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noun + noun
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noun + noun +noun + noun
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verb + verb
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• To compare things
• To conclude
también
also __________ Another __________
otro
To introduce an además
furthermore __________ an additional..un______
..adicional
additional idea adicionalmente
in addition _________
moreover __________
es mas
también
too __________
coordinators
y
and __________
and … too __________
y… también
y… también
and also __________
y… también
as well as __________
besides __________
además de
likewise __________
igualmente
To introduce an additional idea
Connectives Exercise
Exercise. Read each of the following sentences. Circle the connective that
introduces a result.
1. The present birth rate is increasing and the death rate is decreasing.
Because of this fact, the world's population is growing at a frightening
pace.
2. There was no reason for him to stay any longer, so he returned to his
home.
3. A foreign student who reads only 200 words a minute is reading at about
half the speed of a native speaker of English; consequently, he takes
about twice as long to read the same assignment.
4. Having put out the fire, the firemen urged the crowd to leave; accordingly,
they returned to their homes.
CONNECTIVES CHART
MEANING/ SENTENCE OTHER
FUNCTION CONNECTORS ADJECTIVES
as... As __________
tan como
To compare también
also ___________ como
Like __________
things Likewise ___________ justo como
just like __________
igualmente
Similar a
similar to __________
Similarly ___________
similarmente
Too ___________
tambien be alike __________
Ser parecido
And ___________
y Ser similar
be similar __________
ambos…y
both...and ___________
no solo
not only... ___________
pero también
but also ___________
Neither…Nor ni…ni
_________
como
As ___________
justo como
just as ___________
Afectar - asi que, asi - Causa - Como - como consecuencia - como resultado -
Consecuentemente - de acuerdo con - Entonces - Entonces - la causa de - por lo tanto
- Porque - razón por la cual - Resultado - tener un efecto en
CONNECTIVES CHART
SENTENCE
MEANING/ OTHER
CONNECTORS
FUNCTION ADJECTIVES
it is clear that...
Es claro que
___________
we can see that
Podemos ver que
___________
To A fin de cuentas
all in all ___________
conclude the evidence suggests
in brief ___________
En resumen
En conclusión that…
in conclusion ___________ La___________
evidencia sugiere que
En síntesis
in short ___________
En resumen these examples show
in summary ___________
that
… ejemplos
Estos
___________
muestran que
Uno, primero
One, first ___________
To signal a Two, second Dos, segundo
___________
Series or Three, third ___________
Tres, tercero
Time
Sequence Then Entonces
___________
Next ___________
A continuación
Después de
Afterward ___________
finalmente
Finally ___________
Al fin
at last ___________
Por ultimo
Lastly ___________