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. In spite of / Despite Link two contrasting ideas.
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Followed by a noun phrase.
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. Although / (Even) though Link two contrasting
English curiosities
ideas. Followed by a sentence.
Games
. However / Nevertheless / Still / Yet / Even
Games
so / On the contrary / In contrast. Introduce a new
Games online
idea which marks a contrast with previously stated
History and Culture
ideas. Introduced by a comma.
British Monarchy
. On the one hand ... On the other hand. Links
English Speaking Countries
two contrasting ideas / paragraphs.
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. In contrast to / Contrary to. Link two contrasting
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ideas. Followed by a noun phrase.
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Idioms, expressions and proverbs . Because / As / Since / Seeing that Introduce a

English Proverbs sentence. Subordinate sentences introduced by
Expressions because always appear in final position.
Idioms . Because of / On account of / Owing to / Due to.
Lessons Introduce a noun phrase.
1. Pronouns
2. Determiners
Purpose
3. Adjectives
4. Adverbs
. In order to / So as to Introduce an infinitive of
5. Nouns
purpose.
6. Prepositions
. In order that / So that Introduce a sentence.
7. Verbs
Question words
Consequence
There is / There are

Music
. Consequently / As a consequence / As a
Eurovision
result / Therefore
Lyrics
Musical Instruments
. As a consequence of / As a result of Followed
Names and Surnames
by a noun phrase.
Feminine names
. So Introduces a sentence. No commas.
Masculine Names
Surnames Addition
Press

Pronunciation . Moreover / Furthermore / In

Phonetics addition / Besides / What's more Used after a strong
Sentence Transformation pause and separated from the sentences. They are
Special dates introduced by a comma.
Saint Patrick´s Day . As well as / In addition to / Besides Used to add
Useful webpages one more piece of information. Followed by a noun
Verb Tenses phrase.
1. Present Simple
2. Present Continuous . Exemplification
3. Past Simple
4. Past Continuous For example / For instance Introduces an
5. Future example referring to previously stated ideas.
6. Present Perfect Simple . Such as Introduces an example referring to the
7. Present Perfect Continuous last idea.
8. Past Perfect Simple
9. Past Perfect Continuous
Conditionals
CONNECTORS
Passive voice
Question tags Contrast
Relative clauses

Vocabulary . but / yet: followed by a noun phrase or a sentence.

Abbreviations ‘The book is short but / yet interesting’
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Adjectives
Alphabet . in spite of / despite: It is placed at the beginning or
Animals in the middle of the sentence.
Body ‘He arrived on time despite / in spite of getting up late’
Clothes
Colours
although / though/ even though / in spite of the
Countries and Nationalities
fact that: followed by a complete sentence. They can
Dates
be placed at the beginning or in the middle of the
False Friends
sentence. If it is placed at the beginning we need to
Family
use a comma after the clause.
Films
‘Although / though / even though / in spite of the fact
Food
that the pupils had not studied, they all passed their
Geometry
exams’.
Health
Horoscopes
House
. however, nevertheless, even so, on the one hand,
Jobs
on the other hand, on the contrary:
Language ‘He was quite ill however/ nevertheless/ even so, he
Maths went to school’
Means of transport
Music . while, whereas
Natural Sciences ‘This film is very interesting, while/whereas that one is
Nature quite boring’
Notices and signs
Numbers Reason and cause
Places in the city
Planets . because, as since, seeing that:
Punctuation marks and symbols ‘Because / as / since / seeing that it’s late, we should
School go home’
Seasons
Senses
. because of, on account of, owing to, due to:
Sports
‘Because of / on account of / owing to / due to the
Subjects
weather, we stayed at home’
Technology
The seven deadly sins
. in order to, so as to, to:
Time
‘She uses her video in order to / so as to / to record
Weather
TV programmes’
Worksheets

Writing
Linkers and connectors
Add information
Topics
. for example, for instante, such as:
‘Vegetables are a good source of vitamins: for
example / for instance, oranges have vitamin C’

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. more over, furthermore, besides, in addition to:

‘In addition to soul music, she likes rap’

. apart from, except for:

‘Apart from English, she speaks French’.

Succession

. - First of all / Firstly / To begin with / First ….

- Second / Secondly / Then …
- Third / Thirdly / After that...
- The next stage …
- Finally / in short / to sum up / in conclusion /
lastly / last but not least…

Result

. As a result of:
‘As a result of his brave action, he was awarded a
military medal.

Therefore, as a result, consequently, for this

reason:
‘Consequently / for this reason, it always passes its
annual road test’.

Order

First parragraph

At first sight: A primera vista

First: En primer lugar
First of all: Antes que nada
In the first place: En primer lugar
To start with: Para empezar

Second parragraph

In the second place: En segundo lugar

Second: Segundo
Secondly: En segundo lugar

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Third: Tercero
Thirdly: En tercer lugar

Conclusion

Finally: Por último

In conclusion: Para concluir
Lastly: Por último
And eventually: Y finalmente

Adding information

apart from: Aparte de

in addition: Además
in addition to: Además de
What’s more: Además; lo que es más
moreover: Además
on top of that: Además
besides: Además
On the one hand: Por una parte
On the other hand: Por otra parte
and eventually: Y finalmente

Contrast

all the same: a pesar de todo

however: sin embargo
instead of: en vez de
in spite of / despite: a pesar de
nevertheless: no obstante
on the contrary: por el contrario
whereas / while: mientras
though / although: aunque

Reason

because of + noun: a causa de

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due to + noun: debido a

due to the fact that + sentence: debido a que
for this / that reason: por esta / esa razón
owing to + noun: debido a
owing to the fact that + sentence: debido a que

Result

as a result: como resultado

because of: a causa de
consequently: en consecuencia
so: por lo tanto
that's why: por eso, por esa razón...
therefore: por lo tanto

Expressing facts
actually: en realidad
as a matter of fact: de hecho
in fact: de hecho
really: en realidad

Expressing a personal opinion

as far as I am concerned por lo que a mí respecta
from my point of view desde mi punto de vista
I agree estoy de acuerdo
I disagree no estoy de acuerdo
in my opinion en mi opinión
in my view según lo veo
I think that creo que
it is true that es verdad que
personally personalmente
to be honest, para ser honesto
to tell the truth, a decir verdad

Explain

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that is (to say): es decir

in other words: en otras palabras
in short: en resumen
above all: sobre todo
all in all: en general
at least: al menos
basically: básicamente, fundamentalmente
especially: especialmente, sobre todo
essentially: esencialmente
in general: en general
in particular: en particular
more or less: más o menos
on the whole: en general
to a certain extent: hasta cierto punto

Exemplifying
and so on: etcétera
for example: por ejemplo
for instance: por ejemplo
such: as tal(es)como

Summarizing
all in all: en suma
in brief: en resumen
in conclusion: Para concluir
in short: en resumen
on the whole: en general
to sum up: Para resumir

Sequencing
after that: después de eso
all of a sudden: de repente
Finally: Finalmente
First of all: En primer lugar
in the end: al final
in the meantime: mientras tanto
meanwhile: mientras tanto

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next: luego
suddenly: de repente
then: entonces, después
while: mientras

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