English Linkers and Connectors

Sequencing Expressing Consequence/Results

 First Primero/Firstly/In the first place En  Consequently / As a consequence como
primer lugar/First of all Antes que consequencia/ As a result como
nada/To begin with Para empezar resultado/ Therefore por lo tanto/For this
 Second Segundo/Secondly/In the second reason Por esta razon “Consequently/As
place En segundo lugar a consequence/As a result/Therefore /
 Third Tercero/Thirdly En tercero lugar For this reason, it always passes its
 Then entonces, después annual road test”.
 After that Después de eso  Because of a causa de “Because of the
 Next luego bad weather, we decided to stay at
 All of a sudden De repente home”.
 In the meantime, meanwhile mientras  That´s why por eso, por eso razón “Snow
tanto is dangerous. That´s why I never drive in
 While mientras it”.
 Finally Finalmente/in short En  As a consequence of como consequencia
resumen/to sum up Para resumir/in de/ As a result of como resultado de “As a
conclusion Para concluir/lastly Por consequence of/As a result of his brave
último, last but not least No por ello action, he was awarded a military medal”.
menos importante/in the end al final  So asi que “So she would pass the test,
Mary studied every night”.
Contrasting Adding Information
 But pero / yet todavia “The book is short  Moreover / Furthermore / In addition /
but / yet interesting”. Besides / Además What's more y es más
 in spite of / despite a pesar de “He “Spain should not accept financial
arrived on time despite / in spite of assistance from the EU,
getting up late”. or “Despite/in spite of moreover/furthermore/in
getting up late, he arrived on time”. addition/besides, Greece shouldn´t
 Instead of en vez de “Instead of cooking, accept help either”.
we went out to dinner”.  As well as / In addition to Además de/
 although / though aunque/ even Besides Además “As well as/In addition
though / in spite of the fact that a pesar to/Besides soul music, she also likes rap’
del hecho de “Although / though / even  apart from aparte de “Apart from English,
though / in spite of the fact that the she speaks French”.
pupils had not studied, they all passed  And eventually en algún momento “And
their exams”. or They all passed the eventually the economic crisis will end”.
exams, although/though/even though/in Expressing Reason, Cause, and Purpose
spite of the fact that the pupils had not  Because / As / Since / Seeing that Ya
studied. que/Due to the fact that a debido que
 However sin embargo, nevertheless no ‘Because / as / since / seeing that/Due to
obstante “He was quite ill however/ the fact that it’s late, we should go home’
nevertheless, he went to school”.  Because of / On account of a causa de/
 on the one hand por un lado, on the Owing to / Due to debido a. “Because
other hand por otro lado “On the one of / on account of / owing to / due to the
hand, I like chocolate. On the other hand, weather, we stayed at home”.
I know I shouldn´t eat it very often”.  For this reason por esta razón/For that
 while, whereas mientras “This film is reason Por esa razón “For this reason/For
very interesting, while/whereas that one that reason, Real Madrid is the best
is quite boring”. football team”.
 in contrast to/contrary to/on the  In order to/so as to/to para: “In order
contrary por el contrario In contrast to/ to/So as to/To have a healthy heart,
Contrary to popular opinion/On the exercise and a healthy diet are very
contrary, I like the president´. important”.
 All the same a pesar de todo “We were  So that para que “So that you can hear
late for the doctor´s appointment. All the me, I will use a microphone”.
same, he agreed to help us”.
 Expressing Facts Giving examples
 Actually En realidad “Actually,  For example / For instance por ejemplo
Extremadura is a beautiful placed to live”. “Vegetables are a good source of
 As a matter of fact De hecho “As a matter vitamins: for example/for instance,
of fact, broccoli is healthier than chips”. oranges have Vitamin C´.
 In fact de hecho “Sara really likes  Such as as tal como “Exercise, such as
England. In fact, she plans to live there tennis or aerobics, is good for your
for many more years”. heart”.
 Really en realidad “Really, do you think  And so on etcetera “I like broccoli,
that´s the best answer?” spinach, tomatoes, beets, and so on”.

Expressing a personal opinion Explaining

 As far as I´m concerned Por lo que a mi  That is (to say) es decir “The U.S. is a
respecta “As far as I´m concerned, U2 is democracy. That is to say that the people
the best band of all time”. or “U2 is the make the decisions”.
best band of all time, as far as I´m  In other words en otras palabras “My
concerned”. mom has trouble using technology. In
 From my point of view Desde mi punto other words, she can´t even use
de vista “From my point of view, U2 is the Microsoft Word”.
best band of all time”.  In short En resumen “In short, Spain
 I agree Estoy de acuerdo “I agree that U2 should not accept assistance from the
is the best band”. EU”.
 I disagree No estoy de acuerdo “I  Above all/All in all sobre todo “Above
disagree that U2 is the best band of all all/all in all, Cácares is the most beautiful
time. I think REM is better”. city in Spain”.
 In my opinion en mi opinión “In my  At least a menos “At least two people in
opinion, green is the best color”. or the class forgot their homework”.
“Green is the best color, in my opinion”.  Basically básicamente,
 In my view Según lo veo “In my view, the fundamentalmente “Basically, exercise is
economic crisis will end soon”. the best way to keep your heart healthy”.
 I think that Creo que “I think that Spain  Especially especialmente, sobre todo
should accept help from the EU”. “Spanish food is delicious, especially
 It is true that Es verdad que “It is true Spanish tortilla”.
that we should all recycle”.  Essentially esencialmente “Apple is
 Personally Personalmente “Personally, I essentially the most efficient brand of
don´t like cold weather”. or “I personally computer”.
don´t like cold weather”.  In general en general “In general, dogs
 To be honest Para ser honesto “To be are more work than cats”.
honest, your clothes do not match”.  In particular en particular “I like Spanish
 To tell you the truth A decir verdad “To food. In particular, paella is delicious”.
tell you the truth, I´m very sad”. Or “I´m  More or less más o menos “She more or
very sad, to tell you the truth”. less eats healthy foods everyday”.
Summarizing  On the whole en general “On the whole,
 All in all en suma “All in all, that is the English is an important language to
best book I´ve ever read”. know”.
 In brief/In short en resumen “In brief/In  To a certain extent hasta cierto punto “To
short, it´s a story about a man going a certain extent, I find cleaning
through a crisis”. enjoyable”.
 In conclusion En concluir “In conclusion,
it´s the best book I´ve ever read”.
 On the whole en general “On the whole,
it is better to love than be loved”.
 To sum up Para resumir “To sum up the
discussion, Tom thinks Spain should
accept help from the EU, while Sara
disagrees”.