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To Enhance IELTS Writing

The document provides tips to enhance writing skills, including introducing topics, presenting arguments with evidence, providing examples, expressing various logical connections like cause and effect or similarity and contrast, summarizing conclusions, introducing opinions, adding further details, expressing uncertainty, emphasis, balanced views, supporting arguments, refuting arguments, and conceding points. It offers transition words and phrases for each of these elements of strong academic writing.

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To Enhance IELTS Writing

The document provides tips to enhance writing skills, including introducing topics, presenting arguments with evidence, providing examples, expressing various logical connections like cause and effect or similarity and contrast, summarizing conclusions, introducing opinions, adding further details, expressing uncertainty, emphasis, balanced views, supporting arguments, refuting arguments, and conceding points. It offers transition words and phrases for each of these elements of strong academic writing.

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To enhance your writing skills:

​ Introduction:
● It is widely acknowledged that...
● In recent years, there has been growing concern/interest in...
● The issue of [topic] has sparked considerable debate/discussion…

​ Presenting Arguments:
● Firstly, it should be noted that...
● Moreover, it is important to consider...
● Additionally, research has shown that...
● Furthermore, it is worth mentioning that...
● On the contrary, some argue that…

​ Providing Examples:
● For instance/For example...
● A case in point is...
● This can be illustrated by...
● One notable example is…

​ Expressing Cause and Effect:


● As a result/consequence...
● This leads to...
● Consequently/Therefore...
● The main cause/factor behind…

​ Expressing Similarity:
● Similarly, ...
● Likewise, ...
● In the same vein, …
​ Expressing Contrast:
● On the other hand, ...
● In contrast, ...
● However, ...
● Conversely, …

​ Summarizing and Concluding:


● In conclusion,...
● To sum up,...
● Overall, it can be concluded that...
● Taking all the information into account,...

​ Introducing your opinion:


● From my perspective...
● In my opinion/view...
● Personally, I believe...
● It is my contention that…

​ Providing additional information:


● Furthermore,...
● Moreover,...
● Additionally,...
● Not only that, but…

​ Expressing uncertainty or speculation:


● It is possible that...
● It is plausible to suggest that...
● There is a likelihood that...
● It remains to be seen whether…
​ Expressing emphasis:
● It is imperative to...
● It is crucial to highlight...
● It is worth noting that...
● It cannot be overstated that…

​ Providing a balanced view:


● On the one hand,...
● On the other hand,...
● While it is true that...
● Nevertheless,...

​ Supporting your argument:


● Research has consistently shown that...
● Numerous studies have demonstrated that...
● Statistics indicate that...
● Evidence suggests that…

​ Refuting an argument:
● Contrary to popular belief,...
● However, this claim overlooks/ignores...
● Despite these assertions, it is important to consider...
● This argument fails to acknowledge…

​ Conceding a point:
● Admittedly,...
● It is true that...
● One cannot deny that...
● Although it may be true that...

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