Relier Pairs Linking wordsVersion en ligne Linking words by category par Karina Ceballos 1 To present alternatives 2 To add information 3 To show a sequence 4 To provide examples 5 To contrast/contradict information 6 To emphasise and highlight 7 To show similarity 8 To show cause and effect 9 To refer back in the same way, similarly, likewise 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 alternatively, on the other hand, then again as noted above, as stated previously, originally, in the past, earlier, formerly furthermore, in addition, moreover, besides … , apart from … and, as well as therefore, thus, hence, consequently, as a result, for this reason, accordingly because, since, as, otherwise 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