LINKING WORDS

Apa 1. Apa itu Linking Words?

saja 2. Macam-macam Lnking Word:

yang a. Sequence e. Addition

akan b. Contrast and

Comparison
f.
g.
Exception
Generalizing
kita c. Diversion h. Exemplifying
d. Summarizing
bahas?
i. Restatement

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 Linking Words dalam bahasa Indonesia adalah
semacam kata penghubung dalam kalimat. Kita
mengenal kata karena, sebab, dan, tapi, dan lain-lain.
Ini hampir mirip jika digunakan dalam bahasa
Inggris. Link artinya menghubungkan, jadi linking
words adalah kata-kata yang menghubungkan antara
LINKING satu ide dengan ide lainnya didalam kalimat.

WORDS
Linking Words biasa digunakan untuk menyatakan
penambahan informasi (addition), untuk menyatakan
hal yang berlawanan (contrast), menyatakan sebab
dan akibat (cause and effect), untuk menyatakan
tujuan (purpose), dan untuk menyimpulkan suatu ide
(summarize).
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MACAM – MACAM
LINKING WORDS
  at first  at the same  the next step
 first of all time  in time
   to begin with
for now
 in turn
 for the time
Sequence  in the first  later on
being
place
Digunakan untuk
Menyatakan Contoh Kalimat:
rangkaian ◦ The building isn’t perfectly built in the first place
kejadian that’s why it collapsed.
◦ We do not know the problem yet, for now don’t do
anything stupid.

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 • contrast • on one hand • yet
• by the same • on the other • but
token hand
Contrast and • conversely • on the
• however
• still
Comparison • instead contrary
• nevertheless
• likewise • rather
• in contrast
• similarly
Digunakan untuk Contoh Kalimat:
menyatakan hal
 QBASIC are a very easy programming languange in
yang berlawanan
contrast of C++ which is one of the hardest to study.
dan perbandingan
 Liverpool FC are doing well on the other hand Manchester
United aren’t.

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  by the way
Diversio  incidentally

n
Contoh Kalimat :
Menyatakan ◦ Hello, nice to meet you, by the way how is your
pengalihan school going
◦ Oh you’re lucky, incidentally, i have one other
pencil. here, you can have it.

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  after all  in any case  in short  to sum upto
 all in all  in any event  in summary summarize

Summarizin  all things  in brief  in the final  finally

considered analysis
g  Briefly
 in
conclusion  in the long
 by and large  on the run

Digunakan whole  on balance

untuk Contoh Kalimat:

menyatakan  So the long story in conclusion was she never going to be
together with him.
kesimpulan
 It do not matter anymore, after all the problem already been
solved.

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 • also • in addition
Addition • again • likewise
• as well as • moreover
• besides • similarly
Untuk • coupled with
menambah apa • furthermore
yang telah
Contoh kalimat:
dinyatakan
• He was cold and tired, and, furthermore, he
sebelumnya was hungry.
• Not only he is lazy but also he has no sense of
responsibility.
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 ◦ aside from ◦ except ◦ exclusive of
◦ barring ◦ excepting ◦ other than
◦ besides ◦ excluding ◦ outside of
Exception ◦ save

Digunakan Contoh Kalimat:

untuk enyatakan ◦ He’s a very cool guy, besides good at playing guitar,
pengecualian he is also good at playing piano.
◦ They won’t come to your birthday party except you
invite them.

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 ◦ as a rule ◦ generally speaking
Generalizing ◦ as usual ◦ ordinarily
◦ for the most part ◦ usually
Digunakan ◦ generally
untuk
menyatakan hal Contoh Kalimat:
yang umum/ ◦ My friend and I usually spend the weekend at the
secara umum beach.
◦ Congratulations on your debut, in general we are
impressed with your performance.

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 ◦ chiefly ◦ markedly ◦ specifically
Exemplifyin ◦ especially ◦ namely ◦ such as
g ◦ for instance ◦ particularly
◦ in particular ◦ including
Digunakan
untuk Contoh Kalimat:
menyatakan ◦ Bekasi isn’t the best place to chill, for instance
pemberian it’s always very hot here.
contoh ◦ The event was attended by many important
people, including the president.

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 • in essence • in brief
• in other words • to put it
Restatement • namely differently
• that is
• that is to say
Digunakan untuk
menyatakan • in short
pernyataan yang
diulang kembali Contoh Kalimat:
• Arsenal aren’t doing very well at the moment, that is
to say they’re not the best team anymore.
• QBASIC are a very simple programming languange,
in short it was a very old programming language.
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EXERCISE
S!!!
I would like to have chats with
you .... let’s have lunch
together.
My sister loves to eat ... of me
because i don't very much like
eating.
 That restaurant is awful.
Yesterday ... I found a hair in
my soup.
 Before I wrote the research paper, I
read five books ... I
scanned seven magazine articles and
interviewed two experts on the topic.
Barbara ... is the best
student in the class.