CONNECTORS

CONNECTORS

1. Contrast

   • But / yet
     • Followed by a noun phrase or a sentence
       • The book is short but / yet interesting
   • In spite of / despite
     • It is placed at the beginning or in the middle of the sentence
       • He arrived on time despite / in spite of getting up late
   • Although / though/ even though / in spite of the fact that
     • Followed by a complete sentence. They can be placed at the beginning or in the middle of the sentence. If it is placed at the beginning we need to use a comma after the clause.
       • Although / though / even though / in spite of the fact that the pupils had not studied, they all passed their exams
   • however, nevertheless, even so, on the one hand, on the other hand, on the contrary
     • He was quite ill however/ nevertheless/ even so, he went to school
   • While, whereas
     • This film is very interesting, while/whereas that one is quite boring

2. Reason and cause

   • Because, as since, seeing that
     • Because / as / since / seeing that it’s late, we should go home
   • Because of, on account of, owing to, due to
   • In order to, so as to, to
     • She uses her video in order to / so as to / to record TV programmes’

3. Add information

   • For example, for instante, such as
     • ‘Vegetables are a good source of vitamins: for example / for instance, oranges have vitamin C’
   • More over, furthermore, besides, in addition to
     • In addition to soul music, she likes rap
   • Apart from, except for
     • Apart from English, she speaks French’

4. Succession

   • First of all / Firstly / To begin with / First
   • Second / Secondly / Then …
   • Third / Thirdly / After that
   • The next stage
   • Finally / in short / to sum up / in conclusion / lastly / last but not least

5. Result

   • As a result of
     • As a result of his brave action, he was awarded a military medal
   • Consequently
     • Consequently / for this reason, it always passes its annual road test
   • Because of
   • Therefore
   • for this reason
   • So
   • That's why

6. Order

   • First parragraph
     • At first sight
     • First sight
     • First of all
     • In the first place
     • To start with
   • Second parragraph
     • In the second place
     • Second
     • Secondly
     • Third
     • Thirdly
   • Conclusion
     • Finally
     • In conclusion
     • Lastly
     • And eventually

7. Adding information

   • Apart from
   • In addition
   • In addition to
   • What’s more
   • Moreove
   • On top of that
   • Besides
   • On the one hand
   • On the other hand
   • And eventually

8. Contrast

   • All the same
   • However
   • Instead of
   • In spite of / despite
   • Nevertheless
   • On the contrary
   • Whereas / while
   • Though / although

9. Reason

   • Because of + noun
   • Due to + noun
   • Due to the fact that + sentence
   • For this / that reason
   • Owing to + noun
   • Owing to the fact that + sentence

10. Explain

    • That is (to say)
    • In other words
    • In short
    • Above all
    • All in all
    • At least
    • Basically
    • Especially
    • Essentially
    • In general
    • In particular
    • More or less
    • On the whole
    • To a certain extent

11. Expressing facts

    • Actually
    • As a matter of fact
    • In fact
    • Really

12. Exemplifying

    • And so on
    • For example
    • For instance
    • Such: as tal

13. Summarizing

    • After that
    • All of a sudden
    • Finally
    • First of all
    • In the end:
    • In the meantime
    • Meanwhile
    • Next
    • Suddenly
    • Then
    • While

14. Sequencing

    • After that
    • In conclusion
    • In brief
    • In short
    • On the whole
    • To sum up

15. Expressing a personal opinion

    • As far as I am concerned
    • From my point of view
    • I agree
    • I disagree
    • In my opinion
    • In my view
    • I think that
    • It is true that
    • Personally
    • To be honest
    • To tell the truth

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