IELTS TIPS : Connetors Words – Kata Penghubung dalam Kalimat

Dalam menulis essay, terutama dalam tes writing IELTS, salah saya hal yang terpenting adalah kata penghubung antar kalimat yang sesuai. Namun sering kali penulis menulis kata yang itu-itu saja. Padahal sebenarnya masih banyak kata-kata yang bisa dijadikan alternatif.

Dalam artikel ini saya sajikan connector yang dikelompokan berdasarkan definisi. Selain  hitung-hitung buat catatan buat diri saya sendiri, juga semoga dapat bermanfaat bagi Anda yang sedang mencari bahan bacaan untuk menghadapi IELTS. Walaupun sebenarnya artikel ini tidak terbatas untuk ujian IELTS saja.

• Memulai Kaimat (Starting your Opinion)

In my opinion,	I think,
In my view	I believe
From my point of view,	To my way of thinking
It seems to me that	I suppose
From my perspective	I understand
It appears that	I feel
I realize
I Imagine
According to me,
To me,

• Memberikan Contoh (Giving Examples)

For example,	For instance
such as	In other words,
as	like
that is	namely
To illustrate	To paraphrase

• Membandingkan (Comparing)

Similiar to	As … as
in common	also
Either … or	In the same way
Neither … nor	At the same time
Just as	resemble

• Bertentangan (Contrasting)
  

However,	But
On the contary,	On the other hand,
Differ from	Nevertheless
Although	Though
Otherwise	Instead
Alternatively	Even though

• Menjeneralisir (Generalizing)
  

Generally,	Generally speaking,
Overall,	On the whole,
In general,	By and large,
It seems to me that	I believe
All in all	Basically,
Essentially,	As a rule
All thins considered	For the most part

• Mengekspresikan Kepastian (Expressing Certainty)
  

Certainly,	Undoubtedly,
Doubtless,	No doubt,
Definitely,	Of course,

• Mengekspresikan Keraguan (Expressing Partial Agreement)
  

More or less,	To some extent,
Up to a point,	Almost,
In a way,	So to speak,

• Penyebab (Showing Cause)
  

Due to	Because
Because of	Owing to

• Dampak (Showing Effect)
  

Therefore,	As a result,
Consequently,	For this reason,
Thus,	So,
Thereby	Eventually
Hence	The reason why

• Pendandaan Waktu (Marking Time)
  

First,	Simultaneously	Before
Second,	Since	After
Third,	Afterwards	While
Firstly,	When	At the same time
Secondly,	Last	After this/that
Thirdly,	Lastly	Meanwhile
During	Then,	Following this
To begin with	First of all,	As soon as

• Menambahkan Informasi (Adding Information)
  

Furthermore	In addition
Also	And
Moreover	Similiary
Likewise	As well as
Besides	Too
Even	What`s more

• Mengekspresikan Kondisi (Expessing Condition)
  

If	Whether
In Case	Unless
Provided that	So that

• Menyimpulkan (Concluding)
  

To summarize	In conclucusion
Lastly,	Finally,
To conclude with,	I short,

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