Linkers And Connectors

Linkers and Connectors
* Linkers:
Contrast
* In spite of / Despite Link two contrasting ideas. Followed by a noun phrase.
* Although / (Even) though Link two contrasting ideas. Followed by a sentence.
* However / Nevertheless / Still / Yet / Even so / On the contrary / In contrast. Introduce a new idea which marks a contrast with previously stated ideas. Introduced by a comma.* On the one hand ... On the other hand. Links two contrasting ideas / paragraphs.
* In contrast to / Contrary to. Link two contrasting ideas. Followed by a noun phrase.
* Whereas Link two contrasting ideas. Not separated by commas.
Reason and cause
* Because / As / Since / Seeing that Introduce a sentence. Subordinate sentences introduced by because always appear in finalposition.
* Because of / On account of / Owing to / Due to. Introduce a noun phrase.
Purpose
* In order to / So as to Introduce an infinitive of purpose.
* In order that / So that Introduce a sentence.
Consequence
* Consequently / As a consequence / As a result / Therefore
* As a consequence of / As a result of Followed by a noun phrase.
* So Introduces a sentence. Nocommas.
Addition
* Moreover / Furthermore / In addition / Besides / What's more Used after a strong pause and separated from the sentences. They are introduced by a comma.
* As well as / In addition to / Besides Used to add one more piece of information. Followed by a noun phrase.
Exemplification
* For example / For instance Introduces an example referring to previously statedideas. Such as Introduces an example referring to the last idea.

* Connectors
Contrast
* but / yet: followed by a noun phrase or a sentence.
‘The book is short but / yet interesting’
* in spite of / despite: It is placed at the beginning or in the middle of the sentence.
‘He arrived on time despite / in spite of getting up late’
* although / though/ even though / in spiteof the fact that: followed by a complete sentence. They can be placed at the beginning or in the middle of the sentence. If it is placed at the beginning we need to use a comma after the clause.
‘Although / though / even though / in spite of the fact that the pupils had not studied, they all passed their exams’.
* however, nevertheless, even so, on the one hand, on the other hand, on thecontrary:
‘He was quite ill however/ nevertheless/ even so, he went to school’
* while, whereas
‘This film is very interesting, while/whereas that one is quite boring’
Reason and cause
* because, as since, seeing that:
‘Because / as / since / seeing that it’s late, we should go home’
* because of, on account of, owing to, due to:
‘Because of / on account of / owing to /due to the weather, we stayed at home’
* in order to, so as to, to:
‘She uses her video in order to / so as to / to record TV programmes’
Add information
* for example, for instante, such as:
‘Vegetables are a good source of vitamins: for example / for instance, oranges have vitamin C’
* more over, furthermore, besides, in addition to:
‘In addition to soul music, she likes rap’* apart from, except for:
‘Apart from English, she speaks French’.
Succession
* First of all / Firstly / To begin with / First ….
* Second / Secondly / Then …
* Third / Thirdly / After that...
* The next stage …
* Finally / in short / to sum up / in conclusion / lastly / last but not least…
Result
* As a result of:
‘As a result of his brave action, he wasawarded a military medal.
* Therefore, as a result, consequently, for this reason:
‘Consequently / for this reason, it always passes its annual road test’.
Order
First parragraph
* At first sight: A primera vista
* First: En primer lugar
* First of all: Antes que nada
* In the first place: En primer lugar
* To start with: Para empezar
Second parragraph
* In...