Linking words

Linking words
Opposition Time Sequency Contrast Condition
But
In spite of
Despite
In contrast
On the one
hand
On the other
hand
Yet
When
Until/till
As soon as
While
Before
After
Since
At the
momento
Once
Every time
For
During
By (the time)
Whenever
All through
Throughout
First
Then
Next
Later
After that
Finally
Afterwards
Suddenly
Eventually
At the end of
Although
Though
Even though
Even if
However
Otherwise
Nevertheless
Whereas
In contrast to
Contrary to
Unlike
If
Unless
As long as
So long as
Providing (that)
On condition
that
Except if
Whether… or
Reason Result Purpose Comparison Manner
Because
Because of
As
Since
In case
Seeing that
Due to
So
Therefore
That’s why
Consequently
Then
As a result
Therefore
As a result
To
In order (not)to
So that
For (+ing)
As…as
-er than
Less… than
As much… as
As many… as
Be the same as
Similarly
Both
Likewise
Place Example Addition
Where
Wherever
For example
For instance
Such as
Moreover
Furthermore
In addition
As well as
Too
Also
As
As if
As though
Like

Writing a composition
Listing, classification, etc
First,… Second,… Third,…
Firstly,… Secondly,… Thirdly,…
In the first place,… In the second place,… Next,…
Next, Finally, Lastly,
Paragraph development
For example, for instance, incidentally, as a first example, namely, in other words, in
particular, in fact, indeed,
To show addition
Again, besides, in addition to, then, also, and, furthermore, likewise, and then, further,
moreover
To show result
As a result, therefore, consequently, on this account, thus, accordingly, because of this,
then, for this reason
To show concession or to admit facts
After all, at the same time, of course, although, granted, perhaps, and yet, naturally
To show contrasto r opposition
But, however, in contrast, yet, on the other hand, nevertheless, on the contrary, in spite
of all that, notwithstanding, after all, still
To show similarity
In the same way, similarly, likewise, in a like manner
To show the passing of time
After a long time, lately, then, after a while, presently, since then, recently, eventually, at
last, afterward(s)
To summarize
To conclude, in short, in conclusión, clearly, to summarize, in brief, on the whole.