Matching Pairs Linking wordsOnline version Linking words by category by Karina Ceballos 1 To present alternatives 2 To emphasise and highlight 3 To add information 4 To contrast/contradict information 5 To show cause and effect 6 To refer back 7 To provide examples 8 To show similarity 9 To show a sequence alternatively, on the other hand, then again therefore, thus, hence, consequently, as a result, for this reason, accordingly because, since, as, otherwise as noted above, as stated previously, originally, in the past, earlier, formerly furthermore, in addition, moreover, besides … , apart from … and, as well as finally, subsequently, first of all, to begin with, at first, firstly, secondly, thirdly, etc. after, before, when, while, as, until in contrast, on the other hand, conversely, however, nevertheless, meanwhile, on the contrary, despite this, whereas, while, although, even though, but in the same way, similarly, likewise in fact, indeed, obviously, undoubtedly, clearly, it is evident that, as a matter of fact for example, for instance, in this case, to illustrate this, … namely that is to say...
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