SOME OF THE MOST COMMONLY USED CONNECTIVE WORDS AND PHRASES http://rapidshare.com/files/60849280/Cambridge_Ielts_6_mp3.rar AGREEING I agree. Yes, I really Absolutely, I … On the whole… Yes, me too. DISAGREEING I don’t really know I’m not sure. Personally, I tend to think… Um … I actually think … Possibly, but … USEFUL CONJUNCTIONS: Whereas But Except that Compared with While Although Even though USEFUL EXPRESSION FOR INTRODUCING AN OPPOSITE IDEA IN A NEW SENTENCE. On the other hand, … Nevertheless, … However, … By contrast, … All the same, … Alternatively, … BALANCING VIEWS Although … / even though … As far as the question of … is concerned … For one thing … , and for another … Some people think … Others argue that … In my view … I think that’s -ne as long as … It’s important to make sure … Sometimes, they just want to … Quite often, I think they … MAKING A CONCESSION BEFORE DISAGREEING: I think it is reasonable to say that … I also belive that … In addition, … While it may be true that … I alsofeel … Although some people agrue that … Overall, I belive … 1 SOME OF THE MOST COMMONLY USED CONNECTIVE WORDS AND PHRASES The most important thing is … I tend to feel that … In my opinion, it is … We should consider whether … It is useful to consider what e1ect … could have on … Some people feel that … It can be said that … TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE I expect … I predict … will lead to/ result in I foresee/ I can’t foresee any problems. I suppose (conceding)… … in the foreseeable future The result/ outcome will/ would be that … From what I’ve read/ heard, it seems that … USEFUL EXPRESSIONS FROM CERTAIN … TO LESS CERTAIN I’m sure/ certain that … I’m pretty sure/ certain that … It seems likely that … I think that … It’s hard to say whether … I don’t really know whether … Group 1: sequencing/listin g Use to catalogue (makea list of items) Fist of all, … In the -rst place, … To begin with, … First(ly) … second(ly) … third(ly) … First, … Next … Then … After that, … Finally, … Group 2: reinforcing Use to add to and strengthen what you have said. Also,… Besides, … Furthermore, … In addition, … Moreover, … Group 3: equating Use to indicate similarity with what has been said In the same way, … Likewise, … Similarly, … Group 4: summarising Use to introduce a generalisation of or conclusion In conclusion, … In summary, … To conclude, … To sum up, … Group 5: For example, … 2 SOME OF THE MOST COMMONLY USED CONNECTIVE WORDS AND PHRASES referring Use to give more examples For instance, … In particular, … … such as … Group 6: showing results Use to express the consequence As a result, … Consequently, … Hence,… So … Therefore, … Thus, … Group 7: inferring Use to deduce In other words, … In that case, … Then, … Otherwise, … Group 8: giving alternatives Use to refer to an alternative Alternatively, … On the other hand, … Then again, … Group 9: restating Use to express what you have said in another way (usually more simply) In other words, … That is to say, … To put it simply, … Group 10: contrasting Use to compare or contrast Conversely, … In comparison, … In contrast to this, … Instead, … On the contrary, … …, whereas … Group 11: conceding Use to indicate other ways of considering what you have said. After all, … All the same, … Although …/ Though …/ Even though … Even if … However, … In spite of …, despite this/ that … Nevertheless … Nonetheless … Still, … Yet,… 3 . … While it may be true that … I alsofeel … Although some people agrue that … Overall, I belive … 1 SOME OF THE MOST COMMONLY USED CONNECTIVE WORDS AND PHRASES The most important thing is … I tend. SOME OF THE MOST COMMONLY USED CONNECTIVE WORDS AND PHRASES http://rapidshare.com/files/60849280/Cambridge_Ielts_6_mp3.rar AGREEING I agree. Yes, I really Absolutely, I … On the whole… Yes,. … 2 SOME OF THE MOST COMMONLY USED CONNECTIVE WORDS AND PHRASES referring Use to give more examples For instance, … In particular, … … such as … Group 6: showing results Use to express the