certain extent, | To some exent, | In a sense, | Jt a way, this 1s mue as women ix sociery are far les likely 10 use physical violence than men. ‘To express limit of knowledge: To the best of my knowledge. | As far as Ikon, there is no frm proof of the extenceof aliens To state other people's opinion: tis popudarty believed that | People ojen claim chat | It is often alleged that | Some people argue that | Many argue that { A lot of peop think that | lot of people believe that the earth is the only plant in four solar syster that has ver supported life. Consrary to popular belie. the earth isnot the only planet in our solar system: to have supported life. To make contrasting points: Iisa known fact thax smoking causes cancer. set however, i nevertheless. | but (a the same time even 0, | still, nonetheless, millions of people around the world consinue to smoke Although | Even though | Regardless of the fact that ! Im spite of the fact that! Despite the fact that | While i is 2 korown faci that smoking causes cancer. millions of people around the world continue 10 smoke. To express balance (the other side of the argument): Negative addition: “To express exception Dos ae good pein dat hey provide companionship: however, but (on theater hand though ye, | atthe same rime, iin contrast, feeding ond grooming a dog can be expensive and time-consuming Neither the prime minister nor his depury knew anvthing about the experiment. Neither of them knew anvthing about the experiment The prime minister didn’t know anvthing about the experiment: nor | neither cid his depurs Tae prime minister didn't know anything about the expenment and his deputy did't either. He read all the books butlapart fromuexcept (for) one: “Olver Twist” Tn other words,/That is o sa3,/To put it another way, if people made more of an effort to provect he environment the warld would be @ much healthier piace 10 live in— Alcohol reduces our abil 10 concentrate on our work: similarly, kewist.jin the same way. i reduces ow ability 10 concenarate while driving. ‘To give an alternative: To express condition: We could switch to (either) solar power or wind power. We could switch 10 solar power. On the other hand jAlternatively, wind power is also an environmental friendly option Told him: that he could borrow my car on the condition that | provided (that) / providing (that) (only if ‘as Tong as he din’ drive it t00 fast. In the event of rouble, | In the event that zrouble should star | If trouble should star. lock all the doors and windows Toke an umbrelia in ease of rainiin case it rains He asked me whether (or not) I wanted 10 go. ‘You had beter lock all the doors otherwiselor (else) you willbe in rouble. To express the Jconsequence of 2 condition: ‘The company is hoping for a government loan: consequentl,ithenisoiin which case, ix will be able 10 provide ffs new jobs Lm hoping the club will be open tonight: if so, we'll have a great rime. if no.jotherwise, we hav [To express comparison This cars as fast as [more comfortable than | peice as jast as | less comfortable han mine. To conclude: Finally Lastly, Above al/AI in ally Taking everything into account|On the well things consi || dered.In conclusion (As I have said./As was previously sated,/To sum up, ii unlikely that mankind will | ever bring an end to al wars Time: |” Press he buzton wheniwheneverlbfareuntiiiger te ligh comes on {haven't seen him since June. | Ts hi as es leaving se shops him wile was dong my shopping | neve sem that issn Canada Relatives: | That's the mar whoithat gave me the bag. That's the man whose bagi is. That's the dog whichithat bit me. That's the pace where I live | That’ sk woman wholwhomiihat Ive with | Reference: | wish 10 make a complaint regardingiconcerning one af your shop assistants. 1 ara wruing with respecurepardireference to in epardieference to our recent eter of application. ‘Summanising: | In shortsBriefts(To put it briefty, the film was the best I've ever seen.