TO START

• At first
• At the beginning
• First (of all)
• Firstly
• In the beginning
• In the first place,
• To begin with
 TO CONTINUE/
ENUMERATE
• After
• After that / afterwards
• Before
• Immediately
• Later
• Next
• Secondly,
• Then
• Thirdly,
 TO FINISH/
CONCLUDE
• All in all
• At the end
• Finally
• In conclusion
• In short,
• In the end
• Lastly,
• On the whole
• Summing up
• To sum up
 TO CONTRAST IDEAS
• …, though
• Although
• Even if
• Even though
• But
• However,
• Despite
• In spite of
• Despite the fact that
• In spite of the fact that
• Either ……or
• In contrast,
 TO CONTRAST IDEAS
• Neither...nor
• Nevertheless,
• On the contrary,
• On the one hand, … On the other hand,
• Otherwise
• Whereas
• While
 TO GIVE EXAMPLES
• For example,
• For instance,
• Such as
• Like
 TO ADD INFORMATION
• …too
• Also…
• ….as well
• Besides…
• Both… and…
• Furthermore
• In addition,
• In addition to...
• Moreover,…
• Not only… but also...
• What is more
 TO GENERALIZE
• Basically…
• Generally speaking
• Generally…
• In general…
• In many ways…
• On the whole…
 TO EXPRESS OPINION
• As far as I am concerned...
• Frankly,
• Honestly,
• I feel…
• I think…
• I believe…
• I reckon…
• In my view
• In my opinion…
• It seems to me that…
• Personally, I think…
• From my point of view,
 TO GIVE REFERENCE
• As regards…
• Regarding…
• Concerning
• With reference to…
• With regard to…
• With respect to
• In respect of
 TO CLARIFY
• I mean (that)
• That is to say,
• In other words...
 TO AGREE/DISAGREE
• I agree with/to
• I don’t agree with/to
• I disagree with/to
• I am in favour of
• I am against
 TO EXPRESS CAUSE
AND RESULT
• As / Since
• As a result,
• Because
• Consequently,
• Due to / Owing to / Because of
• For this reason,
• Not enough… (for somebody) to + infinitive
• So
• Therefore,
• This is why,
• Too… (for somebody) to + infinitive
 TO SHOW SIMILARITY
• In a similar manner
• In the same way
• Like
• Likewise
• Similarly
 TO CHANGE SUBJECT
• Anyway,
• By the way,
 TO INSIST ON
AN EARLIER POINT
• As I have noted,
• As I have said (before),
• As I have mentioned (before),
• As I have already said,