7141 linking words practice

LINKING WORDS COLLECTION

Adding
Informatio
n
And
In addition
As well as
Also
Too
Furthermore
Moreover
Apart from
In addition to
Besides

Summarizing

In short
In brief
In summary
To summarize
In a nutshell
To conclude
In conclusion

Sequence
of ideas

Giving a
reason

Giving a
result

Contrasting ideas

The former,
… the latter
Firstly,
secondly,
finally
The first
point is
Lastly
The
following..

Due to / due
to the fact
that
Owing to /
owing to the
fact that..
Because
Because of
Since
As

Therefore
So

Consequently
This means
that…
As a result

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…

USE THEM TO SOUND
SMART GUYS!!! OOps! Do the exercise below to
practice!


Mr. Zac Clulez
Course: Advanced English II

Status: Serious

Dear Mr De Onda,
Your English teacher has presented a report ______________that you have not improved as you promised.

_______________, we have decided to move you to English 1 as soon as possible. Your parents have talked to us and ____________ of their
pleas, we have not changed our minds.
____________, you had changed you attitude and performance in the class, in practice, you kept on playing and chatting and leaving your
materials at home ______________, you could not do the class activities.
______________ to that, the teacher reports bad behavior in the lab and zero advancement in your on-line practice.
______________, we are very sorry to inform you that there is nothing to do to change our decision and you must attend English 1 class at room
505 at 2:30 pm with Mr. Kurs Bouring. We hope you attitude improve this time.
Regards,
Dr. Ian Strict .
Headmaster.