Telling Stories

Telling Stories

Linking words

Sequencers

Comment Adverbs

• Cause

becausebecause of due toas a result of...

• Result

soAs a result, Therefore,

• Contrast

but However,

Discourse Markers

• To begin:

At first,Initially,In the first place,At the beginning

• To continue:

Afterwards, Subsequently,Later on, After a while, Meanwhile,

• To finish:

Eventually, In the end,

• To end and evaluate:

All in all, As you can see, Looking back, In hindsight

• Time and order

After / beforeDuring As soon as Once

• Apparently,
• Clearly,
• Honestly,
• Naturally,
• Obviously,

• To add more details:

Actually, / As a matter of fact, / In fact,

• To arouse interest:

(And) guess what?

• To clarify:

I mean, / That is,

• To get back on track:

Anyway, / As I was saying,

• To give an opinion:

To be honest, / To tell you the truth,

• To introduce a side note:
• By the way,

• Addition

What's more,On top of that, ...as well as... ...not only ... but also.. Not to mention Moreover (F)

Other Adverbs

2.

Say how sth happened

• Accidentally
• Loudly
• reluctantly
• Silently

Cleft Sentences

• The reason why .... was...
• The thing that ..... is ...
• What we did was...
• It was John that....