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Conclusion Vocabulary

The document provides a selection of vocabulary words and phrases that are useful for concluding IELTS essays. Some of the highlighted terms include "on balance", "in summary", "in conclusion", "finally", and "however". Brief explanations are given for how to use each term in a conclusion. For example, "on balance" can be used to indicate that the advantages of an argument outweigh the disadvantages, and "however" is useful for linking sentences and adding a second point. The terms are generally useful for concluding essays with balanced arguments on both sides of an issue.

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Conclusion Vocabulary

The document provides a selection of vocabulary words and phrases that are useful for concluding IELTS essays. Some of the highlighted terms include "on balance", "in summary", "in conclusion", "finally", and "however". Brief explanations are given for how to use each term in a conclusion. For example, "on balance" can be used to indicate that the advantages of an argument outweigh the disadvantages, and "however" is useful for linking sentences and adding a second point. The terms are generally useful for concluding essays with balanced arguments on both sides of an issue.

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The vocabulary of IELTS essay conclusions

Here is a selection of some of my favourite words and phrases for essay conclusions with
some examples and brief notes on how to use them

On
balance, On
balance,
I
believe
that
the
 note
the
comma


arguments

outweigh The
advantages
outweigh
the
 a
nice
academic
word
–
very
useful

disadvantages
In
summary,
 In
summary,
it
is
clear
that
 note
the
comma

In
conclusion,
 In
conclusion,
I
would
say
 note
the
comma


that
view
 My
personal
conclusion
is other
useful
words
are
“position”

and
“conclusion”
Finally,
 Finally,
it
is
impossible
 note
the
comma

complex
issue It
is
clear
that
this
is
a
 useful
in
essays
with
balanced



complex
issue conclusions
no
easy
 There
are
no
easy
answers
to
 useful
in
essays
with
balanced

answers this
question. conclusions
both
sides
of
 There
are
good
arguments
to
 useful
in
essays
with
balanced

be
made
on
both
sides
of
the
 conclusions
issue
analysis On
analysis,
we
can
see
that../ useful
in
discussion
essays
My
own
analysis
is
that
however, It
is,
however,
 an
extremely
useful
word
for
linking

sentences
and
adding
a
second
point

to
your
conclusion
As
we
have
 As
we
have
seen,
the
 a
neat
way
to
avoid
“In
summary”
seen, arguments
in
favour
are...

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