Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. Facultad de Humanidades. PEM English. Saturday.
Linking Words.
Maynor Manuel Soto Merida. I.D # 201705552. Lic. Carlos Alecio. Conversation II. Class # 406.
LINKING WORDS
Linking words help you to connect ideas and sentences when you speak or write English. We can use linking words to give examples, add information, summarize, sequence information, give a reason or result, or to contrast ideas. Examples: As an illustration Another key point First thing to remember In other words From time to time In the final analysis All things considered In case After all For fear that Then again Wherever On the negative side In front of For example Frequently To clarify Including Beside Meanwhile
Let´s learn more about linking words! In the following pages you will find a word with
Meaning
An Example
And the purpose
As an Illustration: an example serving to clarify or prove something.
But the film could also serve as an illustration for the entire computer-networking industry. Emphasize an example
Another Key Point: Emphasize another main idea about the theme
Another key point in the debate centered on cloned animals, their descendants and the food produced from these.
Give an addition characteristic about a main idea.
First thing to remember: Something that we have to keep in mind
The first thing to remember when you go to the beach is your sunscreen.
Emphasize the primordial
In other words: Give another explanation
In other words we have to discuss and vote on all these things today and tomorrow.
Give a clear idea of a certain thing
Time to time: occasionally.
Water the plants From time to time that they don't die.
Emphasize something that we have to do more than one time.
In the final analysis: A best conclusion that we can get about something
In the final analysis we must find ways to improve our sales, or I can, in the last analysis, talk only about my own work.
Give the best explanation after a couple of processes
All things to considered: taking everything into account.
All things considered I think you should go back home and support your old parents.
Something that you most have or to do.
In Case: as a provision against something happening or being true.
Some students carry a lot of pencils in case they need them. Prevent or predict something about a situation
After All: in spite of any indications or expectations to the contrary.
It was true, after all, that money did not bring happiness
Introduce a statement which supports or helps explain something you have just said
For fear that: to avoid the risk of (or that).
She left home early in the morning for fear that she would miss the first train.
Give an example of something that could result wrong
Then Again: On the other hand, an opposite possibility.
The job is interesting, and then again, the pay is good.
Introduce an afterthought or second thought to a previous statement.
Wherever: in any place
You have the freedom to travel wherever you like.
Explain that it does not matter where it happened
On the negative side: Clarify every bad point of a thing.
On the negative side, when foods are contaminated by molds, they produce off flavors.
Emphasize a bad characteristic of a thing.
In front of: in a position just ahead or at the front part of someone or something else.
The teacher controls the class, usually standing in front of the students and lecturing to them during the lesson.
Something that you will see first.
For Example: used to introduce something chosen as a typical case.
I can play quite a few musical instruments, for example, the flute, the guitar, and the piano. Give a better idea of the topic.
Frequently: often; many times; at short intervals.
My refusing to eat meat occasioned an inconvenience, and I was frequently chided for my singularity.
To make a reference about something that happend more than one time.
To clarify: Make a statement or situation less confused and more clearly comprehensible. Just to clarify I´m a programmer and I don’t like the animals.
Highlight a true statement.
Including: used for saying that a person or thing is part of a particular group or amount
The prime minister met many civic leaders, including the mayor and the leaders of the immigrant communities
Highlight the things and persons that are relationated about what we are talking about.
Beside: is a preposition. It means ‘at the side of’ or ‘next to’.
He would like to take a photograph of us. Would you come and sit beside me?
Explain what is next to a person or thing.
Meanwhile: until something expected happens, or while something else is happening
Carl's starting college in September. Meanwhile, he's travelling around Europe.
Explain different things that are happening at the same time
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/es/diccionario/ingles/meanwhile Read more at http://sentence.yourdictionary.com/clarify#qvogmvcHZ4UJxXx7.99 http://www.use-in-a-sentence.com/english-words/transitions/then-again.htm
Conclusion. As we seen linking words are very helpful, we can use them to add info or contrast some ideas. We need learn them because as writers in English we got have them in our daily basis vocabulary, hope you like it.