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.
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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
ALIYI Ahmad
Sunday 30th of April 2023
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Addison
Wednesday 7th of December 2022
thank that helped m out alot
No name
Thursday 1st of December 2022
Amazing list. It helps change up how you start your sentence, and it helps for writers to keep readers engaged.
Aribeth
Friday 27th of May 2022
so i think that there should be more expansion so we can tell the reader a bit more about what is happening
Mia
Wednesday 6th of April 2022
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