THIRD GRADERS

LINKING WORDS

Adding information

And
In addition
As well as
Also
Too
Furthermore
Moreover
Apart from
In addition to
Besides

Summarising

In short
In brief-
In summary
To summarise
In a nutshell
To conclude
In conclusion

Sequencing ideas

The former, … the latter
Firstly, secondly, finally
The first point is
Lastly
The following

Giving a reason

Due to / due to the fact that
Owing to / owing to the fact that
Because-
Because of
Since
As

Giving a result

Therefore
So
Consequently
This means that
As a result

Contrasting ideas

But
However
Although / even though
Despite / despite the fact that
In spite of / in spite of the fact that
Nevertheless
Nonetheless
While
Whereas
Unlike
In theory… in practice…