U C S E: Connectors To Use in Your Pieces of Writing
U C S E: Connectors To Use in Your Pieces of Writing
U C S E: Connectors To Use in Your Pieces of Writing
USE
Indicar
una
secuenci
ao
enumera
r puntos
Describir
una
causa o
un
motivo
Expresar
opinione
s
Aadir
informaci
n
CONNECTORS
In the beginning
To begin with,
(At) First, / Firstly,
Second, / Secondly,
Third, / Thirdly,
Next, / Then, / Later,
At that moment,
Suddenly, / All of a sudden,
Meanwhile, / In the
meantime,
After that, / Afterwards,
In the end, / Finally, /
Eventually,
At last
Because + oracin
Since + oracin
As + oracin
Because of + sustantivo
Due to + sustantivo
Thats why
In my opinion, / To my mind,
In mi view, / From my point
of view,
As far as I am concerned,
I think / believe / feel that
It seems to me (that)
Personally,
It is clear/true that
I am for / in favour of
I am against
I (dont) agree with
To be honest,
Undoubtedly,
In addition, / Furthermore,
Moreover, / Besides,
In addition to + sustantivo,
Besides + sustantivo,
As well as + sustantivo,
Also + verbo
... too. / as well. (al final)
SPANISH
EXAMPLES
MEANING
Al principio
Para empezar,
Primero,
Segundo,
Tercero,
Despus,
En ese momento,
De repente,
Mientras tanto,
Despus,
Finalmente,
Por fin
porque
porque, ya que
porque, ya que
A causa de
Debido a
Por eso, Por esa
razn
En mi opinin,
Desde mi punto de
vista,
Por lo que a m
respecta,
Pienso / Creo que
Me parece que
Personalmente,
Est claro / Es cierto
que
Estoy a favor de
Estoy en contra de
(no) estoy de acuerdo
con
Para ser sincero,
Indudablemente,
Adems,
Adems,
Adems de,
Adems de,
Adems de,
Tambin
tambin.
In the beginning of the Snowhite tale, the Queen was a beautiful woman.
Lets solve the problem. To begin with, we must wake up much earlier.
Firstly, I got up and had breakfast.
Secondly, I had a shower.
Thirdly, I put my clothes on.
Then I left home and bought some gum. Later I went to the library. Next I started
studying English there.
At that moment, my telephone rang.
All of a sudden, everybody started looking at me.
Meanwhile, my telephone was still ringing and I couldnt turn it off!
Afterwards, a man came to me shouting: YOU CANT BRING YOUR MOBILE PHONE
HERE!
Eventually, I woke up. It all was a dream!
At last I was relaxed again!
I never call you because I dont have your number.
Since youre here, could you help me cook dinner?
As it was too cold outside, they decided to stay home.
Because of her accident, she cant walk.
Due to the crisis, many shops are closing these days.
I dont have your number. Thats why I never call you.
In my opinion, the Beatles are the best band in the history of music.
From my point of view, smoking should be prohibited also in open spaces like parks,
sports arenas, etc.
As far as I am concerned, everybody should have a place to live.
I strongly believe that money is always the cause of all problems.
It seems to me that young people today are not interested in politics.
Personally, I am not worried about that topic.
It is clear that many people are losing their jobs with the current economic situation.
I am for the introduction of inspectors in the politicians offices.
I am totally against the reforms made by the President.
I dont agree with the governments economic policies.
To be honest, I havent got much information about the crisis.
Undoubtedly, these problems wont be solved in the next months.
Indicar
propsit
oo
finalidad
Expresar
contrast
eo
diferenci
a
Describir
semejan
za
Decir de
otra
forma
Describir
un
resultad
o
Cambiar
enfoque,
dar
hechos
Hablar en
general
Poner
ejemplos
Resumir
o dar una
conclusi
n
For + sustantivo
For + gerundio
(not) to + infinitivo
In order (not) to + infinitivo
So as (not) to + infinitivo
So that + oracin
But
However, / Yet, / Still,
Nevertheless, / Nonetheless,
Although / (Even) though +
oracin
On the contrary, / In contrast,
Whereas / While
All the same,
In spite of + sustantivo
gerundio
Despite + sustantivo gerundio
In spite of / Despite the fact
that + orac.
Similarly, / Likewise,
In the same way
Both and .
That is (to say),
In other words,
Para
Para
Para (no)
Para (no)
Para (no)
Para que
Pero
Sin embargo,
Sin embargo,
Aunque
Por el contrario,
Por una parte
por otra (parte)
Mientras que
A pesar de todo
A pesar de
A pesar de
A pesar de que
Igualmente,
Del mismo modo,
Tanto como
Es decir,
En otras palabras,
As que
Por lo tanto,
Por consiguiente
Por esta razn,
De hecho,
En realidad,
In general, / Generally,
As a (general) rule,
For example, / For instance,
Such as and/or
Like and/or
Particularly, / In particular,
, and so on.
En general,
Por regla general,
Por ejemplo,
Tal(es) como y/o
Como y/o
En concreto,
, etctera.
In conclusion,
To sum up, / In short, / In brief,
En conclusin,
En resumen,
En suma,