The language of cause and effect is critical to IELTS – both in writing and speaking. The reason for this is that it helps answers the question “Why?” and allows the candidate to give an extended and coherent answer.
Looking for synonyms
The most common word used here is of course “because”, but you won’t impress the examiner, if you repeat it endlessly. You need variations. One good place to start is visuwords. This is a dictionary/thesaurus site that gives you synonyms.
Thinking about collocations
Unfortunately, synonyms are not sufficient. You also need to be able to use those words appropriately in sentences. to achieve this, you need to be aware of collocations – the words that typically appear together. Learning collocations is a really important stage in the learning process. Try looking at Just the word. This is a program that gives you examples of how words are used together.
Getting it right
Synonyms and collocations are excellent, but you still need to be able to use the words in practice. To do that, try my quiz below:
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