Relier Pairs Linking wordsVersion en ligne Linking words by category par Karina Ceballos 1 To show a sequence 2 To present alternatives 3 To contrast/contradict information 4 To show similarity 5 To show cause and effect 6 To emphasise and highlight 7 To add information 8 To refer back 9 To provide examples as noted above, as stated previously, originally, in the past, earlier, formerly in the same way, similarly, likewise 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 alternatively, on the other hand, then again in fact, indeed, obviously, undoubtedly, clearly, it is evident that, as a matter of fact 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 furthermore, in addition, moreover, besides … , apart from … and, as well as