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Transition Words and Linking Words

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What are Transition Words and Linking Words?

Generally speaking Transition Words and Linking Words describe the relationship between two statements, phrases, sentences, or paragraphs.These statements can be dependent or independent.

Examples:

Although the sun was shining it was still really cold!
At this time in our history.
These statements which, although literally true, are nevertheless misleading.
I’m so happy I got the job; however, I’ll have to travel more often.
If she did not heed the warning, she would surely die!
You have no reason to go there unless you’re particularly interested in writing a book.
The apartment is temporarily vacant.
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To help you study and use Transition Words and Linking Words we’ve grouped them in 8 categories:

Transition Words and Linking Words

Tables with words in alphabetical order.
Please note that many words can belong to more than one category depending of their meaning.

Example | Emphasis | Support | Demonstration | Illustration

These words give examples and support the ideas with the preceding statement or declaration.

another key point	in this case	to clarify
as	including	to clarify and facilitate
as an illustration	indeed	to clarify more
by all means	like	to demonstrate
by way of illustration	markedly	to emphasize
certainly	most compelling evidence	to enumerate
chiefly	must be remembered	to explain
clearly	namely	to give an example
especially	notably	to give an instance
expressively	on the negative side	to give more details
first thing to remember	on the positive side	to have clarity
for example	point often overlooked frequently	to illustrate
for instance	significantly	to point out
for one thing	specifically	to put it another way
for this reason	such as	to put it differently
frequently	surely	to repeat
important to realize	surprisingly	to show
in detail	that is to say	to support
in fact	to assist	truly
in general	to be clear	with attention
in other words	to be sure	with this in mind
in particular	to certainly	with this purpose

Addition | Agreement | Understanding | Supplement | Similarity | Connection | Relationship

These words reinforce ideas, express agreement and understanding with the preceding statement or declaration.

additionally	equally important	likewise
again	equivalently	moreover
also	evenly	not only … but also
and	first, second, third	not to mention
as	furthermore	of course
as a matter of fact	identically	similarly
as well as	in addition	then
by the same token	in like manner	to
comparatively	in the first place	to say nothing of
correspondingly	in the light of	together with
coupled with	in the same way	too
equally	like	uniquely

Opposition | Disagreement | Contradiction | Resistance | Limitation | Conflict

These words reinforce the opposition or disagreement with the preceding statement or declaration.

above all	even so	nonetheless
after all	even supposing	notwithstanding
albeit	even though	notwithstanding that
although	for all that	on the contrary
although this may be true	having said that	on the other hand
anyhow	howbeit	or
anyway	however	or else
apart from that	if not	otherwise
as much as	in any other way	rather
at the same time	in contrast	regardless
be that as it may	in other respects	regardless of how
besides	in other ways	still
but	in reality	still and all
conversely	in spite of	then again
despite	in spite of the fact that	though
despite the fact that	in whatever way	unlike
despite the possibility that	instead	whereas
different from	natheless	while
differently	nevertheless	withal
even if	no matter how	yet

Reason | Cause | Condition | Purpose | Grounds | Basis

These words reinforce the reason or cause of the preceding statement or declaration.

as	if and only if	owing to
at whatever time	if and when	provided that
because	if anything	seeing
because of	if only	since
being that	if so	so as to
considering that	in case	so long as
due to	in order to	so that
even if	in the event that	then
every time that	in the hope that	to the end that
except if	in view of	to the extent that
for fear that	inasmuch as	unless
for the purpose of	insofar as	when
for the reason that	lest	whenever
given that	on the condition	while
granted that	on whatever occasion	with this in mind
if	only	with this intention

Consequence | Outcome | Effect | Result | Repercussion

These words reinforce the consequence or outcome of the preceding statement or declaration.

accordingly	for	so
as a consequence	for that reason	suitably
as a result	for this reason	that being so
because the	forthwith	that being the case
consequently	hence	then
consistently	henceforth	therefore
correctly	in effect	thereupon
correspondingly	in that case	thus
duly	on that account	under those circumstances
fitly	properly	whence

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Conclusion | Ending | Summary | Restatement | Finish

absolutely	for the most part	overall
after all	generally speaking	palpably
all in all	given these points	patently
all things considered	in a word	plainly
altogether	in any event	positively
as can be seen	in brief	sure
as has been noted	in conclusion	surely
as shown above	in either case	there are no two ways about it
assuredly	in essence	there is no denying it
beyond any doubt	in fact	to sum up
beyond any question	in short	to summarize
beyond doubt	in summary	transparently
beyond question	in the final analysis	ultimately
by a mile	in the long run	unavoidably
by and large	incontestably	undeniably
categorically	incontrovertibly	undoubtedly
certainly	indubitably	unequivocally
clearly	inevitably	unmistakably
decidedly	irrefutably	unquestionably
definitely	needless to say	usually
doubtless	obviously	without any doubt
easily	on balance	without doubt
far and away	on the whole	without fail
for sure	ordinarily	without question

Chronology | Time | Moment | Occasion | Sequence | Instant | Stage | Phase | Period | Interval | Date

about	for the present	now that
after	for the time being	nowadays
all of a sudden	formerly	occasionally
as long as	forthwith	on the spot
as quickly as possible	from time to time	once
as soon as	further	presently
as soon as possible	hence	prior to
at once	henceforth	quickly
at present	here and now	right now
at the minute	immediately	shortly
at the moment	in a moment	simultaneously
at the present moment	in due time	since
at the present time	in the first place	sooner or later
at the same time	in the interim	straight away
at this instant	in the interval	suddenly
at this moment in time	in the intervening period	temporarily
at this time	in the meantime	the while
before	in the meanwhile	then
by the time	in time	there and then
concurrently	instantly	till
currently	just now	to begin with
during	last	until
eventually	later	until now
finally	meantime	up to the present time
first, second, third…	meanwhile	when
for now	next	whenever
for the moment	now	without delay

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Location | Place | Position| Space | Site | Scene

above	from	not subject to
above all	further	on
above-stated	further down than	on this side
across	further on	on top of
adjacent to	here	opposite to
alongside	here and there	over
amid	higher than	over and above
among	in a later place	overlooking
antecedent	in excess of	precedent
around	in front of	preceding
at the bottom	in preference to	previous
at the end	in the background	previously
at the later point	in the center of	rather than
atop	in the distance	right
before	in the foreground	smaller than
behind	in the middle	superior to
below	inferior to	surpassing
beneath	left	there
beside	less than	to the left
between	lower than	to the right
beyond	more than	under
down	near	underneath
earlier	nearby	up
exempt from	next	upon
following	not as much as	where
former	not so much as	wherever

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Parts of Speech

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Parts of Speech in the English Language

Learn here the basics of English Grammar. Parts of Speech will become the overall framework of your language knowledge and will help you understand how the language is structured.

In order to build your basic grammar foundation it is very important to become familiar with the name of each part of speech and to expand your knowledge about each one of them.

A part of speech is a category of words that have similar properties. Many English words can belong to more than one part of speech.

There are 8 Parts of Speech

*Commonly, articles are classified under nouns.

Words are the building blocks of your communications, take some time to read and understand how they are classified and how they are applicable in your daily life.

Nouns

A noun is a word that functions to name a person, place, thing, or idea. Please note that when you are studying the Parts of Speech in English, articles are usually under nouns because they often refer to nouns.

Here you can study and learn more about Articles (A – AN – THE)

Nouns are divided in 6 groups, but one noun can belong to more than one group:

Type	Use	Examples
Common Nouns	General groups, people, animals, places, or things.	school car house building
Proper Nouns	Specific people, places, or things. The first letter must be capitalized.	John New York Monday Santa Claus
Concrete Nouns	Experienced through our senses: sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch.	apple hamburger orange loud
Abstract Nouns	Things that are abstract.	love hate passion jealous
Collective Nouns	Groups as a unit.	family band team gang
Compound Nouns	Composed of two or more words that can be spelled together or separated.	sunset remote control breakfast mother-in-law

They can also be classified as masculine, feminine or neuter. Singular or plural. Mass nouns (meat, sugar and cheese), countable nouns (dogs, chair, tables and cars) and uncountable nouns (gold, information work and furniture).

Pronouns

A pronoun substitutes a noun. A pronoun is a word that you use to refer to someone or something when you do not need to use a noun or when it was mentioned before.

The pronoun takes the place of a common noun or a proper noun and it is also used to avoid repetition.

There are different kinds of pronouns:

Type	Pronoun	Use	Example
Personal Pronouns	I you he she it we you they	To replace words for people, places or things.	I am tall. He is a teacher.
Subject Pronouns	I you he she it we you they	Identifies what the sentence is about.	He walks. She talks. They like dogs.
Possessive Pronouns	mine yours his hers its ours yours theirs	To show possession. There is no apostrophe.	This book is mine. The car is hers.
Object Pronouns	me you him her it us you them	Receives the action of the verb or is used in a prepositional phrase.	The gift is for him.
Demonstrative Pronouns	This That These Those	To point out things.	This is my dog. These are my pets.
Indefinite Pronouns	Everyone Anyone Someone Anybody Nobody	They do not refer directly to any other word. Most indefinite pronouns express the idea of quantity.	Everyone is home. Nobody wants to go to show.

Here you can study and learn more about Pronouns

Adjectives

Adjectives describe and modify nouns and pronouns. They give you more information about people, places and things.

Adjectives can tell you the following things:

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Type	Examples
Quantity (numerical adjective)	one two
Opinion / Quality	beautiful ugly
Size	small big
Shape	curved flat
Age	new old
Color	blue yellow
Origin	Spanish Italian
Material	plastic wooden
Purpose*	running shoes a frying pan

*A noun used as an adjective.

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Adjectives can also compare two things and all things:

Adjective	Comparative	Superlative
large	larger	largest
big	bigger	biggest
beautiful	more beautiful	most beautiful
difficult	more difficult	most difficult
good	better	best
bad	worse	worst

Here you can learn Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

Verbs

Verbs are the most fundamental part of speech. They can describe actions, senses and even act as helpers.

Types of Verbs:

Type	Use	Examples
Action Verbs	To describe actions. Active agent.	to eat to drink to talk to walk
Non-Action Verbs	To tell about states of mind or senses. They do not express physical action. Passive recipient.	to think to look to hear to understand
Linking Verbs	A state of being. Mostly used to describe the subject by connecting it to a predicate adjective or predicate noun. They do not describe any direct action taken or controlled by the subject	am is are was were
Helping Verbs	They act as helpers of the main verb to express its full meaning, to make a statement, give a command or ask a question.	am, is, are, was, were have, has, had do, does, did can, could will, would may, might

All Verbs in English can be divided in Regular and Irregular. Most verbs are regular.

List of Irregular Verbs

We also have the Verb Tenses: Present, Past, Future and Conditional.

Subdivided in Simple, Continuous, Perfect and Perfect Continuous.

Example of Verb Tenses:

VERB TENSE	Present	Past	Future	Conditional
Simple	go(es)	went	will go (going to go)	would go
Continuous or Progressive	am/is/are going	was/were going	will be going	would be going
Perfect	have/has gone	had gone	will have gone	would have gone
Perfect Continuous or Present Progressive	have/has been going	had been going	will have been going	would have been going

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Adverbs

Adverbs act as modifiers. They add to or modify the meaning of verbs.

Adverbs can be classified in five groups:

Type	Use	Example
Adverbs of Time	To tell when something happens, happened or will happen.	today yesterday tomorrow now before after soon later
Adverbs of Frequency	To tell how frequently something happens, happened or will happen.	always never often sometimes
Adverbs of Duration	To tell how long something happens, happened or will happen.	temporarily overnight for three days a very long time for over an hour
Adverbs of Location or Place	To tell where something happens, happened or will happen.	above below inside outside here there
Adverbs of Manner	To tell how something happens, happened or will happen. They describe the way something is done.	well slowly quickly carefully gently elegantly loudly silently
Adverbs of Degree	To tell to what extent something happens, happened or will happen.	fully totally completely nearly almost
Adverbs of Emphasis	To emphasise something.	really very too just quite

Here you can study and learn more about Adverbs

Prepositions

Prepositions are words that express a connection between other words, they show a relationship in a sentence. They have only one form, they don’t take a plural, a possessive, an inflection, or any other thing.

Prepositions can express:

Type	Use	Examples
Prepositions of Time	To express an event in time or time shown on a clock.	in on at
Prepostions of Location or Place	To describe a location or a place of someone or something.	in on at
Prepostitions of Direction or Movement	To express direction or movement or someone or something.	into out of across

Conjunctions

Conjunctions are words used to link words, phrases or independent clauses.They can also be used to contrast or compare parts of a sentence or express subordinative clause.

Type	Use	Examples
Coordinating Conjunctions	To link words, phrases or independent clauses.	and or nor but so
Correlative Conjunctions	To contrast or compare equal parts of a sentence.	both / and not only / but also either / or neither / nor
Subordinating Conjunctions	To express a subordinative clause.	although even if unless

Although Conjunctions are not forbidden to be used at the beginning of a sentence, you should be very carefully not to overdo that when you are writing as it signals a very poor way to express your ideas.

Interjections

Interjections express emotion or surprise. They are often signaled by an exclamation mark or a comma.

Use	Examples
To express mood emotions and feelings. Like surprise, pleasure, disappointment or pain.	Wow! That is great news. What! Why you never told me that? Ouch! That hurts.
To express YES or NO.	Yes! I knew you were going to pass the test. Nope! That is not it.
To interrupt a thought or a conversation.	Well, I didn’t know you would feel that way. I’m, uh, so embarrassed to tell you that.

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If vs Whether – Exercises

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If vs Whether

Exercises using If vs Whether.

If vs Whether – Exercises! Improve your written skills by practicing these exercises. Answer all questions to receive your score when you finish.

Complete the sentences below by choosing if or whether:

1. _____ you like it or not, you have to take this test. If Whether

2. _____ I were you, I would apply for this job. If Whether

3. _____ you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask me. If Whether

4. You have to decide _____ he is going to be promoted or not. if whether

5. After the board meeting, we asked _____ we should change the directors, the managers, or both. if whether

6. _____ we save enough money this year, next year we can travel more. If Whether

7. I don't know _____ I am able to drive there, it is too far. if whether

8. Can you please tell me _____ or not you’re going to accept this job. if whether

9. I still don't know _____ I can go. if whether

10. _____ you failed this test, try again. If Whether

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Either vs Neither

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Either vs Neither

The use of Either vs Neither

Here you will learn the differences between Either and Neither.

Either or Neither? Here you will learn the differences between Either vs Neither.

The difference between either and neither is that either is used when referring to two possibilities, and neither is used when referring to two negative possibilities. For example, “Either you can go to the store, or you can stay at home” uses the word either because it is referring to two possible options. “Neither the store nor the cafe is open” uses the word neither because it is referring to two negative possibilities.

Either

A choice between two things, both choices are good.

Either is always considered singular in a sentence.

You can either come home with me now or take a bus later.
Either he or she cooks dinner.
Life is a horse, and either you ride it or it rides you!

Suppose that you and your friend are buying a cake for your mom’s birthday party. Your friend holds two cakes in front of you and asks:

Which cake do you like the best?

Suppose you liked both cakes, but you are going to buy only one, you would answer:

Either!
Either one!

Neither

A choice between two things, both choices are bad. Not one and not the other one.

From the example above, you and your friend are buying a cake for your mom’s birthday party and your friend now holds two different cakes in front of you and asks:

How about these two, which one would you like?

But, this time, you don’t like any of them, so you would say:

Neither!
I don’t like either!

Here are more examples:

Would you like tea or coffee? You can have either.
I don’t think either Molly or Mary will be there.

Mark doesn’t study there, and Susan doesn’t either.
Mark doesn’t study there, and neither does Susan.

I didn’t get enough to eat, and you didn’t either.
I didn’t get enough to eat, and neither did you.

I don’t speak German.
You don’t either.

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If vs Whether

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If vs Whether

The use of If vs Whether.

If or Whether? They are both both conjunctions and used in conditional sentences. Learn here the diferences between If vs Whether!

The main difference between “if” and “whether” is that “if” implies a certain possibility or condition, while “whether” implies a choice between two or more options. For example, “If you come to the party, I’ll be there” implies that there is a possibility that the person will come to the party. Whereas “Whether you come to the party or not, I’ll be there” implies that the person has the choice to come or not to the party and that either way, the speaker will still be at the party.

If

Use if for conditional sentences and for one possibility:

If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.
If you save money, we will go to Paris.
I don’t know if I can drive. My foot really hurts.
If I were you, I would call her.
If you have a question, please ask.

Whether

Use whether when showing that two alternatives are possible.

Prefer whether rather than if for the following:

You have to decide whether she will go to the party or stay home.
I called Mr. John to find out whether or not he really did go to London.
You should discuss with your mother whether you are going to the trip or not.
After the board meeting, we asked whether we should change the directors, the managers, or both.
Can you tell me whether or not you’re interested in the job.

If / Whether

Here you can use either one, they are interchangeable.

Use if or whether when you have two possibilities or when you are not sure of something:

I couldn’t decide if/whether it was worth calling the insurance company.
I don’t know if/whether that is true or not.
I doubt if/whether anyone else agrees with her.
They asked me if/whether I was tired.
I want to find out if/whether the rooms have a shower or not.

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