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    Complete List of Connectives and Discourse Markers For IELTS Speaking

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    Complete List Of Connectives and Discourse Markers


    For IELTS Speaking
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    Giving a personal opinion:

    - Well, …
    - Well, I guess …
    - Well, I suppose …
    - Well, I reckon ….
    - Well, I think ...
    - Well, as far as I’m concerned, …
    - Well, to be honest, I think ….
    - Well, between you and me, I think …
    - Well, it could be that …
    - The way I see it,…
    - In my opinion,…
    - To me,…
    - In my eyes,…
    - In my view,…
    - From my point of view,…
    - From my viewpoint,…
    - From my perspective,…
    - From where I stand/stood,…
    - To my perception,…
    - If you ask me,..
    - What I reckon is,…
    - I’d say….
    - Personally speaking,…
    - Technically speaking,….

    Adding information:

    - Also, ...
    - And, …
    - Another thing is….
    - Another good example of this is, …
    - Another reason for this is ,
    - And one more thing,…
    - On top of that…
    - As far as I know…
    - To my knowledge,…
    - Another thing that comes to mind,…
    - Besides,…
    - Additionally,…
    - In addition to…
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    Emphasizing:

    - Actually,…
    - In fact,…
    - As a matter of fact,…
    - And here’s the thing,…
    - I think one important thing is….
    - I really think…
    - For sure, in my eyes,….
    - For sure, in my view,…
    - I firmly believe that…
    - Absolutely.
    - Definitely.
    - Without a doubt,…
    - Without a shadow of a doubt /without a shadow of doubt…
    - There’s no doubt ….
    - Undoubtedly,…
    - Hands down(=Undoubtedly),…. (appears at the end of a sentence)
    - Undeniably,…
    - It’s undeniable…
    - I’d go as far as to say,…

    Clarifying:

    - What I mean is…


    - What I want to say is…
    - What I’m trying to say is…
    - As I was saying…
    - To explain,…
    - To illustrate,…
    - In other words,…
    - My point is that,…
    - More specifically,…
    - Let me put that another way.
    - To put that another way,…
    - That is to say,…
    - I shouldn’t also forget to mention that…
    - If we’re talking about ……., I suppose……..
    - When it comes to ……, I should say…
    - Regarding …., I’m of the opinion that…
    - As for myself…. (specially when saying sth opposite)

    Contrasting and making concessions:

    - I’ve got mixed feelings about this, I suppose ……………., but then again, ……………
    - I’ve got mixed feelings about this, I suppose ……………., but on the other hand, ……………
    - I’m in two minds about this, I suppose ……………., but on the other hand, ……………
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    - I’m in two minds about this actually, I reckon ……………., but then again, ……………
    - First and foremost…………….,but…………….
    - Well, for starters, ……………,but…………….,
    - At first glance, ………………., mind you …………….
    - At first sight, ………………., that said …………….
    - On the other hand,…
    - But…
    - However, …
    - Mind you…
    - That said…
    - At the same time…
    - While….
    - Although…
    - Instead of,
    - Despite,
    - On one hand, …. on the other hand, …
    - In the opposite way, …
    - In contrast, …
    - Whereas…

    Sequencing ideas:

    - Well, first of all,…


    - The first thing,…
    - In the first place,…
    - First of all,
    - First and foremost,…
    - Well, to be honest, first of all, …………….,
    - Well, to kick off,…
    - For starters,…
    - To begin with,…
    - To start with,…
    - The next one,
    - Moving on to the next reason,
    - Secondly,
    - Thirdly,…
    - Subsequently,
    - After this,…
    - Finally,…
    - Last but not least,…
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    Discussing a controversy:

    - That’s quite a controversial question. I think …………….


    - I was mulling this over recently and I think ……………. (mull over =contemplate, consider)
    - I’ve been thinking about this quite a lot recently and I think …………….
    - Well, this has been a controversy over the past months/years.

    Agreeing:

    - Yes, we might as well, …………….


    - I guess so.
    - I suppose so.
    - I completely agree with you.
    - I couldn’t agree more.
    - I agree with the idea that…
    - I’m in favor of …
    - I support the fact that….
    - I see where you’re coming from and I’d also like to say that…

    Disagreeing:

    - Well, to be honest,…
    - Well, honestly,…
    - Well, frankly,…
    - Well, actually,…
    - Unfortunately,…
    - I’m afraid,…
    - Definitely not.
    - Basically,…
    - Sadly, I’d have to say…
    - I disagree with the idea that…
    - I’m against the idea that…
    - I don’t support the fact that…
    - I see where you’re coming from but…
    - I’ll have to disagree with that I’m afraid because….
    - I feel the exact opposite way.

    Time phrases/signals:

    - Now,…
    - At the moment,…
    - At present,…
    - Right now,…
    - These days,…
    - Nowadays,…
    - In the past,…
    - Before
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    - Prior to …
    - Then,…
    - At that time,…
    - Years ago,…
    - When I was younger,…

    Predicting/speculating (discussing the future):

    - I don’t really think something like that would ever happen because…
    - It’s highly likely that…
    - I really doubt whether…
    - The probabilities of something like that taking place in the future are very slim because…
    - It’s highly/quite likely that this will happen …
    - It seems probable/likely…
    - Well, there are possibilities…
    - There’s great likelihood that…
    - I’m absolutely/quite sure that this will happen.
    - I’m not (too)sure that this will happen.

    Expressing degree of certainty about the future:

    - It’ll certainly/definitely/surely be an issue if… (100%)


    - It’ll almost certainly/definitely/surely solve the problem if we… (90%)
    - It’ll probably provide opportunities to … (80%)
    - Well, it’ll possibly be the case ... (50%)
    - It probably won’t happen because … (20%)
    - It almost certainly/definitely won’t take place because … (10%)
    - It certainly/definitely won’t cause problems when… (0%)

    Expressing plans, intentions and hopes for the future:

    - I plan to ...
    - My plan is to ...
    - I plan on + gerund…
    - I intend to ...
    - I hope to ...
    - I'm going to ...
    - My life-long ambition is to ...
    - My immediate goal is to ...
    - My ultimate (= final) goal is to ...
    - My dream is to ...
    - Ultimately, ...
    - Hopefully, ...
    - Ideally, ...
    - I expect to ...
    - I’d like to ...
    - As an alternative, I might ...
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    - If all goes well, I'll / I should ...


    - If everything goes according to plan, I'll / I should ...
    - It's always been my hope/plan/ambition/dream to ...
    - My heart is set on + gerund…

    Causes (reasons), effects (results) and solutions (ways):

    - I guess it’s because…


    - The main reason is…
    - Due to the fact that…
    - Mainly because of ….
    - It was caused by…
    - Because…
    - One of the consequences of … is that …
    - As a result, …
    - Because of this, …
    - Therefore, …
    - Consequently, …
    - So, then…
    - For this reason,…
    - I suppose the best way to deal with this problem is…
    - I reckon the only answer is to …
    - The best way to solve this is…

    Giving examples:

    - For example,…
    - For instance,…
    - Such as…
    - Like…
    - Take … as an example,…
    - Taking … as an example,…
    - Let’s take …. as an example…
    - A great example of this is…
    - A clear example of this can be seen…

    Stalling for time:

    - Let me think about that,…


    - That's a difficult/interesting question, …
    - I haven't thought of that before,…
    - Well..., actually, …
    - Well, basically,…
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    Comparing:

    - Similarly ,…
    - In the same way,…
    - Equally, …
    - Likewise, …
    - In a similar fashion, …
    - If I compare it to …
    - I guess one difference is…
    - I suppose the main difference between … and ... is…

    Generalizing:

    - Generally,…
    - Generally speaking,…
    - Broadly speaking,…
    - As a rule, …
    - On the whole, …
    - It is often said that...,
    - In most cases, …
    - The vast majority of,…
    - A small minority of
    - The great/vast/overwhelming majority of …
    - There are ways to approach this matter, the one I’d think is ……
    - Well, there’s a range of advantages for …
    - It depends on….
    - It actually varies…

    Concluding:

    - By and large, I think …


    - In a nutshell,…
    - In general,…
    - Overall, I reckon…
    - All in all, I’d say…
    - All said and done,…
    - At the end of the day,…

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