LINKING WORDS STUDY GUIDE

Linking Words connect your sentences and paragraphs together and provide coherence to your writing.
They help readers to understand the relationship between your ideas.

Linking Words Function

But, Although, Though, However To contrast

Because, So To give reasons

And, Also, Besides To add information

For example, For instance To give examples

While, Whereas To compare

Examples:

1- We are going to the cinema and spending an evening at the opera.

2- The library closes at 7pm, but the reading rooms stay open until 9pm.
3- We didnt have our science class because the teacher was absent.
4- Although it looks like a highlighter pen, it is a pencil.
5- I cant even imagine that! However, Im sure it is now possible.
6- TV is very expensive, while a scanner is a cheaper gadget.
7- Though people are physically disadvantaged, they can use a computer.

Part A

I. Link the following sentences with these linking words:

HOWEVER, BUT, THOUGH, ALTHOUGH.

1. She is handicapped. She took part in the marathon.

2. He smoked, drank, and never took exercise. He lived to be 90.

3. John felt sick. He went out to work.

4. Thousands of pupils are leaving school. There are no jobs for them.
 II. Use the 3 words below to join these short sentences together.

AND, BUT, BECAUSE, WHILE, ALSO

1. I have a best friend, Yuko she is a student at Obirin

University too.

2. She is 19 years old she looks younger.

3. She was born in Okinawa now she lives in Yokohama.

4. She is short and slim she has a very big smile.

5. I like her she is kind and funny.

6. We often hang out at weekends we sometimes go on trips together.

7. In the future, she wants to be an actress she loves movies and TV dramas.

8. I hope she will be a big star one day maybe she will win an Oscar

9. These computers are very expensive those ones are quite

affordable.

10. I like playing football and tennis. I like dancing!

Part B

personally / however / for example/ besides this / first of all/ on the other hand / at
the moment/ especially

Living in a small town has a number of advantages. there is no

pollution, the air is fresh, and you can even grow your own vegetables.
there is peace and quiet, and less stress than in a big city.
, there are several problems to take into consideration too,
if youhave a family. If the town is too small and far from other cities, it might be
hard to find health care and good schools.
The city has its good points too , there are more job opportunities, better
schools and lots of entertainment in the city.
, the bad points out number the good ones when you think in terms of the quality of life
you have, in terms of your physical and mental health.
, I think I would prefer to live in a nice little town on a beach, but that will have to
wait until I retire. , I have an office job and a promising
career ahead of me.