Sentence Starters! Here you will find a useful list of common sentence starters that you can use in a discussion as well as in essay writing. Learn these sentence starters to improve your English speaking and writing skills.
Sentence Starters
Sentence Starters | Common Phrases
- (The topic) has fostered a debate on …
- A sensible idea would be to…
- We all know that…
- It is said that…
- It is believed that…
- People assumed that…
- There is growing support for the notion that …
- The data gathered in the study strongly suggests that …
- The supposition drawn from this being that…
- Leading to the supposition that…
- This can be argued that..
- The source suggest…
- My own feeling on the subject is that …
- Generally speaking…
- As far as I know…
- As far as I am concerned…
- I believe that…
- The focus of discussion in this paper is …
- The premise of (the topic) seems to be based on …
- Latest research corroborates the view that …
- Most people would agree that…
- It is estimated…
- The reader supposed that…
- It is clear that…
- Everybody knows that…
- Surely you would agree that…
- This clearly shows that…
- I discovered…
- We always…
- This indicates…
- Demonstrating that…
- It is vital that…
- It wouldn’t be very difficult to…
- The real truth is that…
- Are we expected that…
- The fact is that…
- I felt as…
- I think/ I believe that…
- It seems to me that…
- We concluded that…
- My perspective is…
- I agree with…
- Have you thought about…
- In other words…
- I see what you mean but…
- I share your point of view on…
- In my opinion…(how to express your opinions)
Transition Words Used as Sentence Starters
Words to add an idea
- In addition to
- For instance
- For example
- As an example
- Additionally
- Moreover
- Furthermore
- As well as
- Another reason
- Along with
- Coupled with
- Correspondingly
- In addition
- Indeed
- In fact
- Identically
- Likewise
- Again
- Similarly
- Whereas
- Likewise
- One other thing
Words that show cause
- Accordingly
- As a result
- Because
- Consequently
- Due to
- For this reason
- For this purpose
- Hence
- Otherwise
- Since
- So then
- Subsequently
- Therefore
- Thereupon
- This is why
- Thus
- Wherefore
- Following this
- As you can see
- For all of those reasons
- So
Words that show contrast
- Comparatively
- Different from
- Even though
- However (however synonyms)
- Although
- Conversely
- Instead
- In comparison
- Nevertheless
- In contrast
- Whereas
- Yet
- On the one hand…
- On the other hand
- On the contrary
- Other than
- Outside of
- Besides
- Otherwise
Words that add emphasis
- Admittedly
- Above all
- As a rule
- As usual
- Assuredly
- Certainly
- Chiefly
- Especially
- Granted
- Generally speaking
- For the most part
- In this situation
- No doubt (undoubtedly)
- Obviously
- Of course
- Ordinarily
- Particularly
- Singularly
- Unquestionably
- Usually
Sentence Starters | Infographic
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Be that as it may , Come to think of it
Granted that ,wonder of wonders etc.
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I love seeing in written print the proper use of “different FROM”!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! “Different than” never has been and henceforth forever more never shall be – proper English!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s DIFFERENT FROM, NOT different than!!!!! Things differ from each other they don’t differ than each other and subsequently, things are different from each other; they are not different than each other! “I think differently now from how I thought 20 years ago” is an example of the proper use of “different from”. “I think differently now than I thought 20 years ago” is not proper English! It’s amazing how many times a… Read more »
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