BACHILLERATO - WRITING CONNECTORS AND USEFUL EXPRESSIONS .

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USEFUL EXPRESSIONS: TO START A COMPOSITION: It is a well-known fact that. (Es un hecho bien conocido que) Some people believe whe eas othe s (!l"una "ente c ee mient as ot a) #i st of all I would like to sa$ that I a" ee%disa" ee with the idea that (!ntes de nada me "usta &a deci que esto$ de acue do%en desacue do con la idea de que ) EXPRESS PERSONAL OPINIONS' In m$ opinion (en mi opinion) % I (st on"l$) believe (that) (esto$ totalmente convencido que) % I think %feel (that) (c eo( pienso( siento que)( In m$ view (desde mi punto de vista) % it seems to me (that) (me pa ece)% !s I see it (se")n c eo) % # om m$ point of view (desde mi punto de vista) ADDING INFORMATION: and( in addition (adem*s)( mo eove (adem*s)( fu the mo e (adem*s)( besides(adem*s)( what+s mo e (lo que es m*s)%also (tambi,n) %too(tambi,n) %as well as (tan bien como) GIVING EXAMPLES: fo e-ample( fo instante (po e.emplo)( such as (tal como)( like (como)( pa ticula l$ (pa ticula mente( espec&ficamente)( in pa ticula (en pa ticula )( especiall$ (especialmente)( mo e specificall$ (m*s espec&ficamente). CONTRASTING IDEAS and OPPOSING POINTS: but( $et (pe o)( howeve (sin emba "o )( neve theless (sin emba "o( no obstante) ( althou"h( even thou"h (aunque)( even if (incluso si)( even so(a)n cuando)( in spite of the fact % despite the fact (a pesa del hecho que)( still (todav&a)( while( whe eas (mient as que)( on the one hand % on the othe hand (po un lado(po ot o)( in cont ast( cont a $ to (en cont a)( it can (also) be a "ued%said that (tambi,n se puede discuti %deci que)( but the e a e people who sa$%think (that) (pe o ha$ "ente que dice%c ee que)( DESCRIBING A CAUSE OR REASON, RESULT, SHOWING PURPOSE: CAUSA Y RESULTADO: because( as( since (po que( $a que)' se"uido de o aci/n' Since he didn+t stud$( he failed the test ($a que no estudi/( suspendi/ el e-amen)0 because of( owin" to( due to (debido a)' se"uido de o aci/n' due to the accident( he b oke his le" (debido al accidente se ompi/ la pie na)0 one %anothe eason fo is (una %ot a a1/n pa aes)( as (como)0 FINALIDAD: in o de to( so that( so as to( to (pa a( pa a que)' e.emplos' She went to 2ondon in o de to stud$ En"lish (fue a 2ond es pa a estudia in"l,s)( She went to 2ondon so that she could stud$ En"lish (fue a 2ond es pa a pode estudia in"l,s). SHOWING SEQUENCE AND RESULT: SECUENCIACIN: to be"in %sta t with (pa a empe1a )( at fi st( in the be"innin"( in the fi st place( fi st of all( fi stl$ (p ime o( pa a empe1a ( en p ime lu"a )( secondl$ (Se"undo)( thi dl$ (en te ce lu"a )( finall$( at last( lastl$ (po ultimo)( befo e (antes)( ne-t (p /-imo)( then (entonces)( soon (p onto)( meanwhile (mient astanto)( late (m*s ta de)( afte that (despu,s de) afte wa ds (despu,s)( at least (al menos)( eventuall$ (finalmente) RESULTADO: so (as& que)( the efo e (po lo tanto)( consequentl$( thus( as a esult (po consi"uiente)( as a consequence (como consecuencia)( fo this eason (po esta a1/n)( that is wh$ (esto es po lo que). DESCRIBING SIMILARITY: simila l$ (simila mente)( likewise (as&mismo)( in the same wa$ (de la misma fo ma) DESCRIBING REALITY: in fact( as a matte of fact (de hecho)( actuall$ (en ealidad)( the t uth is (that) (la ve dad es que) MA ING GENERAL STATEMENTS: in "ene al( "ene all$ (en "ene al)( as a ule (po e"la "ene al)( on the whole (en "ene al) SHOWING TIME: when (cuando)( while (mient as)( befo e (antes)( afte (despu,s)( until (hasta)( as soon as (tan p onto como)( b$ the time (pa a cuando). USEFUL EXPRESSIONS: #inall$( I would like to sa$ (#inalmente me "usta &a deci que) CONCLUDING: in sho t (en definitiva)( to sum up( summin" up (pa a esumi )( in conclusion (en conclusi/n)( to conclude (pa a te mina ). 3ambi,n se puede acaba con una p e"unta( po e.emplo' 4ho can sa$5 4ho knows the solution to the p oblem5 (67ui,n puede deci %67ui,n sabe la soluci/n al p oblema5) OTHER USEFUL EXPRESSIONS: e"a din"( with espect to (con especto a)

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