CONNECTORS & LINKING WORDS

EXPRESSING OPINION

• I think/belive/consider/feel that...
• In my view/opinion...
• To my mind...
• It strikes me that...
• As I see it...
• I feel strongly that...
• I’m inclined to believe that...
• I’m absolutely convinced that...
• I tend to think that...
• I would suggest that...
• It seems to me that...
• As far as I know,...
• As far as I’m corcerned,...
• It’s not very clear but I would say that ...
• I suppose...
• Personally,...
• Frankly,...
• Obviously....

MAKING REFERENCE

• As far as ... is concerned, I think that...

• As for...
• As regards...
• Regarding...
• General speaking,...
• It’s often claimed/argued/said/thought that...
• It is undeniable that...
• There can be no doubt that...
• At present,...(en la actualidad)
• Nowadays,... (hoy en día)

ADDING IDEAS

• Furthermore,...(además)
• Moreover,...(además)
• Apart from this/that,...
• What is more,...
• Besides, ... (a parte)
• Besides this/that,...(a parte de esto)
• As well as,...+v-ing (además de)
• In addition (to this),...
• Another point of view is...
• An additional point of view is ...
• Added to this,...
• Indeed, ... (de hecho)
• Otherwise,... (en otro caso)
• Both...and... (....y...)
• Likewise,... (asimismo)
• Again,...(por otra parte)
• Not only...(does smoking damages your health)..but it also...(damages the
health of non-smokers). Atention! Verb inversion!
 GIVING EXAMPLES

• For example/instance
• E.g.
• Such as...+noun.
• To take (just) one example,...
• Let’s take the example/case of...
• A clear example of ....is/might be...
• An example of ...+noun.

MAKING POINTS

• First (of all)/Firstly,...

• In the first place,...
• At first sight,...( a primera vista)
• First and foremost,...(lo primero y más importante)
• Above all,...
• To begin/start with,...
• Second/Secondly/Next,...
• Third/Thirdly/Next,...
• Before (that),...
• After (that),...
• Since then,...
• As soon as,...
• The most important fact is that...
• More important is ...than...
• The main aspect/point/advantage/disadvantage/drawback,...is...
• Another aspect/point/advantage/disadvantage/drawback,...is...
• Another point in favour of/ against +v-ing is...

REPHRASING

• In other words,...
• To be precise,...
• That is to say,...
• What I really mean is...
• The real point is...
• What I’m trying to get ar is the fact that...
• In fact,...
• The fact of the matter is that...
• As a matter of fact,...

REASONING

• For...
• Because (of)...
• Since...
• As...
• Due to (the fact that)...
• The result from/of...
• The effect of ...on...
• The consequence of...
• The cause of...
• The reason for...
• Therefore,...
• Anothrer reason for (not) +v-ing

AGREEING OR DISAGREEING

• I am in favour of...+noun/+v-ing
• I am totally against (the idea of)...+v-ing
• I have reached agreement on ...
• I have come to the conclusion that...
• I agree with it up to a point, but...
• I couldn’t agree more...
• That’s exactly what I think...
• I agree with ... entirely.
• I have to agree to difer... (no puedo estar de acuerdo)
• I’m totally opposed to/in favour of ...

EXPRESSING RESULT

• Consequently,...
• As a result/consequence,...
• Therefore,...
• Thus, ...
• Hence,...
• To result in,...
• To have an effect on...
• So,... (por lo tanto)
• On avarage,...(de promedio)

EXPRESSING CONTRAST

• On the one hand,...

• On the other hand,...
• For one thing,...
• For another thing,...
• However,...
• While,...
• In contrast,..
• But still,...(sim embargo)
• Yet,...(con todo)
• Although,...(aunque)
• Though,...(si bien)
• Even though,...(aun cuando)
• In spite of ...+noun ( a pesar de)
• Despite...+noun (a pesar de)
• Whereas,...(mientras que)
• Whilst,...(mientras)
• Notwithstanding,...(no obstante, dejando a un lado)
• Nevertheless,...(no obstante)
• In comparison,...
• Different from...
• Dissimilar...
• Unlike...
• To differ from...
• By the way,... ( a propósito)
• It’s populary believed that ... , but...
• People often clain that..., but ...
• It is often alleged that ..., but...
• People argue that ..., but what they don’t realise is...
• People think that..., but they couldn’t be further from the truth.
• Contrary to popular belief, it is a fact that...

EXPRESSING COMPARISON

• Similarly,...
• Likewise...
• Also...
• Too
• The same as...
• (just) as...
• (just) like...
• Alike...
• Similar to...
• To compare to/with...
• As if ...
• As though...
• At the other end of the scale...(al otro lado de la balanza)
• On the contrary...

CONCLUDING

• In conlusion,...
• In summary,...
• To sum up,...
• Taking all of the above into account, I would say that...
• Last but not least,...
• Finally,...
• Lastly,...
• Last of all,...
• In brief,...
• In a word,...
• In short,...
• To conclude,...
• To summarise,...
• All in all,...
• At heart,...(en el fondo)
• At one time or another,...(de todos modos)
• All things considered,...
• On the shole,...
• On balance, ...