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Contrast. In spite of/ DespiteLink two contrasting ideas. Followed by a noun phrase. On the one hand... On the other hand. Links two contrasting ideas / paragraphs.Although/ (Even) thoughLink 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. With comma.. In contrast to/ Contrary to. Link two contrasting ideas. Followed by a noun phrase.. WhereasLink two contrasting ideas. Not separated by commas.

Reason and cause. Because / As / Since / Seeing that Introduce a sentence. Subordinate sentencesintroduced 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 toIntroduce an infinitive of purpose.

. In order that/ So thatIntroduce a sentence.

Consequence

. Consequently/ As a consequence/ As a result/ Therefore

. As a consequence of/ As a result ofFollowed by a noun phrase.

. SoIntroduces a sentence. No commas.

Addition

Moreover / Furthermore / In addition / Besides / What's moreUsed after a strongpause 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.

ExemplificationFor example/ For instanceIntroduces an example referring to previously stated ideas.. Such asIntroduces an example referring to the last idea.

CONNECTORSContrast__________________________________________________________________. 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 latealthough / though/ even though / in spite of the fact that : followed by a completesentence. 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.

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Although / though / even though / in spite of the fact that the pupils had not studied, theyall passed their exams.

. however, nevertheless, even so, on the one hand, on the other hand, on the contrary:He was quite ill however/ nevertheless/ even so, he went to school .while, whereasThis film is very interesting, while/whereas that one is quite boring

Reason and cause. because, as since, seeing that:Because / as / since / seeing that its late, we should gohome. because of, on account of, owing to, due to:Because of / on account of / owing to / due to theweather, 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. moreover, 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 was awarded a militarymedal.Therefore, as a result, consequently, for this reason:

Consequently / for this reason, it always passes itsannual road test.

OrderFir st paragraphAt first sight: A primera vistaFirst: En primer lugarFirst of all: Antes que nadaIn the first place: En primer lugarTo start with: Para empezar

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Second paragraph

In the second place: En segundo lugarSecond: SegundoSecondly: En segundo lugarThird: TerceroThirdly: En tercer lugar

Conclusion

Finally: Por ltimoIn conclusion: Para concluirLastly: Por ltimoAnd eventually: Y finalmente

Adding informationapart from: Aparte dein addition: Ademsin addition to: Adems deWhats more: Adems; lo que es msmoreover: Ademson top of that: Adems

besides: Adems

On the one hand: Por una parteOn the other hand: Por otra parteand eventually: Y finalmente

Contrastall the same: a pesar de todohowever: sin embargoinstead of: en vez dein spite of / despite: a pesar denevertheless: no obstanteon the contrary: por el contrariowhereas / while: mientrasthough / although: aunque

Reasonbecause of + noun: a causa dedue to + noun: debido adue to the fact that + sentence: debido a quefor this / that reason: por esta / esa razn

owing to + noun: debido aowing to the fact that + sentence: debido a que

Resultas a result: como resultado

because of: a causa deconsequently: en consecuencia

so: por lo tantothat's why: por eso, por esa razn...

therefore: por lo tanto

Resultas a result: como resultado

because of: a causa deconsequently: en consecuenciaso: por lo tantothat's why: por eso, por esa razn...

therefore: por lo tanto

Expressing f acts

actually: en realidadas a matter of fact: de hechoin fact: de hechoreally: en realidad

Expressing a personal opi nion

as far as I am concerned por lo que a m respectafrom my point of view desde mi punto de vistaI agree estoy de acuerdoI disagree no estoy de acuerdo

in my opinion en mi opinionin my view segn lo veoI think that creo queit is true that es verdad que

personally personalmenteto be honest, para ser honestoto tell the truth, a decir verdad

Explain

that is (to say): es decirin other words: en otras palabrasin short: en resumenabove all: sobre todo

all in all: en generalat least: al menos

basically: bsicamente, fundamentalmenteespecially: especialmente, sobre todoessentially: esencialmentein general: en generalin particular: en particularmore or less: ms o menoson the whole: en generalto a certain extent: hasta cierto punto

Exemplifyingand so on: etctera

for example: por ejemplofor instance: por ejemplo

such: as tal(es)como

Summarizingall in all: en sumain brief: en resumenin conclusion: Para concluirin short: en resumenon the whole: en general

to sum up: Para resumir

Sequencingafter that: despus de esoall of a sudden: de repenteFinally: FinalmenteFirst of all: En primer lugarin the end: al finalin the meantime: mientras tantomeanwhile: mientras tantonext: luegosuddenly: de repentethen: entonces, despus

while: mientras