Part 1 101 Conversation Gambits for IELTSActually 1
All in all 2
Alternatively 3
Although 4
As a rule 5
As soon as 6
Bearing in mind 7
Because of that 8
Believe it or not 9
Besides that 10
But then again 11
By and large 12
By the time 13
By the way 14
Can I add here that 15
Considering 16
Does this mean...? 17
Don't forget that 18
Don't misunderstand me 19
Even so 20
Eventually 21
Evidently 22
Finally 23
Frankly,I doubt if 24
Funnily enough 25
Guess what! 26
Have you heard...? 27
I can't decide 28
I certainly would 29
I don't particularly like 30
I don't see how 31
I might consider it 32
I personally feel 33
I suspect that 34
I'd rather 35
I'd say 36
I'm convinced that 37
I'm fairly certain that 38
I'm not keen on 39
I've heard that 40
If I ever 41
If I had my way 42
In a situation like this 43
In my case 44
In my experience 45
In the long run 46
It goes without saying that 47
It is necessary to take into account 48
It looks like 49
It may sound strange,but 50
It's safe to assume that 51
Just a small point 52
Let's be realistic 53
Let's face it 54
Let's get this straight 55
Let's put it this way 56
Never in a million years 57
Not everyone will agree with me,but 58
Oh,I almost forgot 59
On the whole 60
On top of that 61
One(Another)difference is that 62
One way would be to 63
Perhaps[I/you/he/she/it/we/they]could 64
Perhaps I should mention that 65
Perhaps it's because 66
Probably not 67
Remember to 68
Taking into consideration 69
That reminds me 70
That would be great,except 71
That's the reason why 72
The(dis)advantages are clear 73
The best way I can answer that is 74
The catch is 75
The main reason is 76
The most important thing is 77
The only thing is 78
The point is 79
The problem(trouble)is 80
The real question is 81
The surprising thing is 82
There are exceptions,of course 83
They say 84
This raises the problem(question)of 85
To be honest 86
To cut a long story short 87
To give you an idea 88
To some extent 89
To tell you the truth 90
Unless 91
We take it for granted that 92
What I mean is(meant was) 93
What I'm more concerned with 94
What I'm saying is 95
What I'm worried about is/are 96
Whenever 97
Who knows(...?) 98
With regard to 99
Without a doubt 100
You've probably heard that 101
Part 2 Answers Using Conversation GambitsModel Answer 1 102
Model Answer 2 103
Model Answer 3 104
Model Answer 4 105
Model Answer 5 106
Model Answer 6 107
Model Answer 7 108
Model Answer 8 109
Model Answer 9 110
Model Answer 10 111
Model Answer 11 112
Model answer 12 113