Linking Words ! This page provides a list of useful linking words for writing essays in English for ESL learners.
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Linking Words
Linking words or transition words are words phrases used to connect one idea to the next. Learn linking words list in English.
ADDITION
- In addition
- And
- Similarly
- Likewise
- As well as
- Besides
- Another
- Furthermore
- Also
- Moreover
- And then
- Too
- Not only … but also
- Even
- Besides this
- In the same way
CONTRAST
- However
- On the other hand
- Despite
- In spite of
- Though
- Although
- But
- On the contrary
- Otherwise
- Yet
- Instead of
- Rather
- Whereas
- Nonetheless
- Even though
- In contrast
- Alternatively
SEQUENCE
- Firstly
- Initially
- In the first stage
- One reason
- To begin with
- Secondly
- Another reason
- Another advantage
- Then
- Earlier
- Later
- After this
- At this point
- Following this
- A further reason
- In the final stage
- The final reason
CONSEQUENCE
- As a result
- Thus
- So
- Therefore
- Consequently
- It follows that
- Thereby
- Eventually
- Then
- In that case
- Admittedly
CERTAINLY
- Obviously
- Certainly
- Plainly
- Of course
- Undoubtedly
REASON
- Since
- As
- So
- Because
- Due to
- Owing to
- The reason why
- In other words
- Leads to
- To
- Cause of
- In order to
- Causes
CONDITION
- If
- Unless
- Whether
- Provided that
- Depending on
SUMMARY
- In conclusion
- In summary
- Lastly
- Finally
- To sum up
- To conclude
- To recapitulate
- In short
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Thursday 20th of January 2022
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isaah
Thursday 22nd of April 2021
thx this is awesome it helps me a lot
Anna Kołodko
Wednesday 24th of February 2021
Thank you for sharing - now I have a full picture what is linking word at all, how many linking words there are and how it is used. :)
Samuel santos
Saturday 28th of September 2019
It is really helpful. Thanks for sharing.
Joan
Saturday 6th of April 2019
This article helps me a lot to my vocabulary in writing my essay Thank you