LINKING WORDS & CONNECTORS

ILLUSTRATION & EXPRESSING YOUR

EMPHASIS ADDITION CONTRAST ORDER RESULT
EXAMPLES OPINION

✓ Unlike ✓ First/Firstly ✓ In my opinion

✓ On the other hand ✓ To begin with ✓ From my point of view
✓ Additionally ✓ As a result
✓ In contrast to ✓ First of all ✓ To be honest
✓ Undoubtedly ✓ In addition ✓ As a result of
✓ However ✓ Finally/Eventually ✓ Frankly speaking
✓ Without a doubt ✓ Moreover ✓ As a consequence ✓ For example
✓ Despite ✓ At this time ✓ As for me
✓ Indeed ✓ Furthermore ✓ As a consequence of ✓ For instance
✓ In spite of ✓ Previously ✓ As far as I’m
✓ Obviously ✓ Besides ✓ Therefore ✓ Such as
✓ Alternatively ✓ After that/Afterwards concerned
✓ Particularly ✓ Apart from this/that ✓ Thus ✓ Like
✓ Although ✓ Last but not least ✓ Personally speaking, I
✓ In particular ✓ Not only … but also ✓ Consequently ✓ Namely
✓ Even though ✓ Then think that…
✓ Absolutely ✓ As well as ✓ Hence ✓ That is to say
✓ Whereas ✓ Initially ✓ I think that…
✓ Definitely ✓ Also ✓ For this reason ✓ To help us understand
✓ On the contrary ✓ Following this ✓ From my perspective
✓ Certainly ✓ Besides this/that ✓ So more clearly about
✓ Nonetheless ✓ Earlier ✓ If I am not mistaken
✓ Of course ✓ Likewise ✓ In that case
✓ Conversely ✓ Later ✓ Based on my personal
✓ Another thing is... ✓ Thereby
✓ By contrast ✓ Secondly understanding, I think
✓ As opposed to ✓ In the first place that...

EXPRESSING REACTING TO
CONDITION COMPARISON SUMMARIZING GENERALIZATION CONCESSION
GRATITUDE GRATITUDE

✓ In conclusion
✓ If ✓ Similarly ✓ To sum up ✓ Even though ✓ You’re welcome
✓ Thanks/Thank you
✓ Unless ✓ In the same way ✓ In summary ✓ Although ✓ Don’t mention it
✓ I really appreciate
✓ Whether ✓ In a similar way ✓ To conclude ✓ However ✓ Not at all
✓ In general that
✓ Provided that ✓ Like… ✓ In short ✓ Nonetheless ✓ No worry
✓ Generally ✓ That’s very kind of you
✓ In case ✓ Unlike… ✓ Briefly ✓ Nevertheless ✓ No problem
✓ I really thank you for…
✓ Depending on ✓ In comparison to ✓ To recapitulate ✓ Despite (something) ✓ It’s my pleasure
✓ I owe you one
✓ It depends on ✓ Compared to/with ✓ Finally/Lastly ✓ In spite of (something) ✓ That’s okay
✓ All things considered