Linking Words
How to write and speak better
Inês Rodrigues
What are they?
Linking words and phrases in English (also called 'connective' or 'transition' words) are used to combine two clauses or sentences presenting contrast, comparison, condition, supposition, purpose, etc. They enable us to establish clear connections between ideas.
To Enumerate
To Start
AfterAfter that / afterwards Before Immediately Later Next Secondly, Then Thirdly,
At first
At the beginning
First (of all)
Firstly
In the beginning
In the first place,
To begin with
To Give Examples
To Conclude
All in allAt the end Finally In conclusion In short, In the end Lastly, On the whole Summing up To sum up
For example,For instance, Such as Like Take the case of To demonstrate To illustrate
To Contrast Ideas
Though / AlthoughEven if Even though But However, Despite / In spite of Despite the fact that In spite of the fact that Either ……or In contrast,
Neither...norNevertheless, On the contrary, On the one hand, … On the other hand, Otherwise Whereas While
To Add Information
…tooAlso… ….as well Besides… Both… and… Furthermore
In addition,In addition to... Moreover,… Not only… but also... What is more
To Express Opinion
As far as I am concerned...Frankly, Honestly, I feel… I think… I believe… I reckon…
In my viewIn my opinion… It seems to me that… Personally, I think… From my point of view,
To Generalise
To Give Reference
As regards…Regarding… Concerning With reference to… With regard to… With respect to In respect of
Basically…Generally speaking Generally… In general… In many ways… On the whole…
To Express Cause and Result
As / SinceAs a result, Because Consequently, Due to / Owing to / Because of For this reason,
Not enough… (for somebody) to + infinitiveSo Therefore, This is why, Too… to + infinitive
To Show Important Points
More importantly, ..Equally important What’s more …. Above all else, … Above all Most of all
Undoubtedly / without doubt As a matter of fact Indeed For this reason To emphasize Particularly More important(ly) / most important(ly)
To Agree / Disagree
To Insist
I agree with / toI am in favour of It is true that No doubt thatI don’t agree with / to I disagree with / to I am against
As I have noted,As I have said (before), As I have mentioned (before), As I have already said,
Practice
Complete the sentences using the following linking words:first / afterwards / because / as / since / moreover / besides / and / though / although / in spite of / despite / to / in order to / if / unless / otherwise
1. He decided to go, __________ I begged him not to.
2. __________ being rich and famous, he is not happy.
3. You can borrow my computer ________ you bring it back tomorrow.
4. _________ her reputation, she is not that good a writer.
5. I’m taking my umbrella _________ it’s raining.
6. To start with, I’ll have a shrimp cocktail ________ I’ll try the lobster.
7. The match took place ____________ the bad weather.
8. He worked very hard ____________ get promotion.
9. Don’t cross that street ____________ you really have to.
10. She bought a new laptop __________ please her daughter.
Practice
Complete the sentences using the following linking words:first / then / until / afterwards / finally / because / as / since / moreover / besides / consequently / therefore / however / though / in spite of / to / in order to / if / unless / otherwise
1. Let them go __________ they’re going to be late.2. _______ she was working, I didn’t interrupt her. 3. I opened the window ___________ it was too hot in the room. 4. I’ll wait here ___________ you come back. 5. ___________ he was fully qualified, they didn’t give him the job. 6. ________of all, I’d like to ask you some questions. 7. After months of looking, she ____________ found a job. 8. The whole report is badly written. ____________, it's inaccurate. 9. She won’t mind you being late – ________, it’s not your fault. 10. We couldn’t gather enough money and __________ had to stop the project. 11. I learned French easily. ___________, I didn’t like my teacher.
Linking Words
Linking Words
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Linking Words
How to write and speak better
Inês Rodrigues
What are they?
Linking words and phrases in English (also called 'connective' or 'transition' words) are used to combine two clauses or sentences presenting contrast, comparison, condition, supposition, purpose, etc. They enable us to establish clear connections between ideas.
To Enumerate
To Start
AfterAfter that / afterwards Before Immediately Later Next Secondly, Then Thirdly,
At first At the beginning First (of all) Firstly In the beginning In the first place, To begin with
To Give Examples
To Conclude
All in allAt the end Finally In conclusion In short, In the end Lastly, On the whole Summing up To sum up
For example,For instance, Such as Like Take the case of To demonstrate To illustrate
To Contrast Ideas
Though / AlthoughEven if Even though But However, Despite / In spite of Despite the fact that In spite of the fact that Either ……or In contrast,
Neither...norNevertheless, On the contrary, On the one hand, … On the other hand, Otherwise Whereas While
To Add Information
…tooAlso… ….as well Besides… Both… and… Furthermore
In addition,In addition to... Moreover,… Not only… but also... What is more
To Express Opinion
As far as I am concerned...Frankly, Honestly, I feel… I think… I believe… I reckon…
In my viewIn my opinion… It seems to me that… Personally, I think… From my point of view,
To Generalise
To Give Reference
As regards…Regarding… Concerning With reference to… With regard to… With respect to In respect of
Basically…Generally speaking Generally… In general… In many ways… On the whole…
To Express Cause and Result
As / SinceAs a result, Because Consequently, Due to / Owing to / Because of For this reason,
Not enough… (for somebody) to + infinitiveSo Therefore, This is why, Too… to + infinitive
To Show Important Points
More importantly, ..Equally important What’s more …. Above all else, … Above all Most of all
Undoubtedly / without doubt As a matter of fact Indeed For this reason To emphasize Particularly More important(ly) / most important(ly)
To Agree / Disagree
To Insist
I agree with / toI am in favour of It is true that No doubt thatI don’t agree with / to I disagree with / to I am against
As I have noted,As I have said (before), As I have mentioned (before), As I have already said,
Practice
Complete the sentences using the following linking words:first / afterwards / because / as / since / moreover / besides / and / though / although / in spite of / despite / to / in order to / if / unless / otherwise
1. He decided to go, __________ I begged him not to. 2. __________ being rich and famous, he is not happy. 3. You can borrow my computer ________ you bring it back tomorrow. 4. _________ her reputation, she is not that good a writer. 5. I’m taking my umbrella _________ it’s raining. 6. To start with, I’ll have a shrimp cocktail ________ I’ll try the lobster. 7. The match took place ____________ the bad weather. 8. He worked very hard ____________ get promotion. 9. Don’t cross that street ____________ you really have to. 10. She bought a new laptop __________ please her daughter.
Practice
Complete the sentences using the following linking words:first / then / until / afterwards / finally / because / as / since / moreover / besides / consequently / therefore / however / though / in spite of / to / in order to / if / unless / otherwise
1. Let them go __________ they’re going to be late.2. _______ she was working, I didn’t interrupt her. 3. I opened the window ___________ it was too hot in the room. 4. I’ll wait here ___________ you come back. 5. ___________ he was fully qualified, they didn’t give him the job. 6. ________of all, I’d like to ask you some questions. 7. After months of looking, she ____________ found a job. 8. The whole report is badly written. ____________, it's inaccurate. 9. She won’t mind you being late – ________, it’s not your fault. 10. We couldn’t gather enough money and __________ had to stop the project. 11. I learned French easily. ___________, I didn’t like my teacher.
Linking Words