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