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