Useful Written Expressions for Writing and Speaking on IELTS

Academic Writing Task 1

Expressing Movement: (Nouns and Verbs)
Fell to a fall
Rose (to) a rise Declined to a decline
Increased to an increase Decreased to a decrease
Went up to growth Dipped to a drop
Climbed to an upward Dropped to a slump (a dramatic fall)
Boomed a boom (a dramatic rise) Went down a reduction
Reduced to

Level out a levelling out

Did not change no change
Remained stable Fluctuated around a fluctuation
Remained steady Peaked at reached a peak of
Stayed at

Stayed constant at
Maintained the same level

General Writing Task 1

 My name is ………… and I am writing this letter to explain….
 May I please request your esteemed self to consider the following lines?
 May I please request you to look into the following lines?
 I would like to state for your consideration that……
 I would like to bring into your notice that / I would like to inform you that
 I am writing this letter to explain…… / Let me give you some details
 As you know ……
 First of all,…… / There is / are ……. / In particular….. /
 To sum up,….. / To conclude,……
 In the end, I would like to request you to….. / I would like you to ……..
 Kindly take necessary action in this regard and oblige.
 Kindly look into the matter and take immediate action.
 Thanking you in anticipation,
 Looking forward to …… / Hoping to hear from you soon…..
 Regards, / Sincerely yours, / Truly yours,

Academic / General Writing Task 2

 The important thing is that …..
 It is a fact that ……  The bottom line is that …..
 Some people think that ……  The point is that …..
 In my opinion, ……..  Generally it is assumed that …..
 To me, …….  Generally it is believed that …..
 Consequently, …..  Generally it is observed that …..
 As a result of this …..  The astonishing aspect is that …..
 On the other hand…..  The surprising thing is that …..
 On the contrary…..  It is subject to ………..
 In spite of this …..  It depends on ………...
 Despite ………  ……..has an edge over ……
 Instead of ……..  Furthermore, ……….
 It plays a vital / significant role in  Moreover, ……….
 To some extent  Besides this, …….
 To a great extent  In addition to this
 We will have to suffer the consequences  Apart from this
 We will have to (1st form of verb)  Keeping in view the ……..
 We should (1st form of verb)  In the same way……..
 We ought to (1st form of verb)  Similarly……….
 We must (1st form of verb)  It serves no purpose …….
 We had better (1st form of verb)  It is useless ……….
 We need to (1st form of verb)  However, …………..
 It is about time we (2nd form of verb)
 Above all, I would like to say that …..
 First of all, I would like to say that…..
 Some people seem to be convinced that ……
 Children / people are more inclined towards…….
 As far as _____________________ is concerned ……
 As far as my opinion is concerned, I would like to say that ……
 Since the world has become a global village, it is quite obvious that …..
 It is an undeniable fact that the importance of ___________ can not be neglected in a modern society.
 In the past things used to be different but now things have changed dramatically / rapidly.