How to have more interesting (and scoring )English conversations with the "gap fillers" ? #IELTS #Speaking Tips

If you wanna sound like a native English speaker ,you have to use the gap fillers appropriately during your (English) conversations. Every language has it;s own unique gap fillers (small words to fill the gaps -way of getting  intervals for generating ideas while you talk )

Let's see ,how to use some gap fillers in your conversation ,which helps you to buy some time -seamlessly :) 

List of frequently used gap fillers in English :

1. You know
2. Basically...
3. Initially ...
4. Literally ..
5. Actually ....
6. It's like
7. I mean..
8. Well...
9. Obviously ...
10. I guess....
11. So
12. Not at all 
13. Of course
14. Of course not..
15. However
16. Anyway
17. Meanwhile
18. In fact
19. Exactly
20. Certainly

There are plenty if gap fillers available in English ,a brief list of mostly used words are given above. Generally the gap fillers don't affect the meaning of the sentences . But it makes the sentences more human/more close to the heart .

let's see some in action :

Q :Do you hate villages....?

A: Living in a city is better always for me, in fact I grew up in a village . [ Note ,you can ignore the phrase "in fact" though that doesn't affect the meaning of the sentence .but when you add it ,the sentence sounds like more good. I guess you understood it perfectly .! ]

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Q : Then do you say ,that government should change the education system ?

A: Well...There are many theories about the best and suitable education system for our country.....Actually the second one we discussed earlier seems to be the best. However ,we have to take many other factors in to account .

Some fillers help to start. some help to connect (conjunction )some help to conclude .

Gap fillers like  "hmm" ,"er" ,"um"  are used to keep the conversation going on. Ignore the fillers like this when you face the IELTS speaking test and other  international English examinations as the use of them indicates you are weak on the subject you talk .

KU Education,
IELTS Training Centre (UK Support Education )
Jaffna,Sri Lanka.

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