Matching Pairs Linking wordsOnline version Linking words by category by Karina Ceballos 1 To provide examples 2 To show a sequence 3 To refer back 4 To show cause and effect 5 To show similarity 6 To emphasise and highlight 7 To contrast/contradict information 8 To present alternatives 9 To add information alternatively, on the other hand, then again finally, subsequently, first of all, to begin with, at first, firstly, secondly, thirdly, etc. after, before, when, while, as, until 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 in fact, indeed, obviously, undoubtedly, clearly, it is evident that, as a matter of fact furthermore, in addition, moreover, besides … , apart from … and, as well as for example, for instance, in this case, to illustrate this, … namely that is to say... 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
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