Useful English Words for Essay, IELTS Writing Task 2

Useful English Words for Essay

To indicate more information

 Besides - Making an additional point; anyway  Furthermore  In addition  Moreover  Likewise  Indeed – In truth  In fact  Also  As well  Foremost - Ranking above all others; Preceding all others in spatial position  First, Second, Third, Finally  Firstly, Secondly, Thirdly

To indicate an example

 For example  For instance  In particular  Particularly - Specifically or especially distinguished from others  Specifically  To illustrate  To demonstrate

To indicate a cause or reason

 Since  Because  Because of  Due to  For  For the reason that  As  Inasmuch as - Since  Whereby - As a result of which, By which, "the means whereby we achieved our goal"

To indicate a result or an effect

 Accordingly - because of the reason given  Consequently  Hence  So

 Therefore  Thus  Thusly - In the way indicated  Thence - From that fact or reason or as a result  Therefrom - From that circumstance or source  Thereof - Of or concerning this or that, From that circumstance or source  Corollary - A practical consequence that follows naturally, "blind jealousy is a frequent corollary of passionate love"

To conclude

 For the aforementioned reasons  For the aforementioned reasons, there is no doubt that  To sum up the foregoing,  Given these facts  In conclusion  In closing  To conclude

To express an opinion

 In all due fairness  With good judgment, (one/we may)

To describe or make

 vivid  portray  depict  exhibit  illustrate  expose  present  paint a portrait  limn - Trace the shape of, make a portrait of  delineate  represent  demonstrate  constitute - Form or compose  embodied - (adj) Expressed by  embody - (v) Represent or express in tangible form  embodiment

To prove

 manifest - Provide evidence for; stand as proof of  attest - Provide evidence for  testify - Provide evidence for  certify - Provide evidence for  endorse, indorse - Give support or one's approval to  shew - Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment  establish  instance - (v) Clarify by giving an example of  exemplify - (v) Clarify by giving an example of

To compare or contrast

 Whereas  In comparison  In contrast  However  Although  On the other hand  Likewise  Similarly  But  Yet  Withal - Despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession)  Withal - Together with this  Nevertheless - Despite anything to the contrary  Nonetheless - Despite anything to the contrary  Notwithstanding - Despite anything to the contrary  Even so - Despite anything to the contrary  All the same - Despite anything to the contrary

To indicate time

 After  Before  Currently  During  Eventually  Finally  First, Second, etc.  Formerly  Immediately  Initially

 Lastly  Later  Meanwhile  Next  Once  Previously  Simultaneously  Soon  Subsequently  Subsequent - Following in time and order  Hitherto, Heretofore - Used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time, “The sun hasn’t rose hitherto.”  In due time  Henceforth

To indicate certainty

 Truly  Sincerely  Genuinely  Surely  Rightfully  Absolutely  Indubitably  Certainly  Without doubt  Needless to say

To indicate doubt

 Most likely  More likely  Possibly  Probably  Dubitable - Open to doubt or suspicion  Dubious - Distressed with uncertainty or doubt

To summarize

 Overall  To summarize  In summary  To sum up  Paraphrased