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Colegio San Carlos de Quilicura English as a Foreign Language MPRR / 2014

Colegio San Carlos de Quilicura English as a Foreign Language MPRR / 2014. THIRD GRADE UNIT 1: ADVICE AND SUPPORT. LINKING WORDS. THEY provide a text with cohesion THEY illustrate how its parts relate to each other .

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Colegio San Carlos de Quilicura English as a Foreign Language MPRR / 2014

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  1. Colegio San Carlos de QuilicuraEnglish as a ForeignLanguageMPRR / 2014 THIRD GRADE UNIT 1: ADVICE AND SUPPORT

  2. LINKING WORDS • THEY provide a text with cohesion • THEY illustrate how its parts relate to each other. • In general, THEY are used to connect / join / link sentences in order to sentences be understandable.

  3. Types • Adversativewords: opposite ideas. but (más / pero), however (sin embargo), nevertheless(así mismo, no obstante). • Consecutiveorconclusivewords: tofinishorclose a phrasebymeans of a conclusion. so (entonces, por ello), therefore (por tanto), thus (por eso), then (entonces), consequently(en consecuencia). • Concessivewords: concession. although (aunque), even though (aunque), in spite of (a pesar de). • Continuitywords: continuity. besides (además de eso), moreover (por otra parte), furthermore (además). • Explanatorywords: Explanaition/ justification/ givingreason. because (porque), as (como), since (desde), for (pues, visto que).

  4. Linking words or connecting words help you to build a logical argument in your text by linking one statement to another. A text without linking words reads like a series of unrelated statements with no flow. • Linking words can be used to: • Link the flow of ideas in your writing. • Guide your reader towards the next stage of your argument . • Link paragraphs together.

  5. Usage (8 of them) • but / however / although = to indicate a contrast between ideas. • besides = to say that there is something additional included. • therefore / so = to express the resultof something. • as long as / provided that = to express a condition (replacing if in conditional sentences).

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