Linking Words and Expressions - Easy Access English

[Pages:4]Linking Words and Expressions

Using transitional words and phrases or linking words helps you to make yourself understood more easily, make shorter sentences and improve the connections and transitions between thoughts. It also helps if you can structure your ideas into a clear beginning, middle and end.

1. Positions in the text

Some linking words should only be used within a sentence.

and

but

so

because

then

until

such as

Other linking words should only be used between sentences.

Furthermore,

Moreover,

However,

Nevertheless,

Therefore,

Some linking words can be used to conclude your point.

In conclusion

In that case

providing that

unless

as long as

Let me sum up

That covers what I wanted to say

Feel free to ask any questions

I'd be glad to answer any questions

Thanks for listening

As I said earlier

2. Grammar of linking words

Linking devices are neither nouns, nor verbs.

? Some linking words must be followed by a clause (Subject + Verb + Object)

For example:

while

why

because

although

? Other linking words should be followed by a noun phrase (Linking word + (the) + Noun/Pronoun or gerund)

For example:

because of despite during

so

whereas

in spite of

By Viv Quarry

when

3. Uses of linking words & expressions

also again as well as

besides furthermore

Addition

in addition likewise

similarly

moreover

utterly completely

terribly extremely

in essence in other words that is to say in short in brief to put it differently

Restatement

For this reason As a result

Accordingly

subsequently

therefore

Consequence

as a rule

as usual

consequently

for the most part

hence otherwise

so then

Generalizing

generally

usually

generally speaking ordinarily

Exception

utterly

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except

exceptetirnrgibly

excluding, other

tshavaeenx, toruetmsideelyof,

for instance especially

chiefly

in particular namely including

Exemplifying

specifically

such as

for example

for instance

for one thing

Contrast

Illustration

as an illustration illustrated with

as an example

utterly

by the same

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on one hand, on

the ottehrerribhlyand,

on the contrary, rather, similarly,

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still, nevertheless, in contrast

in the case

Similarity

Comexptarreamtievlyely

Correspondingly

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utterly

with attention to

chiefly above all

especially

Emphasis

particularly singularly

At first to begin

Sequence

at the same time/ simultaneously

For now The next step in conclusion In turn

next/then/after

Meanwhile

With this in mind

In the meantime

Summarising

after all, all in all, all things

extremely considered,

briefly, by and large, in any case, in any event, in

terribly brief, in

conclusion, on the whole, in short, in summary, in the

completely final analysis, in

the long run, on balance, to sum up, to summarize,

finallyutterly

by the way

Diversion

Direction

incidently

utterly

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there, beyond,

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the left, to the

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