Matching Pairs Advanced (Discourse markers)Online version Read the sentences. Match the discourse markers (adverbs and adverbial expressions). by Gulzhan Mam 1 BASICALLY, my job involves computer skills and people skills. 2 ON THE ONE HAND, more young people today study languages. ON THE OTHER HAND, the total number is quite small. 3 I like both flats, but ALL IN ALL, I think I prefer the one next to the cathedral. 4 ...and that's all you need to know about travel arrangements. AS FAR AS accommodation IS CONCERNED,.../AS REGARDS / REGARDING the accommodation, the options are living with a family or living in a hall of residence. 5 She's very selfish. I MEAN, she never thinks about other people. 6 AS I WAS SAYING, if Mark gets the job, we'll have to reorganize the department. 7 I don't think I'll come to Nick's party. It will finish very late. BESIDES, I won't know many people there. 8 Please try not to make a mess when you bake the cake. OTHERWISE, I'm going to have to clean the kitchen again. 9 Yes, it was a bad accident. AT LEAST nobody was killed, though. Tom's coming to the meeting, or AT LEAST he said he was. 10 OBVIOUSLY, you can't get a real idea of life in Japan unless you can speak the language. 11 The government are going to help the first- time buyers. THAT IS TO SAY, they are going to make mortgages more easily available. 12 We didn't go away at the weekend because I had too much work. IN ANY CASE/ANYWAY the weather was awful, so we didn't miss anything. 13 A: Did you see the match last night? B: No, I didn't. ACTUALLY/IN FACT/, AS A MATTER OF FACT, I don't really like football. 14 A: I really like your shirt. Hasn't Harry got one just like it? B: Yes, he has. TALKING of Harry, did he get the job he applied for? 15 A: So, let's meet at 5 o'clock then. BY THE WAY/INCIDENTALLY, could you possibly lend me some money until the weekend? 16 A lot of people disapproved and some even left earlier. IN OTHER WORDS, it was a complete disaster. 17 ON THE WHOLE, I think that women make better journalists than men. 18 I think we should buy them. AFTER ALL, we'll never find them anywhere cheaper than this. To introduce the fact that is very clear to see or understand. To introduce an explanation or clarification of a point yo have just made. To introduce a positive point after some negative information, or to qualify what you have just said or to make it less definite. To introduce a strong argument that one person may not have taken into consideration. To introduce the idea that what you said before is less important than what you are going to say now, or to return to the main topic after a digression. To return to a previous subject, often after you have been interrupted. To balance contrasting facts or points. To say what the result would be if something didn't happen or if the situation were different. To say something again in another way. To add extra information or argument. To introduce the most important and fundamental point. To generalize To make things clearer or give more details. To introduce a new topic or to announce a change of subject. To say that you are considering everything. To introduce something that you have just thought of, or to change the subject completely. To change the direction of conversation, but making a link with what has just been said. To introduce additional or unexpected information.
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