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INFORMATION
- AND, ALSO, FURTHERMORE, MOREOVER ,BESIDES, FIRST, SECOND, THIRD,
IN ADDITION, IN THE FIRST PLACE, IN THE SECOND PLACE, TO BEGIN WITH,
NEXT, FINALLY

• I like tea and coffee.

• Mr. Rai has earned the respect of laborers everywhere. Furthermore,


they know they can trust him.

• He not only smokes; he also drinks.

• Regular physical exercise helps you burn those unwanted calories. In


addition, it relieves stress.

• In the first place, we decided on one program.

• There were six of us to begin with, the three people left.

• I don't want to go yet - in the first place I'm not ready, and in the second
place it's raining.

• The next day I hit every major and many minor hotels.

• First of all, I want you to review what we learned yesterday.

• Smoking makes you smell bad. Moreover, there is now clear evidence
that it causes cancer.
• He must have seen something besides tracks or he wouldn't be so

concerned. WORDS
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AND EFFECT
- AS A RESULT, THEN, THEREFORE, THUS, CONSEQUENTLY, FOR THIS
REASON, ACCORDINGLY, AND SO, HENCE, SO

• We were late as a result of driving through traffic..

• When wars begin then hell opens.

• It was raining; therefore, I stayed home.

• It was sunny; hence, we went to the beach.

• The moon has gravitational pull, consequently the oceans have tides.

• In this way the silicone foam is created, and for this reason, 'foam' and
'fluid layer' are functionally interrelated.

• The cost of materials rose sharply last year. Accordingly, we were forced to
increase our prices.

• She hadn`t read the letter and so was unaware of its contents.

• John made a rude comment, so Elise hit him.


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CONCLUSION AND
SUMMARY
- THIS, IN CONCLUSION, ON THE WHOLE, TO CONCLUDE, TO SUMMARIZE,
AND SO, AFTER ALL, AT LAST, FINALLY, IN BRIEF, IN CLOSING

• There were a lot of problems discussed at the meeting. Finally, after a


few hours, we were able to prioritize the problems in the order we wanted
to solve the problems.

• To conclude, I want to wish you all a very happy holiday season.

• Summary He sold his farm and thus he had enough money for his
journey.

• (In conclusion), there is a wide variety of social and physical contexts of


soil erosion.

• Those in business are not, on the whole, conversant with basic scientific
principles.

• I would like (to conclude) by saying that I do enjoy your magazine. To


summarize, in most cases the schools were achieving the standards set.

• The staff have been very complimentary, and so have the customers.
They felt weary (after all) their hard work.
• The snail slides up the tower at last though the swallow mounted it
sooner.

• In brief, I have made up my mind to quit job.


• In closing, I'm just pleased as punch that comic relief has joined the

Space Superpower frat house. WORDS


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RESTATEMENT
- IN SHORT, IN OTHER WORDS, IN SIMPLER TERMS, THAT IS, TO PUT IT
DIFFERENTLY, TO REPEAT

• Some of the girls learned to speak to me, so that Miss Sullivan did not
have to repeat their conversation.

• Even she would have had trouble working with something so little, but
his big hands dispensed with the job in short order.

• The policy, in other words, was containment, not rollback.

• Learn to suffer without complaining; that is the best thing I can teach
you. Or, to put it differently, he tends to express his idea of it.
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COMPARISON
- BY THE SAME TOKEN, IN SIMILAR FASHION, LIKEWISE, SIMILARLY, IN LIKE
MANNER, IN THE SAME WAY

• The corky layers which take so prominent a share in the formation of the bark are
similarly modified and subserve the same purpose.

• The Dabormida division, unsupported by Albertone, found itself likewise engaged


in a separate combat against superior numbers.

• Ronda bought a new Saturn car; so in like manner the rest of her friends did the
same thing.

• By the same token, the everlasting interdependence is actually an everlasting love.

• It appears that departments were initially slow to react, believing that the project
would be marginalized in similar fashion to previous attempts at bureaucratic
reform.
• We start to lose control of our minds in the same way that muscular tension is
often out of our control.

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PLACE

- In back of, in front, nearby, on the top, to the left, to the right, above,
alongside, beneath, beyond, further along, under, upon

• Alex climbed into the car beside Carmen and placed his arm
protectively in the back of the seat behind her neck.

• He parked the truck in front of the house and headed down the hill.

• Cody, sprawled in the middle of the street after being hit by a car, blood
trickling from his skull into a nearby storm drain

• I can't reach things on the top shelf.


• Tom was the one who gave me the painting that's hanging above my
fireplace.

• An important feature of the volume was the new Latin version, the
original being placed alongside as a guarantee of the translator's good
faith.

• The little boat sank beneath the waves.

• He could see a green open space just beyond; and then the woods
seemed to be thicker and darker.

• While I dreaded frightening my wife furtheralong, I knew I owed her


the information on the motor home.

• Doorsill there was none, but a perennial passage for the hens under the
door board.

• You can always depend upon her to help.

• Go down this street and turn to the left at the first crossing.

• He made a sudden turn to the right.


WORDS THAT SHOW A
TIME RELATIONSHIP
- RECENTLY, MEANWHILE, PREVIOUSLY, SIMULTANEOUSLY, AFTER WARDS,
AT THE SAME TIME, THEN, UNTIL NOW, IN THE FUTURE, IN THE MEANTIME,
IN THE PAST, LATER, CURRENTLY, EARLIER, FORMERLY, IMMEDIATELY,
SUBSEQUENTLY

• It certainly didn't smell like someone had painted it recently, and


there were scuff marks, crayon, and dirt on the walls.

• The hunters were formerly a numerous and merry crew here..

• Mother went shopping; meanwhile, I cleaned the house

• . She had previously worked in television.

• The game will be broadcast simultaneously on TV and radio.

• We had tea, and afterwards we sat in the garden for a while.


• The minister preaches a sermon now and then.

• But until now the very volume of data involved has defeated
attempts to analyze it.

• We'd better be more careful in the future.

• I hope to go to medical school eventually. In the meanwhile, I am


going to study chemistry.

• Life is not waiting for the storm in the past, but learning to dance.

• A year later they started a family with the birth of their first
daughter.

• Although the place is currently under new management, this


hasn't done a thing to diminish the quality of the food and service.

• The radio bit was some weeks earlier and he felt the hub-bub had
blown over.

• The goat fell dead immediately when we shot it.

• The book was subsequently translated into 15 languages.

• We must unite with them and at the same time struggle against
them.
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CONTRASTS
- BUT, ON THE CONTRACY, ON THE OTHER HAND, HOWEVER, ON CONTRAST,
INSTEAD, NEVERTHELESS, STILL, YET

• I am not able to go to the beach with you. Nevertheless, thanks for


asking me.

• Sharon and Megan enjoyed the Loch Ness Monster ride, but Amber
thought that Alpengist was faster and had more twists.

• Sharon has not visited the Land of the Dragons, yet if she had had a kid,
she would have gone by now..

• She was still asleep when I got back home from work.

• He used a knife instead of chopstick.

• This bag is big in contrast with that one.


• This is a cheap and simple process there are danger.

• I’d like to eat out, but on the other hand I should be trying to save
money.

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AN EXAMPLE
- TO ILLUSTRATE, AS AN EXAMPLE, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR INSTANCE,
PARTICULARLY, SPECIALLY

• Not all birds eat berries. For example, vultures eat dead animals.

• This will create a cascading effect; once energy, for instance, is free, it
will make precious metals free.

• I Though cases like these are not really how the science will be used,
they to illustrate the principle.

• The nurses' union was quoted as an example of a responsible trade


union.
• The government is having to introduce some difficult changes,
particularly in moving over to a market economy.

• Now for the moralists chiliasm had a special significance as the one
distinguishing feature of the gospel, and the only thing that gave a
specifically Christian character to their system.

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EMPHASIS
- Definitely, indeed, In fact, no, yes

• I think you still need someone here, but you're definitely getting better.

• The heatwave was forecast to end soon and, indeed, it was raining the
very next day..

• Still, even all the bias can't hide in fact that the Tories are heading for
another very heavy defeat.

• A guilty conscience needs no accuser.


• He has already said yes.

PROJECT
IN
READING
& WRITING
Submitted by: Ann Kristine Robert Submitted to: Ms.
Dyanne M. Mangahas

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