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