Connectors

Yerko Urrutia Jeldes

What are connectors?

They connect ideas in sentences and paragraphs.

They help your reader follow your reasoning.

Whats wrong with these

sentences?
I went to the beach. There
were too many jellyfish. I
decided to stay. I had a
good time. I met some
friends.
AND
BUT
I went to the beach. There were too many jellyfish,
but I decided to stay anyway. I had a good time, and I
met some friends.

But wait! Theres another way

I went to the beach. Although there were too

many jellyfish, I decided to stay. I had a good
time because I met some friends.

Connectors make logical

connections.

Examples

The teacher was not in the University so I went

home.
Colo-colo always wins to U. de Chile because it is the
best team of the country.

While Phillipe was playing with his friends, His

mother was cooking.
Mary was cleaning her room when her brother turn
the radio on.

More examples

Peter, do you like apples? No, but I like

pears.

Messi never won a World cup until 2018.

Although Brazil was the local team,

Germany won the match.
Mike Tyson was champion of the world after
his 20 birthday.
I will drink a coffee before going to school.

Rules

We use to give a reason.

We use to express a consequence or result.

We use to say something stops happening

at this time.

We use and for things that happen at

the same time.

We use and to express contrast of

ideas.

Rules

We use BECAUSE to give a reason.

We use

We use UNTIL
at this time.

We use WHEN and WHILE

at the same time.

We use BUT
of ideas.

SO

to express a consequence or result.

to say something stops happening

and

for things that happen

ALTHOUGH

to express contrast