IELTS Vocabulary Connecting Words

1. EMPHASIS
  • Undoubtedly
  • Indeed
  • Obviously
  • Particularly
  • Especially
  • Clearly
  • Importantly
  • Absolutely
  • Definitely
  • Without a doubt
  • Never
  • It should be noted

2. ORDER
  • First/Firstly
  • Second/ Secondly
  • Third/Thirdly
  • Finally
  • At this time
  • Following
  • Before

3. CONTRAST
  • On the contrary
  • Instead
  • Unlike
  • Nevertheless
  • On the other hand
  • Nonetheless
  • Yet
  • In comparison
  • In contrast
  • While
  • Whereas
  • Alternatively
  • Conversely
  • Even so
  • Differing from

4. HIGH LIGHTING
  • In particular
  • Particularly
  • Especially
  • Mainly

5. GIVING EXAMPLES
  • For instance
  • For example
  • One clear example is
  • Namely
  • Such as
  • In other words
  • To illustrate

6. SIMILARITY
  • Likewise
  • Similarly
  • Correspondingly
  • In the same way
7. BEING CLEAR
  • What I want to say is
  • As I was saying
  • What I mean is

8. RESULT/CONSEQUENCE
  • So
  • therefore
  • as a result/consequence
  • accordingly
  • because of this/that
  • Consequently
  • thus
  • hence
  • for this/ that reason
  • So that
  • In that case
  • Under these circumstances

9. REFORMULATION
  • Rather
  • In other words
  • To put it more simply

10. TIME PHRASES
  • At present
  • At the moment
  • Now
  • Right now
  • Now a days
  • These days
  • Years ago
  • Before
  • In the past
  • At that time
  • When I was younger
  • Then

11. GENERALIZING
  • Usually
  • As a rule
  • On the whole
  • For the most part
  • In most cases
  • Generally
  • In general

12. ADDITION
  • Likewise
  • Whereas
  • Identically
  • Again
  • Similarly
  • Additionally
  • Furthermore
  • Also
  • Too
  • As well as that
  • Along with
  • Besides
  • In addition
  • More over
  • Not only.. but also
  • In addition to this
  • Apart from this

13. Words to Summarize
  • After all
  • In any event
  • In other words
  • On balance
  • All in all
  • In brief
  • In short
  • That is (that is to say)
  • All things considered
  • In conclusion
  • In brief
  • Therefore
  • Briefly
  • In essence
  • In summary
  • To put it differently
  • By and large
  • Indeed
  • In the final analysis
  • To sum up
  • Hence
  • On the whole
  • In the long run
  • To summarize
  • In any case
  • Overall
  • Namely
  • Finally
  • Lastly
  • Once and for all
  • Conclusively
  • At the end

14. ORDER
  • First/Firstly
  • Second/ Secondly
  • Third/Thirdly
  • Finally
  • At this time
  • Following
  • Before
  • Previously
  • Subsequently
  • Above all
  • Last but not least
  • First and foremost

15. Giving Opinion
  • I admit
  • I disagree/cannot accept
  • I think
  • In my view
  • In my opinion
  • I believe
  • I concur/agree

16. FREQUENCY
  • Always
  • Often
  • As often as (possible)
  • Every
  • Once a
  • Regularly
  • Usually
  • Sometimes
  • From time to time
  • Seldom
  • Rarely
  • Never

17. QUALIFYING
  • Although
  • However
  • But
  • Unless
  • Except
  • Apart from
  • As long as
  • If