SENTENCE LINKERS AND

CONNECTORS

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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.
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Reason and cause

■ Because / As / Since / Introduce a sentence.

Subordinate sentences introduced by because always
appear in final position.
■ 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.
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Consequence/Result

Consequently / As a consequence / As a result / Therefore

Followed by a coma.
■ As a consequence of / As a result of Followed by a noun
phrase.
■ So / That’s why Introduce a sentence. No commas.

Addition

■ Moreover / Furthermore / In addition / Besides / What's

more / On top of that 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.
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Contrast

■ but / yet: followed by a noun phrase or a sentence.

‘The piece is totally abstract but / yet catchy.’

■ in spite of / despite: It is placed at the beginning or in the middle of

the sentence.
‘He arrived on time for the exhibition despite / in spite of getting up late’

■ although / though/ even though / in spite of the fact that:

‘Although / though / even though / in spite of the fact that the students
had not studied, they all passed their exams’.
‘The students all passed their exams although / though / even though /
in spite of the fact that they had not studied. ‘

■ however, nevertheless, even so, on the one hand, on the other

hand, on the contrary:
‘He was ill however/ nevertheless/ even so, he went to the art class.’
■ while, whereas
This fabric is very interesting, while/whereas that one is quite dull.’
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Reason and cause

■ because, as , since:
‘We need to draw faster because / as / since it’s almost
the end of the class.’
■ because of, on account of, owing to, due to:
‘We stayed at the workshop because of / on account
of / owing to / due to the terrible weather ’
■ in order to, so as to, to:
‘She uses her camera in order to / so as to / to
document the best moments of our lives’
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Add information

■ for example, for instance, such as:

‘We need different equipment for Figure drawing: for
example / for instance, Indian ink and charcoal.’

■ moreover, furthermore, besides, in addition to:

‘In addition to drainage, we need to solve the insulation
problem’

■ apart from, except for:

‘Apart from the aerial and frontal, there are central and
inverted perspectives’.
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Sequencing
- First of all/ First / Firstly Conclusion
- In the first place ■ Finally
- To start with ■ In conclusion
- In the second place ■ Lastly
- Second / Secondly ■ Eventually
- Third / Thirdly ■ In the end
- Next ■ All in all
- After that ■ On the whole
- Then ■ To sum up
- Afterwards
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Explaining Explaining
■ In other words ■ Especially
■ In short ■ Essentially
■ Above all ■ In general
■ All in all ■ In particular
■ At least ■ More or less
■ Basically ■ On the whole
■ Consequently ■ To a certain extent
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Expressing a personal opinion

- As far as I am concerned
- If you ask me
- From my point of view
- I agree / disagree / partially agree
- In my opinion
- In my view
- I think that
- It is true that
- Personally
- To be honest
- To tell the truth
 English Department
Presidential school in Nukus

Prepared by MRS.
KHUMOROY