Linking words by level.
xlsx B2
SEQUENCING IDEAS ADDING INFORMATION CONSEQUENCE / REASON CONTRAST COMPARISON
First , Second , Third and / or So, But Same as
Firstly, Secondly, Thirdly Apart from that, Therefore, However, Similar to
In the first place, In addition, That is why, Nevertheless Compare(d) to / with
First of all, Besides, As a result, On the one hand......on the other hand Like
To start with, Moreover* As a consequence (of) In spite of Likewise
To begin with, Furthermore Due to Despite Just as
In the second place, Also Hence Nonetheless Just like
Next, Additionally Thus (science/religion) Yet Similarly
Then, An additional… In contrast (to) In comparison
Finally, Too On the other hand Not only...but...
Having (process) As well as On the contrary
Last but (certainly) not least, On top of that
* in addition to what has been said
CAUSE / REASON SUMMING UP PERSONAL OPINION EXPLAINING / GIVING EXAMPLES EMPHASIS
Because of In conclusion In my opinion, In fact In fact
Due to In short, As I see it, for example Especially
Owing to To sum up, Personally, For instance Clearly
Given that / given the way To put it briefly, From my point of view, In other words Importantly
That Taking everything into account, In my view, Actually (=in reality) In particular
All things considered, As far as I’m concerned, That is Obviously
Time On balance, It seems to me (that) As a matter of fact, Particularly
Currently To summarise To my mind, such as... / such x as … Undoubtedly
Nowadays Taking everything into consideration, Needless to say, Admittedly
In the current climate Including Generally
Namely Essentially
REFERRING TO OTHER SOURCES CHANGING THE SUBJECT Correction
According to... On a different note That's beside the point
In x’s view, / In X’s opinion, Moving on i.e. it is not relevant to this topic
Subordinators*
Comparison & Contrast Cause / effect Time Possibility / condition Place & manner
Although + sj + vb Because + sj + verb When If Wherever
Even though + sj + vb Since** Until As if Anywhere
Though So that Whenever whether Where
While While unless How (however)
Whereas Before**
As + sj + verb After**
as [adjective] as
** Also prepositions
Notes on subordinators Key
Subordinators and coordinators should not be used in the same sentence to introduce clauses N - noun Plain - B1
The subordinator always comes before the subject and verb in a clause -ing = gerund Bold - B2
Subordinating or “dependent” clauses can occur at the beginning or midpoint of a sentence. sj = subject (not always)
