Useful Sentences / Vocabulary

➢ Variety of sentences examples :

• It gives me an immense pleasure to…
• The primary / preliminary / basic reason / factor is…
• The main idea is…
• While many people believe…, I think…
• Here are the reasons for my belief / choice.
• This goal can be achieved if…
• I’m writing to convey some important aspects…
• What is more disappointing is that…
• I would like to suggest that you consider…
• I hope you will take some appropriate actions regarding this matter.
• Best regards…
• In conclusion, I strongly believe that … considering above reasons.
• This will provide an opportunity to…
• The only downside / disadvantage / pitfall / shortcoming of… is…
• However, on the brighter side, it will also…
• Overall, I believe that … is a superlative choice as it outshines the … in many
aspects as mentioned above.
• I’m writing to provide you with description / details of…
• If you need any more information, kindly contact me on …
• I appreciate that…
• Hence, I would definitely like to go for an option …
• I am writing to express my concerns / …
• Since the last few weeks we are noticing that / …
• I would like to discuss a return policy of your store and if possible, I would like to
have an extra charges removed that were levied on my recent purchase.
• Upon reaching my workplace / home… , I realized that …
• Now, the issue is that…
• I agree that … is equally important, …
• I would be grateful if you can…
• I hope you will resolve the issue at your earliest convenience. Thanking you.
• I am writing to you this email regarding / in regards to…
• To overcome this problem, …
• It will not be reasonable to…
• I hope you can find a quick solution…
• I would like to thank you for organizing such an amazing event.

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 • It brings sense of unity among people.
• I believe it would be even better if…
• There are some points that would need / like your careful consideration such as…
• I found it … / I find it …
• Knowing the difficulty, …
• In today’s technological era…, which provides…
• Considering …, I believe
• Having … allows / bothers me to…
• Put an end to something.
• Not only … but also …
• The more… the more…
• … so … that …
• … so that…
• Due to this, what I missed was …
• To my surprise, …
• … as well as …

➢ Transitional phrases and words :

• First and foremost / Firstly / At First
• To commence with / To begin with / On one hand
• Apart from this / Other than that / On the other hand / Secondly
• In addition to that, / Additionally / Moreover / Furthermore
• To explain in detail, To explain more / further
• Consequently / As a result / In conclusion
• Thus / Therefore / Hence / That’s why / Because of which / Which is why
• Because / as
• Especially
• Besides
• However / but
• In fact
• Although / Even though / Though
• Likewise / Similarly
• In the same way, …
• Apparently
• Whereas
• While
• Before
• Since

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 • Till
• Until
• Whether
• Thereafter / Afterwards / After
• Nevertheless / None the less
• Currently, …
• For example, … / For instance, … / Recently, …
• Personally / I suppose / From my point of view
• In my opinion / To my mind / From my perspective
• Regardless of …
• Certainly, …
• Fortunately
• Unfortunately

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