Signposting Language!
Listening for Signpost Words - IELTS Preparation Series 3
"I mean..."
"not only because... but because"
"known as"
"due to= because of"
Introduction
- I'd like to start by...
- Let's begin by...
- First of all, I'll...
- Starting with...
- I'll begin by...
Starting another subject
- Now we'll move on to...
- Let me turn now to...
- Next...
- Turning to...
- I'd like now to discuss...
- Let's look now at...
Giving examples
- For example,...
- A good example of this is...
- As an illustration,...
- To give you an example,...
- To illustrate this point...
Conclusion
- In conclusion,...
- Right, let's sum up, shall we?
- I'd like now to recap...
- Let's summarise briefly what we've looked at...
- Finally, let me remind you of some of the issues we've covered...
- If I can just sum up the main points...