Transition/connecting phrases are very important for your Task 2 essay because they help to link your sentences and paragraphs together.

I suggest you choose and memorize some of the phrases below to use in your essays, as the last thing you want is to waste time thinking of connecting phrases to use.

Introduction paragraph:

• There are three reasons why...
• A major development...
• In my opinion/view, ...
• Personally, I believe that...
• From my point of view, I think...
• There are two reasons why...
• Two key points that will be discussed are...

Supporting paragraph:

• Firstly, ...
• Secondly, ...
• Thirdly, ...
• On the other hand, ...
• For example, ...
• And in fact, ...
• As an example, ...
• In addition, ...
• Thus, ...
• Hence, ...
• In contrast, ...
• Just like, ...
• Furthermore, ...

Conclusion:

• Therefore, ...
• In summary, ...
• As a result, ...
• Finally, ...
• In other words, ...
• From this we see that...
• In conclusion, ...