Students: Andre Urban Oscar Badillo Jorge Mendieta

1. Linking
words

2. Definition
 Linking words help you to connect ideas and
sentences, so that people can follow your
ideas.
 For example:
For example For instance Namely

3. Types of
 Adding information
 Summarising
 Sequencing ideas
 Giving a reason
 Giving a result
 Contrasting ideas
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4. Adding information
 As well as
Also
Too
Furthermore
Moreover
Apart from
In addition to
Besides

5.  Recycling is an easy way to
conserve natural resources;
furthermore, it can help reduce
garbage disposal costs.
Examples
 Besides homework, there was
nothing for you to do.

6. Summarising
 In short
In brief
In summary
To summarise
In a nutshell
To conclude
In conclusion
 In short
In brief
In summary
To summarise
In a nutshell
To conclude
In conclusion
 We normally use these words at the beginning of a sentence to
give a summary of what we have said or written.

7.  To sum up, I would like to say that Sergio
Markarian position seems to me to be
very coherent.
 Peru played bad against Venezuela.
yesterday. In a nutshell: Disqualified.
Examples

8.  The former, … the latter
Firstly, secondly, finally
The first point is
Lastly
The following
Sequencing ideas

9.  "Marketing and finance are both covered
in the course. The former is studied in the
first term and the latter is studied in the
final term.
Examples

10.  Due to / due to the fact that
Owing to / owing to the fact that
Because
Because of
Since
As
Giving reasons

11.  Due to the rise in oil prices, the inflation
rate rose by 1.25%.
 Since the company is expanding, we
need to hire more staff.
Examples

12.  Therefore
So
Consequently
This means that
As a result
Giving a result

13.  The company are expanding. Therefore /
So / Consequently / As a result, they are
taking on extra staff.
 DATA: all are possible
Examples

14.  But
However
Although / even though
Despite / despite the fact that
In spite of / in spite of the fact that
Nevertheless
Nonetheless
While
Whereas
Unlike
In theory… in practice…
Constrasting ideas

15.  Unlike in the UK, the USA has cheap
petrol.
 While my sister has blue eyes, mine are
brown.
 In spite of the cold, she went out in shorts.
Examples

16.  We hope you learnt something