SENTENCE LINKERS AND CONNECTORS SENTENCE LINKERS Contrast n

SENTENCE LINKERS AND CONNECTORS

SENTENCE LINKERS Contrast n n n 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.

SENTENCE LINKERS Reason and cause n n 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 n n In order to / So as to Introduce an infinitive of purpose. In order that / So that Introduce a sentence.

SENTENCE LINKERS Consequence/Result n n n 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 n n 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.

CONNECTORS Contrast n n n 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 / 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 / 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. ’

CONNECTORS Reason and cause n n n 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’

CONNECTORS Add information n 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’.

CONNECTORS: Order Sequencing - First of all/ Firstly In the first place To start with In the second place Second / Secondly Third / Thirdly Nowadays Next After that Then Afterwards Conclusion n n n n Finally In conclusion Lastly Eventually In the end All in all On the whole To sum up

SENTENCE LINKERS AND CONNECTORS Explaining In other words n In short n Above all n All in all n At least n Basically n Consequently Explaining n Especially n Essentially n In general n In particular n More or less n On the whole To a certain extent n n

SENTENCE LINKERS AND CONNECTORS 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