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WHAT ARE CONNECTIVES?

Connectives are words that link

or connect ideas within yourwriting.

They can be used within sentences

to link two or more points together. Connectives can also be used to

link ideas together in separate

sentences and/or paragraphs.

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CONNECTIVES

Connectives make your writing morepowerful and help the reader movesmoothly from one point to the next

Remember to use connectives to makeyour ideas flow and to improve the

structure of your writing

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ADDING CONNECTIVES

and

moreovertoo

also

as well as

These connectives are usedto add further information.

Example:All metals are goodconductors of heat andelectricity. Moreover, theycan be bent without breaking.

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SEQUENCING CONNECTIVESbefore

nextfirst

after

then

second

third

eventually

meanwhile

finally

firstly

These help to develop thelogical sequence of yourideas.

They enable you to showchronological order.

Example:Romeo loved

Rosaline beforehe metJuliet at the Capulets ball.

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EMPHASISING CONNECTIVES

These help to highlightyour ideas.

Example: Calcium is animportant mineral,especiallyif you need tostrengthen your teeth

and bones.

above all

especially

indeed

in particularnotably

significantly

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COMPARING CONNECTIVES

We use these connectives to

compare two different ideas witheach other to show that they aresimilar.

Example:Multiplication can beused to work out the price of tenapples. Similarly, division canbe used to work out the price ofone apple when buying a bag of

ten.

likewisesimilarly

in the same way

like

as withequally

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CONTRASTING CONNECTIVES

We use these connectives tocompare two different ideaswith each other to show thatthey are different.

Example:William theConqueror led his men tobattle on horseback, whereasHarolds infantry fought on

foot.

whereasalternatively

instead of

otherwise

unlikeon the other hand

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CAUSE AND EFFECT CONNECTIVES

so

because

thus

consequentlytherefore

These connectives help toexplain why somethinghappens.

Example: The boy missedhis bus. Consequentlyhewas late for school.

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QUALIFYING CONNECTIVES

however

unlessalthough

as long as

if

except

These connectives help toexplain why something maychange because ofsomething else.

Example:Although thedog was very small he was

still quite aggressive.

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ILLUSTRATING CONNECTIVES

whereas

otherwiseinstead of

unlike

alternatively

on the otherhand

These connectives are usedwhen we want to give anexample of something.

Example:The cat wassmall and quiet unliketheenormous barking dog.

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On Inside

Within OutsideThroughout Near

Beyond Among

Below Beneath

To Towards

From Into

Out of Off

PLACE CONNECTIVES

These connectives are usedto express the position ofsomething.

Example: The earths outerlayer is called the crust.Beneaththis lies the next

layer, known as the mantle.

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TEMPORAL CONNECTIVESBefore During

Earlier Later

Since Meanwhile

Whenever At + oclock

In +_hours Already

Till Until

Now By + the

time

These connectives are used toexpress time and are usuallyused to explain when somethinghappens/has happened inrelation to something else.

Example: The earth travelsaround the sun once a year.Duringthis time, it spins roundon its axis once every 24 hours.