Matching Pairs Advanced (Discourse markers)Online version Read the sentences. Match the discourse markers (adverbs and adverbial expressions). by Gulzhan Mam 1 The government are going to help the first- time buyers. THAT IS TO SAY, they are going to make mortgages more easily available. 2 She's very selfish. I MEAN, she never thinks about other people. 3 AS I WAS SAYING, if Mark gets the job, we'll have to reorganize the department. 4 I think we should buy them. AFTER ALL, we'll never find them anywhere cheaper than this. 5 Please try not to make a mess when you bake the cake. OTHERWISE, I'm going to have to clean the kitchen again. 6 A lot of people disapproved and some even left earlier. IN OTHER WORDS, it was a complete disaster. 7 ON THE ONE HAND, more young people today study languages. ON THE OTHER HAND, the total number is quite small. 8 ON THE WHOLE, I think that women make better journalists than men. 9 OBVIOUSLY, you can't get a real idea of life in Japan unless you can speak the language. 10 BASICALLY, my job involves computer skills and people skills. 11 ...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. 12 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? 13 A: So, let's meet at 5 o'clock then. BY THE WAY/INCIDENTALLY, could you possibly lend me some money until the weekend? 14 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. 15 I like both flats, but ALL IN ALL, I think I prefer the one next to the cathedral. 16 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. 17 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. 18 I don't think I'll come to Nick's party. It will finish very late. BESIDES, I won't know many people there. To introduce the most important and fundamental point. 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 something that you have just thought of, or to change the subject completely. To make things clearer or give more details. 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 change the direction of conversation, but making a link with what has just been said. To say something again in another way. To say that you are considering everything. To introduce additional or unexpected information. To add extra information or argument. To introduce a strong argument that one person may not have taken into consideration. To say what the result would be if something didn't happen or if the situation were different. To introduce a new topic or to announce a change of subject. To introduce an explanation or clarification of a point yo have just made. To return to a previous subject, often after you have been interrupted. To generalize To introduce the fact that is very clear to see or understand. To balance contrasting facts or points.
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