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List of Connectors you should use at writing.

Meaning Sentence connectors Meaning
Therefore, Por lo tanto,
As a result, Como resultado,
Thus, Así, (de este modo)
Since Dado que
Cause and as Como…
effect because of A causa de
due to Debido a
Likewise, Así mismo,
Comparison Similarly, De igual manera,
In the same way, Del mismo modo,
like como

However, Sin embargo,

Nevertheless, No obstante,
Yet, Aún así,
On the contrary, Por el contrario,
Contrast in Unfortunately, Desafortunadamente,
expectation Surprisingly, De manera sorpresiva,
although aunque
even though aun cuando
despite a pesar de
in spite of a pesar de

In contrast,
Contrast in En contraste,
comparison Conversely, En cambio,
While Mientras (que)
whereas Mientras
A diferencia de
unlike

Contrast in Instead, En cambio,

action instead of en lugar de (en vez de)

In fact, De hecho,
As a matter of fact, En realidad,
Emphasis Fortunately, Afortunadamente,
Actually, La verdad,

In other words, En otras palabras,

Clarification In summary, En resumen,
As far as Hasta donde…
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That's why Por eso…

En resumen,
In short,
In general, En general,
Para resumir,
Generally,
To sum up, Generalmente,
Generalization
Conclusion Overall, En general,
Para resumir,
To summarize,
Moreover, Además,
Besides Ademàs / además de
In conclusion, En conclusión,
Additional Additionally, Adicionalmente,
Information In addition, En adición (Además)
As a matter of conclusion, Además,
Como conclusión,
Furthermore,
In that case, En ese caso,
Otherwise,
EXPRESSIONS FOR OPENING En cambio
AND(si no)
OPINIONS.
Condition until hasta que
as long as siempre y cuando
● Have you ever thought about…?
while mientras
● How would you feel if …?
● What would you think of…? Por ejemplo,
For example,
● Are you one of those people who …? Como ejemplo,
As an example,
● If the answer is …, you should….
Example Por ejemplo,
Forfor
● Just think instance,
a moment… Para mostrar /ilustrar/resaltar esto,
To show/illustrate/highlight this,
● Just imagine…
como
like
● In my opinion, … así como
such …
● In my eyes, as
e.g. …
● To my mind, ejemplo
● As far as I am concerned, …
● Speaking personally, … Por lo menos
Qualification At least
● From my point of view, …
● As for me / As to me, … Primero,
First,
● My view / opinion / belief / impression / conviction
Entonces is that …
Then
● I hold the view that … A continuación
Next
● I would say that … Ahora (actualmente)
Ordering
● It seemsNowto me that …
Continuing Continuando,
● I am of the opinion that…
Further, Es más,
Finally, Finalmente,
Afterwards, Despuès de esto,
Regarding En cuanto a
Reintroduction In connection with En relación con (con relación a)
With respect to
Con respecto a
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Writing Activity

You must write this in the Answer Sheet sent to Saberes some days ago.

You see this advert on an English-Language website:

ARTICLES WANTED.

Sports.

What types of sports do you enjoy participating in?

Do you prefer doing sport alone or with others?
What sports you don't advise?

Write an article about these questions for the Website.

● About 100 words.

● Include at least 4 new connectors from the list.
● Highlight the connectors you are using with the color green.
● Include 2 sentences using the second conditional.
● Highlight both sentences in color blue.