Guided Writing/Linkers and Connectors

Linkers and Connectors

Connect ideas in different sentences (followed by a clause)	Connect ideas in the same sentence (followed by a clause)	Connect ideas in the same sentence (followed by a noun group)
Addition In addition, … Additionally, … Further, … The first… Secondly… Furthermore, … Moreover, …	… and … … not only … but also … … as well as …	… and … Besides …, … … not only … but also … … additional …
Contrast However, … In contrast, … On the contrary, … Conversely, … On the other hand,	… but … Though …, … …, though … Although, … …, although … While …, … …, while …	In spite of …, … Despite …, … In contrast to … … whereas …
Summary In summary, … To summarise, … In conclusion, … To conclude, …
Reason+result, Cause+effect Consequently, … As a consequence, … This is because … Because of this, … As a result, … Thus … Therefore,	…, so … …, as … … because … Because …, …	The reason is … due to … because of …
Example For example, … For instance, …		…, for example, … …, exemplified by …

Englisch	Deutsch
in contrast to	im Unterschied zu
to compare sth to sth	vergleichen mit
compared to	im Vergleich zu
to draw a comparison to sth	einen Vergleich zu etwas ziehen
that’s the reason why for that reason	aus diesem Grund
in the text it says that the text says that	im Text heißt es, dass / wird gesagt, dass
to distinguish between to make a distinction between	unterscheiden zwischen
partly	teilweise
similar to	ähnlich
as ... as (as fast as possible)	so ... wie
both ... and (she speaks both English and French)	sowohl als auch
on the contrary	im Gegenteil
contrast their actions are in sharp contrast to their words	(ihre Taten stehen in krassem Gegensatz zu ihren Worten)
differ from sth	sich von etwas unterscheiden
have a lot/nothing in common	viel/nichts gemeinsam haben
instead of (watching TV)	statt
according to (according to the latest reports)	zufolge, laut, nach
depend on	abhängen von
all in all
to sum up
to conclude