Essentials for Writing Task 2

Here, you can have some of the ways to given examples.

EXAMPLES IN IELTS

As an example…
For instance…
For example…
Like…
As…
Among others…
Such as…
Particularly…
Regarding…
In particular…
Namely…
With respect to…
As far …. is concerned…
To show an example…
To give an example…
To cite an example…
As an evidence…
To illustrate…
To paraphrase…
An example is…
…could be a good/ideal example here
A case…
When it comes to…

CONSEQUENCE, EFFECTS & RESULTS IN IELTS

As a result…
Consequently…
As a consequent…
As an effect…
Thus…
So…
The reason why…
Therefore…
On account of…
Because of…
Hence…
Eventually…
For this/that reason…
Thereby…
Due to…
Owing to…

As a result of…
Due to…
One reason behind this is…
… has led to/ … has resulted in…

OPINION IN IELTS

In my opinion…
I strongly opine that…
I strongly agree with the idea that…
I strongly disagree with the given topic…
I think…
My opinion is that…
Personally speaking…
In my view…
I believe…
Apparently…
Personally speaking…
According to me…
As far as I am concerned…
From my perspective…
I realise…
To my way of thinking…
It seems to me that…
To me…
To my mind…
My own view on the matter is…
It appears that…
I feel that…
I understand…
I suppose…

SIMILARITY IN IELTS

In the same way…
Likewise…
Similarly…
Like the previous point…
Similar to…
Also…
At the same time…
Just as..

SHOWING CONTRAST IN IELTS

On the other hand…
On the contrary…
However…
Nevertheless…/ Nonetheless…
But…
Nonetheless/ Nevertheless…
Oppositely…
Alternatively…
Unlike…
While…
Whilst…
Although…
Though…
Even though…
Despite… / In spite of…
In spite of the fact that…
Alternatively…
In contrast to this…
Then again…
On the other hand…
Despite the fact that…
Even so…
Yet…
Meanwhile…

CONCLUSION IN IELTS

In conclusion…
In summary…
To conclude…
To conclude with…
To sum up…
In general…
To summarise…
In short…
All in all…
Overall…
On the whole…
To draw the conclusion…
In a nutshell…
To elucidate…(‘To elucidate’ means – ‘make something clear’ or ‘to explain’.)
All things considered…
By and large…
Taking everything into consideration…
Taking everything into account…
Weighing up both sides of the argument…

WHAT INSTEAD OF “GENERALLY” ?

Generally…..
Generally speaking…..
In general…..
Overall…..
By and large…..
Basically…..
As a rule…..
Essentially…..
On the whole….
All things considered…..

AGREEMENT AND DISAGREEMENT IN IELTS

AgreementDisagreement
I quite agree that….
I strongly agree…..
I completely agree that…..
I totally agree with the given idea that…..
I agree with the opinion that…..
I am quite inclined to the opinion that…..
I could not agree more…..
I concur with the group who believe that…..
I accept that…..
I accept the fact that…..
I approve the idea…..
I am in agreement…..
I consent that…..
I disagree with the opinion that….
I strongly disagree…..
I completely disagree with…..
I totally disagree with the given idea that…..
I disagree with the statement…..
I quite oppose the opinion that…..
I disapprove that…..
I totally do not accept the fact that…..
My own opinion contradicts…..
I disagree with the group of people…..
However, my opinion is different…..

ADDING FURTHER INFORMATION

In addition…..
And…..
Moreover…..
Similarly…..
Furthermore…..
Also…..
As well as…..
Besides…..
Even…..
Too…..
What is more…..
Again…..
In a similar fashion…..
Likewise…..
Not just that
On top of that
To add more to this….

SEQUENCE

First/ Firstly…..
Second/ Secondly…..
Third/ Thirdly…..
Last/ Lastly…..
Then…..
At the same time…..
Meanwhile…..
Since…..
As soon as…..
After this / that…..
Before…..
After…..    
Afterwards …..
During…..    
While…..
Simultaneously…..    
Following this…..
When…..

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