LINKERS, CONNECTORS
To state In my opinion, My opinion is , In my view, From my point of view, (Personally) I
personal believe /think , I feel very strongly that, It seems /appears to me that, As far as I am
opinion concerned, The way I see it, As I see it, To my mind, I totally agree/disagree with
you, I am totally against/in favour of/for…
To show
attitude Strictly speaking (hablando con propiedad), Broadly speaking (en términos
generales), Generally speaking, In general, Roughly speaking (aprox), Seriously
speaking, To be frank, Frankly speaking, To be honest, Honestly, To be precise,
Precisely, Admittedly, Understandably, To my surprise, Surprisingly, Personally
(speaking), Naturally, Confidentially, Surely, Undoubtedly, Obviously, Perhaps,
Maybe, Quite likely/probably, Apparently, Presumably (probablemente),
(Un)Luckily,(Un)Fortunately,
To list One / Another / An additional /A further / One other / One major / The main / The
advantages/dis greatest /The first advantage of… / The first disadvantage / drawback of…
advantages The pros and cons of…
To show cause Because…, Due to the fact that…, Since…,/As…, For this reason, This is (the reason)
why…, Therefore,
To show …to…, … so that…, … so as to / in order to…
purpose
BEGINNING: First(ly), First of all, In the first place, To start/begin with,
To add more
points. CONTINUING: Secondly, After this/that, Then, Next, Thirdly, Moreover, Furthermore,
To show What is more, Even more, Besides, Also, Apart from this, In addition to this,
sequence. Additionally, In this way, Or rather (o mejor dicho), Better still, Worst still, As it was
To conclude previously stated, too/as well.
CONCLUDING: Finally, Lastly, Last but not least, All in all,
Taking everything into account, On the whole, All things considered, In view of this,
In all eventualities (en cualquier caso), Anyway, At any rate (en cualquier caso),
After all, In conclusion, To sum up, To summarise, As a summary,
To give For example, For instance, eg., …such as…, …like…, In particular, especially, above
examples and all, particularly,
to explain Likewise, ie., That is to say, In other words, Namely, Indeed, In fact, As a matter of
fact, Actually (de hecho),
To show However, Yet, Nevertheless, Nonetheless, But…, Although…, Even though…, In spite
contrast of (-ing, the fact that)…, Despite (-ing, the fact that), On the contrary, Otherwise,
Meanwhile, On the one hand,…on the other hand, On the positive side,…On the
negative side,
To show
consequence/ Therefore, So, Consequently, As a consequence, As a result, For this reason, Thus
result (así), This/That is why…, Because of this, In view of this, Finally, Lastly, Last but not
least, All in all, Taking everything into account, On the whole, All things considered,
In view of this, In all eventualities (en cualquier caso), Anyway, At any rate (en
cualquier caso), After all, In conclusion, To sum up, To summarise, As a summary,
Sentence Linking: (to cut-out)
Parties can be fun when On the other hand, when you're tired they can,
you're in the right mood. definitely, be a strain.
Actually, Mark didn't turn because/as he felt really tired.
up at the party
.
Although I felt exhausted, I decided to go to the party.
I felt worn-out after a long However, I went to the party because
day at work. I meant to see Janine.
Janine was feeling jet-lag Therefore, she thought of not going to
after her long journey. the party.
Despite feeling weak and dizzy, she also arrived at the party
at last.
Unfortunately, due to the bad weather, the party was, finally,
cancelled.
Linkers – contrast, addition, reason and result
What is the relationship between the pairs of sentences below - contrast,
addition or reason and result?
Use a linking expression to make the relationship between the ideas more
clear.
The Trocadero Plaza is popular with shoppers.
The Trocadero Plaza has good public transport.
Most tourists go to Golden Sands Beach.
Golden Sands Beach is one of the most polluted in the country.
I'm going to do a course in Italian next year.
I'm going to improve my Mandarin next year.
I'm not very good at languages.
I'm going to do a course in Mandarin next year.
I'm quite good at languages.
I'm going to take courses in Korean, Japanese and French next year.
The traffic was terrible this morning.
I managed to get to work on time.
The traffic was terrible this morning.
I was about 25 minutes late for work.
Smoking is bad for your health.
Smoking is antisocial because many people find it unpleasant.
Smoking is a waste of money.
I don't think Charlie Wong would be a good candidate for this job.
He is hard working and reliable.
He has no experience in this area.
He has never shown the slightest interest in this kind of work.
He is rather old.
Some possible answers (There are many others)
The Trocadero Plaza is popular with shoppers because it has good public
transport.
Most tourists go to Golden Sands Beach.
However, it is one of the most polluted in the country.
I'm going to do a course in Italian next year.
I'm also going to improve my Mandarin.
I'm not very good at languages so
I'm going to do a course in Mandarin next year.
OR (depending on how you look at it)
Although I'm not very good at languages,
I'm going to do a course in Mandarin next year.
I'm quite good at languages so
I'm going to take courses in Korean, Japanese and French next year.
OR (depending on how you look at it)
Even though I'm quite good at languages,
I'm going to take courses in Korean, Japanese and French next year.
Although the traffic was terrible this morning,
I managed to get to work on time.
The traffic was terrible this morning.
Therefore, I was about 25 minutes late for work.
Smoking is bad for your health and it is antisocial because many people find it
unpleasant. Besides, it is a waste of money.
I don't think Charlie Wong would be a good candidate for this job.
Although he is hard working and reliable, he has no experience in this area
and he has never shown the slightest interest in this kind of work.
Besides, he is rather old.
Linkers – contrast, addition, reason and result
What is the relationship between the pairs of sentences below - contrast,
addition or reason and result?
Use a linking expression to make the relationship between the ideas more
clear.
The Trocadero Plaza is popular with shoppers.
The Trocadero Plaza has good public transport.
Most tourists go to Golden Sands Beach.
Golden Sands Beach is one of the most polluted in the country.
I'm going to do a course in Italian next year.
I'm going to improve my Mandarin next year.
I'm not very good at languages.
I'm going to do a course in Mandarin next year.
I'm quite good at languages.
I'm going to take courses in Korean, Japanese and French next year.
The traffic was terrible this morning.
I managed to get to work on time.
The traffic was terrible this morning.
I was about 25 minutes late for work.
Smoking is bad for your health.
Smoking is antisocial because many people find it unpleasant.
Smoking is a waste of money.
I don't think Charlie Wong would be a good candidate for this job.
He is hard working and reliable.
He has no experience in this area.
He has never shown the slightest interest in this kind of work.
He is rather old.
Some possible answers (There are many others)
The Trocadero Plaza is popular with shoppers because it has good public
transport.
Most tourists go to Golden Sands Beach.
However, it is one of the most polluted in the country.
I'm going to do a course in Italian next year.
I'm also going to improve my Mandarin.
I'm not very good at languages so
I'm going to do a course in Mandarin next year.
OR (depending on how you look at it)
Although I'm not very good at languages,
I'm going to do a course in Mandarin next year.
I'm quite good at languages so
I'm going to take courses in Korean, Japanese and French next year.
OR (depending on how you look at it)
Even though I'm quite good at languages,
I'm going to take courses in Korean, Japanese and French next year.
Although the traffic was terrible this morning,
I managed to get to work on time.
The traffic was terrible this morning.
Therefore, I was about 25 minutes late for work.
Smoking is bad for your health and it is antisocial because many people find it
unpleasant. Besides, it is a waste of money.
I don't think Charlie Wong would be a good candidate for this job.
Although he is hard working and reliable, he has no experience in this area
and he has never shown the slightest interest in this kind of work.
Besides, he is rather old.
