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IELTS essay vocabulary
🔸Expressing personal opinions:
In my opinion, …
Personally, I think that …
It seems to me that ...
I must admit that …
I believe/suppose that ...
I cannot deny that …
As I see it, …
As far as I'm concerned, …
I would argue that ...
I'd like to point out that …
In my experience, ...
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Very strong opinions:
I am sure that …
I am convinced that ...
I am certain that ...
Example: I would argue that computers are rather beneficial for kids.
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Proving your arguments
to attest, ...
to prove, ...
this (fact) is attested/proven by ...
this (fact) is evidenced by ...
this (fact) is testified by ...
this (fact) is endorsed/supported by...
this (evidence) establishes that ...
Example: Consuming moderate amounts of sweets can be good for health. This is evidenced by a number of cases when people improved their health conditions by eating chocolate.
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Expressing general point of view:
It is (generally) claimed that …
It is (generally) said that …
It is (generally) thought that ...
It is (generally) considered that ...
A common opinion is that ...
A popular belief is that ...
Example: It is considered that rigorous diets are very unhealthy.
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Outlining facts
The fact is that …
It is obvious that …
It is clear that …
There is no doubt that …
This proves that …
Example: It is obvious that deforestation has no positive effects.
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Generalizing
Generally speaking, ...
On the whole, ...
Typically, ...
By and large ...
Example: Generally speaking, smoking is a bad habit.
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Giving examples
For example, ...
For instance, ...
A good illustration of this is ...
Evidence for this is provided by ...
We can see this when ...
Example: A lot of wild animals are endangered. Evidence for this is proved by decreasing number of species.
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Concluding
To summarise, ...
In conclusion, ...
Overall, ...
On balance, ...
Taking everything into consideration, ...
Example: Overall, no parents should neglect their children.
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