List of Connectors

1. Linking words for essays, reports, papers

listing

firstly, secondly ...

to begin / start with ..., to conclude with

in the first place, in the second place

next , then , finally, last(ly)

to conclude ...

last but not least ...

to summarise , to sum up

adding

also, too, then

furthermore ...

moreover ...

in addition to that ...

above all ......

what is more ...

additionally

comparing

equally, likewise, similarly, in the same / a different way

compared to / with, in comparison with

as ... as , both ... and ...

you can´t compare it with ...

concluding

all in all...  /  in conclusion ...

to sum up ...

I draw the conclusion / arrive at the conclusion that ...

I conclude ...

consequently ..

exemplifying

for example (e.g.), for instance

that is (i.e.)

that is to say

... such as ...

namely ...

result

consequently

hence

therefore

thus

as a result

because of that ...-

that´s why ...

reformulating

 to put it another way

in other words

alternative

on the one hand... , on the other hand ...

contrasting

on the contrary

in contrast to that

but , yet, however

nevertheless ...

whereas ..., while ...

neither .... nor ...

on the one hand ..., on the other hand ...

concession

besides, however, still, though,

in spite of that, despite that

admittedly

if , unless

2. Giving one´s own opinion

In my view; To my mind, In my opinion, As I see it,

I think that , I believe that , I have come to the conclusion that,

I would not say that ..., Therefore I cannot agree with ...,

I am doubtful whether / certain that ...

According to the text ...

It seems to me that ...

Another argument is that ...

As far as I am concerned, ....

One reason is that ...

I would say that ...

As we have seen, ...

As we know from ...., ...

For all these reasons I would support the view that ...

As a result ...

In short ...

With regard to ...

It is for this reason that I think ...

I am convinced that ...

I feel that ...

CONNECTORS

Sentence Connectors are a great way of improving your English. Why? Because we use them to express relationships between ideas and to combine sentences.

When we begin learning a language, we speak in very basic sentences, a bit like children.
Example: “London is a very exciting city. London is very expensive.”

As we learn more words and more complex sentence strucure, we are able to start using sentence connectors to make more sophisticated sentences.
Example: “London is a very exciting city; nevertheless it is also very expensive” or
“Despite the fact that London is very expensive, it is also very exciting”

There are various types of connectors. We can divide them into:

1.             Coordinating Conjunctions – They connect words, phrases and clauses. They are usually found in the middle of a sentence with a comma (,) just before the conjuction, or at the beginning of the sentence.
Coordinating Conjunctions:

for      and      nor      but      or      yet      so (remember FANBOYS)

1.             Correlative Conjunctions – They connect equal sentence elements together (like two nouns) and are always composed by two words.
Correlative Conjunctions:

both…and not only…but also not…but either…or neither…nor whether…or as…as

1.             Subordinating Conjunctions- They connect a dependent clause and an independent clause and establish a relationship between them. They happen at the beginning of a sentences (with a comma in the middle separating the clauses) or in the middle of a sentence with no comma.
Subordinating Conjunctions:

after	if	though	although
if only	till	as	in order that
unless	as if	now that	until
as long as	once	when	as though
rather than	whenever	because	since
where	before	so that	whereas
even if	than	wherever	even though
that	that	while

1.             Linking Adverbs and Transition Words- They connect two independent clauses or sentences. They provide transition between ideas.
Linking Adverbs and Transition Words:

accordingly	however	nonetheless	also
indeed	otherwise	besides	instead
similarly	consequently	likewise	still
conversely	meanwhile	subsequently	finally
moreover	then	furthermore	nevertheless
therefore	hence	next	thus