Linking Words and Phrases in

English
Time
After a while
After that
Afterwards
As soon as
As yet
At first
At once
At present
At the moment
At the same time
At this point
Before that/then etc
Beforehand
By then/By that time
Earlier
Eventually

Comparing and
Contrasting;
Alternatives;
Concessions;
Exceptions
Admittedly
All the same
Alternatively
Although
And yet
At the same time
Be that as it may
Better still
But
By comparison

Ever since (then)

Finally
First
Following this
From then on
Further to
Hitherto
Immediately
In no time
Instantly
In the end
In the meantime
Lastly
Later on
Meanwhile
Next
No sooner
Now

Occasionally
Previously
Simultaneously
Since then
So far
Soon
Subsequently
Suddenly
The moment
Then
To date
Until then
When
Whenever
While/Whilst
Within minutes, days etc

By contrast
By the same token
Conversely
Despite this
Despite the fact that
Equally
Even though
Except (for)
Excluding
Having said that
However
In comparison
In spite of (this)
In the same way/manner
Instead
Leaving aside
Likewise
Nevertheless

Nonetheless
Of course
On the contrary
On the one hand
On the other hand
Otherwise
Similarly
Still
Then again
Though
True
Whereas
With the exception of
While
Yet

Ordering Points;
Adding
information
Above all
Additionally
Also
And then

Concluding,
Summarising,
Generalising
All in all
Altogether
As a rule
Basically
Broadly speaking
By and large
Essentially
Generally
Generally speaking
In brief
In conclusion
In general
In summary
In other words
In short
Mostly
On average
On balance
On the whole
Overall
So
To some extent
To sum up
Therefore
Ultimately

As we shall see later

As well
As well as
Besides
First(ly)/Second(ly) etc
First of all
Finally
Following
Furthermore

In addition
In the first place
Last(ly)
More/most importantly
Moreover
Next
Not only.but also
On top of that
What is more

Giving Examples;
Focusing

Referring to a
Subject

According to
Among others
For example
For instance
In particular
Mainly
Particularly
Primarily
Principally
Specifically
Take. + noun

As far as..is concerned..

As for.
As to..
As regards.
Incidentally
Irrespective of.
Now for.
On the subject of.
Regarding.
Regardless of.
Speaking of..
Talking of
That brings me to.
Turning to..
With reference to.
With regard to.
When it comes to.

Reformulating;
Clarifying
Actually
Indeed
In fact
In other words
Rather/Or rather
That is (to stay)
To put it another way

Changing Subject;

Cause and Effect;

Reason and
Result;

Inference
Accordingly
As
As a result (of)
Because of this
Bearing in mind
Considering
Consequently
Due to
For this/that reason
Hence
In that case
In the light of
In view of (the fact that)
Mindful of
On account of
Otherwise
Recognising
Seeing as/that
Since
Taking into consideration
Thats why
Therefore
Thus

Condition
As long as/So long as
If

If so
In case (of)
In the event of
On (the) condition that
Provided
Unless