Relier Pairs Linking wordsVersion en ligne Linking words by category par Karina Ceballos 1 To refer back 2 To provide examples 3 To show cause and effect 4 To contrast/contradict information 5 To show a sequence 6 To present alternatives 7 To show similarity 8 To emphasise and highlight 9 To add information in the same way, similarly, likewise finally, subsequently, first of all, to begin with, at first, firstly, secondly, thirdly, etc. after, before, when, while, as, until as noted above, as stated previously, originally, in the past, earlier, formerly in fact, indeed, obviously, undoubtedly, clearly, it is evident that, as a matter of fact in contrast, on the other hand, conversely, however, nevertheless, meanwhile, on the contrary, despite this, whereas, while, although, even though, but 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 for example, for instance, in this case, to illustrate this, … namely that is to say... alternatively, on the other hand, then again