CONNECTORS
And how to rewrite them
¿Qué son los conectores?
Los conectores (o linking words ) son términos que usamos para
señalar las relaciones entre ideas.
Pueden expresar:
● Razón y causa
● Finalidad
● Ejemplificación
● Información adicional
● Resultado y consecuencia
● Contraste y oposición de ideas
● Concesión
1. RAZÓN Y CAUSA
+ ORACIÓN + SUSTANTIVO O PRONOM.
Owing to /
Because As /Since Because of
Due to
Ej.: Because/ As /Since it’s Ej.: Because of/ Owing to
late, we should all go home. /Due to the weather, we
stayed home.
2. FINALIDAD
OR. PPAL. Y SUB. CON
OR. PPAL. Y SUB. CON EL
DISTINTO SUJETO (+ oración
MISMO SUJETO (+ infinitivo)
con modal)
To / In order to / So as to So that / In order that
Ej.: She uses her video to /in Ej.: I went to Mike’s house
order to /so as to record so that / in order that he
her favourite shows could help me to do my
homework
3. INTRODUCCIÓN DE EJEMPLOS
; for instance, ; for example, Such as
Ej.: Vegetables are a good
source of vitamins; for Ej.: Singers such as Michael
example/ for instance, Jackson and Madonna are
peppers have vitamin C popular all over the world
4. INTRODUCCIÓN DE INFORMACIÓN ADICIONAL
+ ORACIÓN + SUST./ PRON. + SUST. / PRON.
Moreover, / In addition to… Apart from…,
Furthermore, … as well as… Except (for)...,
/Besides,
Ej.: In addition to Ej.: Apart from English,
Ej.: I’m too busy to she speaks three other
classical music, she
take a holiday. languages.
likes jazz.
Moreover, I don’t He eats nothing except
She likes jazz as well
have the money. (for) bread and fish.
as classical music.
4. INTRODUCCIÓN DE INFORMACIÓN ADICIONAL
+ ORACIÓN + SUST./ PRON. + SUST. / PRON.
Moreover, / In addition to… Apart from…,
Furthermore, … as well as… Except (for)...,
/Besides,
Ej.: In addition to Ej.: Apart from English,
Ej.: I’m too busy to she speaks three other
classical music, she
take a holiday. languages.
likes jazz.
Moreover, I don’t He eats nothing except
She likes jazz as well
have the money. (for) bread and fish.
as classical music.
5. RESULTADO Y CONSECUENCIA
Therefore, / Consequently, / For this reason, / Thus , + oración
Ej.: Tina gets her car in good condition. Therefore, it always passes
its annual inspection.
As a result of + sust. O pron.
Ej.: As a result of his brave action, he was given a military medal
6. CONTRASTE Y OPOSICIÓN DE IDEAS
But / while / whereas + oración
Ej.: Last night’s film was interesting, but / while / whereas today’s
film is boring.
However, / Nevertheless, / On the contrary, + oración
Ej.: She was quite ill, but she didn’t go to the doctor. On the
contrary, she went to work.
7. CONCESIÓN
Although / Though / Even though + oración
Ej.: Although the students hadn’t studied, they all passed the
test.
In spite of / Despite + sustantivo o verbo en -ing
Ej.: He arrived on time, despite / in spite of getting up late.
In spite of the fact that / Despite the fact that + oración
Ej.: In spite of / Despite the fact that she was tired, she won the game
MEANINGS OF CONNECTORS
CONNECTOR MEANING CONNECTOR MEANING
To / In order to / So as to Para Moreover / Furthermore / Además
Besides
In addition to / As well as
Además de
So that / In order that Para que Therefore / Consequently Por lo tanto
…
For instance / For Por ejemplo As a result of Como resultado / Por ello
example
Such as Tal(es) como While / Whereas Mientras que
However / Nevertheless Sin embargo, No obstante Although … Aunque,
