LINKING WORDS COLLECTION Adding Informatio n And In addition As well as Also Too Furthermore Moreover Apart from In addition to Besides Summarizing In short In brief In summary To summarize In a nutshell To conclude In conclusion Sequence of ideas Giving a reason Giving a result Contrasting ideas The former, … the latter Firstly, secondly, finally The first point is Lastly The following Due to / due to the fact that Owing to / owing to the fact that Because Because of Since As Therefore So Consequently This means that… As a result But However Although / even though Despite / despite the fact that In spite of / in spite of the fact that Nevertheless Nonetheless While Whereas Unlike In theory… in practice… USE THEM TO SOUND SMART GUYS!!! OOps! Do the exercise below to practice! Mr Zac Clulez Course: Advanced English II Status: Serious Dear Mr De Onda, Your English teacher has presented a report that you have not improved as you promised _, we have decided to move you to English as soon as possible Your parents have talked to us and of their pleas, we have not changed our minds , you had changed you attitude and performance in the class, in practice, you kept on playing and chatting and leaving your materials at home , you could not the class activities to that, the teacher reports bad behavior in the lab and zero advancement in your on-line practice , we are very sorry to inform you that there is nothing to to change our decision and you must attend English class at room 505 at 2:30 pm with Mr Kurs Bouring We hope you attitude improve this time Regards, Dr Ian Strict Headmaster