Word bank for Advantages and Disadvantages essay

USEFUL LINKING WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS

• To list points:

• Firstly,

• First of all,

• the first place,

• To begin/start with,

• Secondly,

• Thirdly,

• Finally

• To list advantages:

• One/Another/A further/An additional (major) advantage of… is …

• The main/greatest/first advantage of… is …

• To list disadvantages:

• One/Another/ A further/An additional (major) disadvantage/ drawback of… is… .

• The main/greatest/most serious disadvantage /drawback of… is….

• Another negative aspect of… is…

• To introduce points/arguments for or against:

• One point/argument in favour of/ against …

• It could be argued/It is often claimed/It is suggested that …

• It is widely argued/ believed that …

• Some people (experts /scientist) claim (suggest/ argue/ believe/point out/agree/support the view) that… oppose the view that… are in favour of /against…

• To add more points to the same topic:

• in addition (to this),

• furthermore,

• moreover,

• besides,

• what is more,

• also,

• both … and

• To make contrasting points:

• on the other hand,

• however,

• nevertheless,

• even so,

• although,

• despite/in spite of

• To introduce examples:

• for example,

• for instance,

• such as,

• like,

• in particular,

• particularly,

• This is (clearly) illustrated/shown by the fact that…

• One/A clear/striking/ typical example of (this)…

• To emphasise a point:

• clearly,

• obviously,

• naturally,

• needless to say

• To make general statements:

• as a (general) rule,

• generally,

• in general,

• in most cases

• To express cause:

• due to (the fact that),

• because,

• as,

• since

• To express effect:

• therefore,

• as a result / as a consequence,

• consequently,

• so,

• for this reason

• To express conclusion