I summarised today some phrase replacement in the IELTS writing this time in the table. With these phrases in the left, your paragraph may seem a bit more complicated and formal, so just go and try some of them in your writing.
| No. | Phrase | Replacement |
| 1 | Along the lines of | Like |
| 2 | As of this date | Today |
| 3 | As to | About |
| 4 | At the present time | Now |
| 5 | By means of | With |
| 6 | For the purposes of | For |
| 7 | For the reason that | Because (since) |
| 8 | From the point of view of | For |
| 9 | In as much as | For |
| 10 | In order to | To |
| 11 | In a position to | Have |
| 12 | In the possession of | Have |
| 13 | In a satisfactory manner | Satisfactorily |
| 14 | In the case of | If |
| 15 | In view of | Because |
| 16 | In the nature of | Like |
| 17 | In the event of | If |
| 18 | In connection with | Of |
| 19 | In the amount of | For |
| 20 | In relation to | Towards |
| 21 | In a number of cases | Some |
| 22 | On the basis of | By |
| 23 | On the grounds that | Because |
| 24 | Owing to the fact that | Because |
| 25 | On the part of | By |
| 26 | On behalf of | For |
| 27 | On the few occasions | Occasionally |
| 28 | Prior to | Before |
| 29 | Subsequent to | After |
| 30 | With a view to | To |
| 31 | With reference to | About |
| 32 | With regard to | About |
| 33 | With the result that | So that |
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