IELTS Linking Words
EXPRESSING “SEQUENCE”
Firstly
To initiate with
First of all
In the first place
To begin with
The first reason is
Initially
Next
Afterward
Then
After this / that
Earlier / Later
Following this / that
Finally / Lastly
SHOWING “RESULTS”
Hence
Thus
Therefore
So
As a result
On this / that account
It follows that
Eventually
Consequently
As a consequence
Thereby
In that case
Admittedly
SHOWING “SIMILARITY”
In the same way
Accordingly
Likewise
Equally important
Similarly
EXPRESSING “EXAMPLE”
For examples
Particularly
For instance
Namely
To illustrate
A case in point
In particular
Such as
To exemplify
Just as
That is to say
EXPRESS THE “CONDITION”
If
Unless
Whether
So that
Provided that
For
Depending on
SHOWING “REASON”
Due to
Owing to
The reason why
Cause
Leads to
As
So
Since
In other words
EXPRESSING “TIME”
When
Whenever
Since
Before
After
Ago
Until
While
Meanwhile
As soon as
No sooner than
Just as
EXPRESSING “DEFINITION”
Means
Consist of
Contains
That is
Refers to
“POSITIVE LINKERS” (ADDITION)
Also
And
In addition
To add
Moreover
Furthermore
Likewise
Similarly
As well as
And then
Too Not only … but
Besides this / that
That is not all
EXPRESS THE “SUMMERY”
To conclude
In conclusion
To sum up
In summery
To summarise
Finally
In a nut shell
In short
To recapitulate
All in all
In closing
Lastly
NEGATIVE LINKERS” (CONTRAST)
However
Rather
On the other hand
On the contrary
But
Otherwise
On spite of
Though
Although
Even though
In contrast
Alternatively
Whereas
Whilst
While
SHOWING “CERTAINTY”
Of course
Undoubtedly
Obvious
Plainly
Certainly
Unquestionably
Assuredly
Without question
Beyond question
Indisputably
Irrefutably
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What are linking words in ielts?
There are different type of linking words, and you can find the most important ones in above article.
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Can idioms be used in ielts speaking?
Yes. I would recommend you to use it. If you use it correctly you can expect 0.5 band more.
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What happens if you write less than 250 words ielts?
There is no upper limit in IELTS writing. you can write as many words as you can, but I would recommend you to not write more than 270 words in task 2, and 170 words in task 1.