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CONNECTORS

The document discusses different types of connectors used to link ideas, including contrast connectors like "but" and "yet"; reason and cause connectors like "because" and "since"; addition connectors like "furthermore" and "besides"; succession connectors like "first", "second", and "finally"; and result connectors like "as a result" and "therefore". Examples are provided for how each type of connector is used in sentences.

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CONNECTORS

The document discusses different types of connectors used to link ideas, including contrast connectors like "but" and "yet"; reason and cause connectors like "because" and "since"; addition connectors like "furthermore" and "besides"; succession connectors like "first", "second", and "finally"; and result connectors like "as a result" and "therefore". Examples are provided for how each type of connector is used in sentences.

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CONNECTORS: Connectors are words that link ideas, phrases, sentences and

paragraphs together.

Contrast
 but / yet: followed by a noun phrase or a sentence. 
‘The book is short but / yet interesting’
 in spite of / despite: It is placed at the beginning or in the middle of the
sentence.
‘He arrived on time despite / in spite of getting up late’
 although / though/ even though / in spite of the fact that: followed by a
complete sentence. They can be placed at the beginning or in the middle of the
sentence. If it is placed at the beginning we need to use a comma after the
clause.  
  ‘Although / though / even though / in spite of the fact that the pupils had not studied,
they all passed their exams’. 
 however, nevertheless, even so, on the one hand, on the other hand,
on the contrary: 
‘He was quite ill however/ nevertheless/ even so, he went to school’
 while, whereas   
‘This film is very interesting, while/whereas that one is quite boring’  

Reason and cause


 because, as since, seeing that:  
‘Because / as / since / seeing that it’s late, we should go home’ 
 because of, on account of, owing to, due to: 
    ‘Because of / on account of / owing to / due to the weather, we stayed at home’
 in order to, so as to, to: 
‘She uses her video in order to / so as to / to record TV programmes’ 

Add information
 for example, for instante, such as: 
‘Vegetables are a good source of vitamins: for example / for instance, oranges have
vitamin C’ 
 more over, furthermore, besides, in addition to: 
‘In addition to soul music, she likes rap’ 
 apart from, except for: 
‘Apart from English, she speaks French’.

Succession
 First of all / Firstly / To begin with / First …. 
 Second / Secondly / Then … 
 Third / Thirdly / After that...
 The next stage … 
 Finally / in short / to sum up / in conclusion / lastly / last but not least…  

 Result
 As a result of: 
‘As a result of his brave action, he was awarded a military medal. 
 Therefore, as a result, consequently, for this reason: 
‘Consequently / for this reason, it always passes its annual road test’. 

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