Linking Words and Expressions: Uses, Positions, and Grammar, Slides of Music

Download Linking Words and Expressions: Uses, Positions, and Grammar and more Slides Music in PDF only on Docsity! Linking Words and Expressions Using transitional words and phrases or linking words helps you to make yourself understood more easily, make shorter sentences and improve the connections and transitions between thoughts. It also helps if you can structure your ideas into a clear beginning, middle and end. 1. Positions in the text Some linking words should only be used within a sentence. and but so because then until such as Other linking words should only be used between sentences. Furthermore, Moreover, However, Nevertheless, Therefore, Some linking words can be used to conclude your point. In conclusion In that case providing that unless as long as Let me sum up That covers what I wanted to say Feel free to ask any questions I’d be glad to answer any questions Thanks for listening As I said earlier 2. Grammar of linking words Linking devices are neither nouns, nor verbs. • Some linking words must be followed by a clause (Subject + Verb + Object) For example: while why because although so whereas when • Other linking words should be followed by a noun phrase (Linking word + (the) + Noun/Pronoun or gerund) For example: because of despite during in spite of By Viv Quarry 3. Uses of linking words & expressions also again as well as besides furthermore in addition likewise moreover similarly Addition Restatement extremely terribly completely utterly in essence in other words that is to say in short in bri f to put it differently Consequence subsequentlyAccordingly As a result therefore For this reason consequently hence otherwise so then Generalizing as a rule as usual for the most part generally generally speaking ordinarily usually