Useful Linking Words for Writing Essay in English

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List of Useful Linking Words in English! In this lesson, you will learn different connecting words that you could use to improve your writing essay.

Linking Words in English

Here is the list of transition words:

Addition

• In addition
• And
• Similarly
• Likewise
• As well as
• Besides
• Another
• Furthermore
• Also
• Moreover
• And then
• Too
• Not only … but also
• Even
• Besides this
• In the same way

Sequence

• Firstly
• Initially
• In the first stage
• One reason
• To begin with
• Secondly
• Another reason
• Another advantage
• Then
• Earlier
• Later
• After this
• At this point
• Following this
• A further reason
• In the final stage
• The final reason

Consequence

• As a result
• Thus
• So
• Therefore
• Consequently
• It follows that
• Thereby
• Eventually
• Then
• In that case
• Admittedly

Contrast

• However
• On the other hand
• Despite
• In spite of
• Though
• Although
• But
• On the contrary
• Otherwise
• Yet
• Instead of
• Rather
• Whereas
• Nonetheless
• Even though
• In contrast
• Alternatively

Certainly

• Obviously
• Certainly
• Plainly
• Of course
• Undoubtedly

Reason

• Since
• As
• So
• Because
• Due to
• Owing to
• The reason why
• In other words
• Leads to
• To
• Cause of
• In order to
• Causes

Condition

• If
• Unless
• Whether
• Provided that
• Depending on

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