Linking words takeaways

Present Participle

The present participle has so many uses that you might not even realise you’re using it. Here are the most useful examples for IELTS.

‘Albeit’ is a nice formal word and works well in the right context.

How to introduce new paragraphs/new information in Academic Task 1.

Most common Task 2 mistakes: whereas, although and while.

‘Whereby’ is a useful linking word but it only collocates with certain nouns – check which ones here.

‘Due to’ is a bit more complicated than it looks. Check out the grammar rules here.

‘As well as’ cannot usually replace ‘and’. See how it works here.

‘In case of’ might not have the meaning you think it has – see the issues it causes here.

Avoid using ‘On the contrary’ – it is only used in very specific circumstances.