List of Academic Vocabulary for Writing Task 1

Basic Intermediate Advanced

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Indicate
Increase (v) Rise (v) Ascend (v)
Climb (v) Incline (v)
Grow (v)
Increase (n) Rise Ascent
growth Incline
Increase Increase
drammatically exponentially
Soar (v)
Decrease (v/n) Fall (v/n) Decline (v/n)
Drop (v/n)
Sharp (adj) Dramatic (adj) Rapid (adj)
Considerable (adj)
Exponential (adj)
Marked (adj)
Sharply ( adv) Dramatically ( adv) Rapidly ( adv)
Considerably ( adv)
Exponentially ( adv)
Markedly ( adv)
Fall Sharply (adv) Decrease dramatically Slide away
Plundge (v)

Gradual (adj) Steady (adj)

Gradually (adv) Steady (adv)

Birth rate Fertility, natality

Death rate Mortality

About (adv) Approximately (adv)

around Somewhere in the
vicinity of ..
Clear (adj ) obvious Apparent ( adj )
Evident
Just Only A negligible
A mere
On the other hand By contrast In stark contrast
In contrast
but however Yet

List of Academic Vocabulary for Writing Task 2

 Vocabulary to start your Phrases to end your Showing your opinion
writing task 2 introduction after generel
statement

Many/some people The following paragraphs discuss In my opinion...

claim/opine/believe that... whether ...... or ...... and reach a I strongly opine that...
reasonable conclusion. I strongly agree/disagree with the
It is often said that... idea/topic that...
The following essay takes a look at
These days.../ Nowadays.../ In this both sides of the argument. My opinion is that...
day and age...
However, I strongly believe that... Personally speaking...
It is universally accepted that...
I oppose the view and my reasons In my view...
We live in an age when many of us will be explained in the following I believe...
are... paragraphs. Apparently...
Personally speaking...
.... is one of the most important I personally believe that...
issues... Thus the advantages far outweigh As far as I am concerned...
the disadvantages...
From my perspective...
I believe that this trend should be
changed. To my way of thinking...
It seems to me that...

To my mind...

It appears that...

Phrases opining second Words for 3rd, 4th.. Vocabulary to state

paragraph paragraph comparison
It is true that... Second(ly) In the same way...
Third(ly) Likewise...
First of all... Similarly...
Firstly... Besides... Like the previous point...
First and foremost... Likewise... Similar to...
Initially... In addition... Also...
To begin with... Consequently... At the same time...
To start with... What’s more... Just as...
Furthermore...
It is worth considering... Moreover...
In the first place... Other people think that...
Other people believe that...
Many support the view that... On the other hand...
Apart from that...
On the one hand... Finally...
Last but not least...

Phrases to state contrast Phrases to state example Phrases to present an idea

On the other hand... As an example... Research shows that...

On the contrary... As an illustration... Research has found that...
However... As an instance... When it comes to...
Nevertheless.../ Nonetheless... As for instance... With respect to...
Nonetheless/ Nevertheless... As for example... Not only... but also...
Oppositely... By way of illustration... In terms of...
Alternatively... By way of example...
Unlike... To illustrate...
While... To paraphrase...
Whilst... To show/cite/give an example...
Although... To cite an instance...
Though... Take one instance...
Even though... Such as...
Despite... / In spite of... Particularly...
In spite of the fact that... Specifically...
Alternatively... Regarding...
In contrast to this... In particular...
On the other hand... Including/ To include...
Despite the fact that... Namely...
Meanwhile... As far .... is concerned...
As a piece of evidence...
An example is...
...could be a good/ideal example
here...
As a model...

Phrases to state other Vocabulary to show Words to sum up ideas in

ideas effect/ results/ paragraph and essay
consequences
Furthermore... As a result... To sum up...
In addition... Consequently... In short...
On top of that... As a consequence... In a word...
Besides... As an effect... To put it simply...
What is more... Thus... That is to say...
Another point worth noting is... Therefore... To repeat in short...
Another factor to consider is... On account of... To summarise...
Furthermore... Hence...
Not only .... but also... Eventually... In short...
Also... For this/that reason... All in all...
Thereby... Overall...
Due to... On the whole...
Owing to... To draw the conclusion...
One reason behind this is... In a nutshell...
... has led to/ ... has resulted in...
Taking everything into
consideration...
Taking everything into account...
Weighing up both sides of the
argument...