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