Guided Writing/Linkers and Connectors

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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 …


Wichtige Ausdrücke für Stellungnahmen, Vergleiche etc.

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




Siehe auch