PROFESSIONAL ENGLISH 2

TEACHER: KARINA FERIA LLERENA.

 OBJECTIVES:

➢ By the end of the session, students will be able to use connectors of

contrast and addition in sentences.
 CONTRAST

➢ In spite of / Despite → Link two contrasting ideas. Followed by a noun

phrase. It is placed at the beginning or in the middle of the sentence.

‘He arrived on time despite / in spite of getting up late’

‘Despite / In spite of the bad weather, he arrived on time ’

➢ Although / (Even) though → Link two contrasting ideas. Followed by
a 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 the pupils had not studied, they all
passed their exams’.
 CONTRAST

• 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.

• ‘He was quite ill; however/ nevertheless/ even so, he went to school’

• He was quite ill. However, he went to school.

• Students have been making excellent progress in their reading skill. There
are, however, a few pupils who still need extra coaching.
 CONTRAST

• On the one hand ... On the other hand →Links two contrasting ideas
/ paragraphs. At the beginning of a sentence.

(IDEA 1). On the one hand I wanted to go. One the other hand, I was
too tired

I like playing football. On the other hand, my brother likes playing

basketball.
 CONTRAST

• In contrast to / Contrary to →Link two contrasting ideas. Followed

by a noun phrase.
In contrast to all other social welfare policies, public assistance
programs for the poor are the most controversial.

• Whereas → Link two contrasting ideas. Not separated by commas.

‘This film is very interesting while/whereas that one is quite boring’
The old system was fairly complicated whereas the new system is
really very simple.
CONNECTORS
OF CONTRAST

Some of them
are: