LINKERS TO BOOST YOUR IELTS WRITING SCORE NOW!

In order to obtain a good score in writing, you need to ensure that your ideas and sentences are properly interconnected. It is also a ‘must’ that you maintain a good transition between paragraphs. Your formal writing should form a cohesive unit and be interesting to read. The best way to achieve this is to try and deliberately use LINKERS (also known as connectives) in your writing. When used correctly this is guaranteed to boost your writing band score. 

Note: In our IELTS preparation classes in Biratnagar, Graduate Coach best ensures that each student is familiar with the commonly used LINKERS and can use them appropriately. 

It might help you to print the list of linkers and learn them by heart if possible.

Linking words and phrases

1.     For listing ideas:

First of all, To begin with, Firstly, Secondly, Thirdly, Next, Then, After that, Finally,

2.     To indicate/show similarity:

In the same way, Likewise, Similarly, In comparison,

3.     For giving examples:

For example, For instance, In particular, particularly, …such as…, …,that it,…

4.     Showing results:

As a result,… Consequently,…  As a consequence,…Hence,… So...Therefore,…Thus,…

5.     Showing differences:

In contrast, On the contrary, however, …,whereas, while, On the other hand,

6.     Summarizing or concluding:

In conclusion, In summary, To conclude, To sum up, In a nutshell,

7.     Others:

Moreover, Furthermore, Although, yet, In spite or, despite this/that…, Alternatively, 

Instead, In addition, Also, Besides, etc…

Below are some commonly used LINKERS in the English language:

Firstly,                       However,   

         Despite of                                              

                            To begin with,    Eventually,                              

          For instance,   In summary,

                            So          For example,

As a result,    Similarly,

           In conclusion,  In a nutshell,  

Provided that                  Likewise
                   

                         As an outcome,       

     Conversely,                  If

              Eventually,           

                                       Although                                   
  Moreover,                                                                                     Furthermore,               In addition,                              

                    In comparison,   To conclude,

   In contrast,                                 

Hence,             Therefore,

            

                To summarize,           

   On the contrary,                 ,Whereas 

                    

Note: Understand the ‘function’ of each linker and try to use it whenever you can in your IELTS writing.