Hello my dear students 10A-10B-10C

Linking words and phrases

Sentence connectors are used to link ideas from one sentence to the next and to give paragraphs coherence. Sentence connectors perform different functions and are placed at the beginning of a sentence. They are used to introduce, order, contrast, sequence ideas, theory, data etc..

Useful sentence connectors

Sequence	Result	Emphasis
·         First / firstly, second / secondly, third / thirdly etc ·         Next, last, finally ·         In addition, moreover ·         Further / furthermore ·         Another ·         Also ·         In conclusion ·         To summarise	·         So ·         As a result ·         As a consequence (of) ·         Therefore ·         Thus ·         Consequently ·         Hence ·         Due to	·         Undoubtedly ·         Indeed ·         Obviously ·         Generally ·         Admittedly ·         In fact ·         Particularly / in particular ·         Especially ·         Clearly ·         Importantly
Addition	Reason	Example
·         And ·         In addition / additionally / an additional ·         Furthermore ·         Also ·         Too ·         As well as	·         For ·         Because ·         Since ·         As ·         Because of	·         For example ·         For instance ·         That is (ie) ·         Such as ·         Including ·         Namely
Contrast	Comparison
·         However ·         Nevertheless ·         Nonetheless ·         Still ·         Although / even though ·         Though ·         But ·         Yet ·         Despite / in spite of ·         In contrast (to) / in comparison ·         While ·         Whereas ·         On the other hand ·         On the contrary	·         Similarly ·         Likewise ·         Also ·         Like ·         Just as ·         Just like ·         Similar to ·         Same as ·         Compare ·         compare(d) to / with ·         Not only...but also

 Exercise of application linking words

Have you ever wondered how   people seem to   learn and remember things effortlessly and other struggle? Are these students more intelligent than the others? They may well be_________________ apart from their intrinsic abilities, these students probably study intelligently._____________________ the skills to study and learn intelligently, we___________________ need the skills to become life long learners___________________ some people are gifted than others, most of us can  learn the skills to do more intelligently by learning actively. Active learning means being aware   of that we do not knowing and having the skills to find out.

WHILE                     ALSO                           HOWEVER                 AS  WELL  AS