Course03

Linking words

Linking words help you to elegantly connect ideas and sentences when you
speak or write English . it is a part of speech. Also, It is called connecting
words .we can use linking words to give examples, add information, summarize,
sequence information, give reason or result, and contrast ideas . there are two
categories of linking words : conjunction and transition.

1.liking words –Result

Function: to provide the result of what has been stated or has occurred

 As a result
 As a consequence (of)
 Therefore
 Thus
 Hence
 For this reason
 Due to
 Consequently

2.Linking words-Emphasis

Function: to put forward a point or idea more forcefully

 Undoubtedly
 Indeed
 Importantly
 Above all
 Positively
 Definitely
 Clearly
 Expecialy
  Absulutlly

3.Linking words –Addition

Function : to add to what has been previously stated

 Additionally
 Furthermore
 Also
 As well as
 Moreover
 Apart from this
 Besides

4.Linkingwords –Reason

Function: to provide reasons for what has been stated or has occurred .

 Because of
 With this in mind
 In fact

5. Linking words-Illustration

Function: to provide examples

 For example
 Such as
 Namely
 I this case
 Like
 To clarify/ to demonstrate

6. Linking words – Contrast

Function:

 Unlike
 Nevertheless
 On the other hand
 In contrast
  Even so
 Alternatively

7.Linking words-Comparison

Function: to show how things are similar

 Similarely
 Equally
 Likewise
 Just like
 By the same token
 In the same way
 Correspondingly

Linking words-order

Function: to indicate the order of what is being said

 Fist/firstly
 Second/secondly
 Finally
 At the same time
 Following

Linking words –summury

Function: to sum up what has been previously stated

 To summarize
 In conclusion
 In short
 Briefly
 To conclude

Linking words-condition

Function: to provide to what has been stated

 If
 In the case
 Unless
Connecting words –concession

Function: connecting words and phrases to accept a point or idea with

reservation

 Admiteedly
 In spite of
 Although /even though
 Even if
 However

connecting words –generalization

function: to make a general statement

 For the most part

 In general
 On the whole
 Overall
 In most cases

Connecting words –restatement

Function: to express an alternative to what has been previously stated

 In other words
 To put it differently

At the end of this lecture, I provide some useful as well as helpful verbs needed
which pharaphrasing or expressing thoughs ,. Example: claim, state assert,
emphasise, include, show, analyse, discuss, investigate, tackle, neglect…..