Connectives

Connectives help readers to understand our writing. They help to link ideas within both sentences and paragraphs.

Below is a list of connectives for you to use in your work. After reading them try to write a few paragraphs using some of them.

Adding

and

also

as well as

moreover

in addition

Cause And Effect

because

so

therefore

thus

consequently

Sequencing

next

then

first … second … third …

finally

meanwhile

after

Qualifying

however

although

unless

except

if

apart from

yet

Emphasising

above all

in particular

especially

significantly

indeed

notably

Illustrating

for example

such as

for instance

as revealed by

in the case of

Comparing

equally

in the same way

similarly

likewise

as with

like

Contrasting

whereas

instead of

alternatively

otherwise

unlike

on the other hand