Relier Pairs Linking wordsVersion en ligne Linking words by category par Karina Ceballos 1 To show a sequence 2 To refer back 3 To present alternatives 4 To add information 5 To emphasise and highlight 6 To show similarity 7 To provide examples 8 To show cause and effect 9 To contrast/contradict information for example, for instance, in this case, to illustrate this, … namely that is to say... in contrast, on the other hand, conversely, however, nevertheless, meanwhile, on the contrary, despite this, whereas, while, although, even though, but furthermore, in addition, moreover, besides … , apart from … and, as well as alternatively, on the other hand, then again therefore, thus, hence, consequently, as a result, for this reason, accordingly because, since, as, otherwise as noted above, as stated previously, originally, in the past, earlier, formerly finally, subsequently, first of all, to begin with, at first, firstly, secondly, thirdly, etc. after, before, when, while, as, until in fact, indeed, obviously, undoubtedly, clearly, it is evident that, as a matter of fact in the same way, similarly, likewise