Relier Pairs Linking wordsVersion en ligne Linking words by category par Karina Ceballos 1 To emphasise and highlight 2 To show cause and effect 3 To show a sequence 4 To show similarity 5 To refer back 6 To contrast/contradict information 7 To present alternatives 8 To provide examples 9 To add information 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 finally, subsequently, first of all, to begin with, at first, firstly, secondly, thirdly, etc. after, before, when, while, as, until alternatively, on the other hand, then again furthermore, in addition, moreover, besides … , apart from … and, as well as 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 contrast, on the other hand, conversely, however, nevertheless, meanwhile, on the contrary, despite this, whereas, while, although, even though, but in the same way, similarly, likewise