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PERSONAL OPINION In my opinion, in my view, to my
mind, to my way of thinking,
Personally I believe that, it strikes
me that, I feel very strongly that, I
am inclined to believe that, I
seems to me that, as far as I am
concerned, I think that…..
ADVANTAGES AND One advantage, another
DISADAVANTAGES advantage of, the main
advantage, the greatest
advantage…..
TO LIST POINTS Firstly, First of all, In the first
place, Secondly, Thirdly, Finally,
To start with….
SEQUENCE First, To start with, To begin with,
First of all
Secondly, After this, that,
Afterwards, Then, Next
Finally, Lastly, Last but not
least….
ADD MORE POINTS ON THE What is more, Furthermore, Apart
SAME TOPIC from this, that, In addition,
Moreover, Besides this
Also
Too
Not only, but
Both, and
TO REFER TO OTHER With reference to, According to…
SOURCES
TO EXPRESS CAUSE Because, owing to the fact that,
due to the fact that, since, as,
In view of/Because of/Owing to
For this reason
Seeing that
Knowing that
TO EXPRESS EFFECT Thus, therefore, so,
consequently, as a result, as a
consequence, for this reason
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TO EXPRESS PURPOSE So that, so as to, in order to, in
case, to
TO EMPHASISE WHAT YOU Clearly, obviously, of course,
SAY needless to say….
TO EXPRESS REALITY It is a fact that, in effect, in fact,
as a matter of fact, the fact of the
matter is that, Actually, In
practice, Indeed, To tell you the
truth, ……
TO EXPRESS DIFFERENCE Initially, At first, At first sight….
BETWEEN APPEAPRANCE
AND REALITY
TO GIVE EXAMPLES For instance, For example
Such as, like
Particularly, in particular,
especially…
TO MAKE GENERAL As a general rule, Generally, In
STATEMENTS general, On the whole…
TO MAKE PARTIALLY Up to a point, To a certain
CORRECT STATEMENTS extent, To some extent, In a
sense, In a way….
TO EXPRESS LIMIT OF To the best of my knowledge, As
KNOWLEDGE far as I now…
TO STATE OTHER PEOPLE’S It is popularly believe that,
OPINIONS People often claim that, It is often
alleged that, Some people argue
that, Many argue that, A lot of
people think that, A lot of people
believe that, Contrary to popular
belief….
TO MAKE CONTRASTING However, nevertheless, but, at
POINTS the same time, even so,
Although, Even though,
Regardless of the fact that, In
spite of the fact that, Despite the
fact that,

TO EXPRESS THE OTHER However, but, on the other hand,

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SIDE OF THE ARGUMENT although, at the same time, in
contrast….
NEGATIVE ADDITION Neither…… nor……
TO EXPRESS EXCEPTION But, apart from, except for….
TO CLARIFY/REPHRASE In other words, That is to say, To
put it another way…..
TO EXPRESS SIMILARITY Similarly, likewise, in the same
way…
TO GIVE AN ALTERNATIVE
On the other hand, Alternatively
TO EXPRESS CONDITION On the condition that, Provided
that, Providing, Only if, As long
as
In the event of, In the event that
In case of
Whether , Otherwise
TO EXPRESS CONSEQUENCE Consequently, Then, So, In
which case, if not, otherwise…
TO EXPRESS COMPARISON As…as, more ….. than,
less….than
TO CONCLUDE Finally, Lastly, Above all, All in
all, Taking everything into
account, On the whole, All things
considered, In conclusion, As I
have said, As was previously
stated, To sum up Overall
TIME When, whenever, before, until,
till, after, while
Now that…
RELATIVES Who, whose, which, where,
whom, that
REFERENCE Regarding, concerning, with
respect, in regard, in reference
to…
SUMMARISING To sum up, to summarize
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