KEYWORDS & EXPRESSIONS ESSAY WRITING -- IELTS/TOEFL

Stating Your Opinion

In my opinion,

According to
me,

In my view,
From my point
of view,

Contrasting

However,

But

To me,

On the
contrary,

On the other
hand,

I think

Differ from

Nevertheless

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

Although

Though

Otherwise

Instead

Alternatively,

Even though

Expressing Partial Agreement

More or less,

To some
extent,

Up to a
point,

Almost,

In a way,

So to speak,

Showing cause

Marking time

First,

Last

Second,

Lastly,

Third,

Then,

Firstly,

First of all,

Secondly,

Before

Thirdly,

After

Due to

Because

During

While

Because of

Owing to

To begin with

At the same
time

Simultaneously

After this /
that

Since

Meanwhile

Afterwards

Following this

When

As soon as

Generalizing

Generally,

Overall,

Generally
speaking,

Showing effect

On the
whole,

Therefore,

In general,

By and large,

Consequently,

It seems to me
that

I believe

All in all,

As a result,
For this
reason,

Thus,

So,

Basically,

thereby

Eventually,

Essentially,

As a rule,

Hence,

The reason
why

All things
considered

For the most

part
Adding Information

Expressing condition

If

Whether

In case

Unless

Provided that

So that

Comparing
Expressing Certainty

Furthermore

In addition

Also

And

Similar to

As...as

in common

also

Certainly,

Undoubtedly,

Moreover

Similarly

Either...or

In the same
way,

Doubtless,

No doubt,

Likewise

As well as

Neither...nor

At the same
time

Definitely,

Of course,

Besides

Too

Even

Whats more

Just as

resemble

Concluding

To summarize

In
conclusion

Lastly,

Finally,

To conclude
with,

In short,