LINKERS
Contrast Consequence
o In spite of / Despite o Consequently
o Although o As a consequence
o (Even) though o As a result
o However / Nevertheless o Therefore
o Still o As a consequence of
o Yet o As a result of
o Even so o So
o On the contrary / In contrast
o On the one hand … On the
other hand
o In contrast to / Contrary to
o Whereas
Reason & Cause Addition
o Because o Moreover
o As o Furthermore
o Since o In addition
o Seeing that o Besides
o Because of o What’s more
o On account of o As well as
o Owing to o In addition to
o Due to
Purpose Exemplification
o In order to o For example
o So as to o For instance
o In order that o Such as
o So that
CONNECTORS
Contrast Succession
o But o First of all
o Yet o Firstly / First
o In spite of / Despite o To begin with
o However o Second / Secondly
o Nevertheless o Then
o Even so o Third / Thirdly
o Although / though o After that
o Even though o The next stage
o While / Whereas o Finally
o All the same o In short
o However o To sum up / In conclusion
o Lastly / Last but not least
Reason & Cause Result
o Because o As a result of
o As since o Therefore
o Seeing that o As a result
o Because of o Consequently
o On account of o For this reason
o Owing to o Because of
o Due to o That’s why
o In order to o So
o Son as to
Add information Add information
o For example o Apart from
o For instance o In addition / In addition to
o Such as o What’s more
o More over o On top of that
o Furthermore o On the other hand
o Besides o Eventually
o In addition to
o Apart from
o Except for
Expressing facts Exemplifying
o Actually o And do on
o As a matter of fact o For example
o In fact o For instance
o Really o Such as
Expressing personal opinion Order
o As far as I am concerned First paragraph
o From my point of view o At first sight
o I agree o First
o I disagree o First of all
o In my opinion o In the first place
o In my view o To start with
o I think that Second paragraph
o It is true that o In the second place
o Personally o Second
o To be honest o Secondly
o To tell the truth o Third
o Thirdly
Conclusion
o Finally
o In conclusion
o Lastly
o And eventually
Explain Summarizing
o That if o All in all
o In other words o In brief
o In short o In conclusion
o Above all / All in all o In short
o At least o On the whole
o Basically o To sum up
o Especially / Essentially
o In general
o In particular
o More or less
o On the whole
o To a certain extent
