CONNECTORS to use in your PIECES of WRITING

USE CONNECTORS SPANISH MEANING EXAMPLES

that, / Afterwards,… + oración In the end, / porque… Eventually, I woke up. It all was a dream!
Finally, / Eventually,… + o. At last… + oración porque, ya que… - At last I was relaxed again!
Because + oración porque, ya que… - I never call you because I don’t have your
Since + oración A causa de… number.
Indicar una secuencia o enumerar puntos As + oración Debido a… - Since you’re here, could you help me cook
Because of + sustantivo dinner?
Por eso…, Por esa razón… En mi opinión,
Due to + sustantivo - As it was too cold outside, they decided to stay
Desde mi punto de vista, Por lo que a mí respecta,
home.
That’s why… + oración Pienso / Creo que…
- Because of her accident, she can’t walk.
In my opinion, / To my mind,… + orac. In mi Me parece que…
- Due to the crisis, many shops are closing these
view, … / From my point of view,… As far as I Personalmente,…
days.
am concerned, … + oración I think / believe / Está claro / Es cierto que… Estoy a favor de…
Describir una causa o un motivo - I don’t have your number. That’s why I never
feel that… + oración It seems to me (that)… + Estoy en contra de… (no) estoy de acuerdo con call you.
oración Personally, … + oración Para ser sincero,…
- In my opinion, the Beatles are the best band in
It is clear/true that… + oración I am for / in Indudablemente,… the history of music.
favour of… + sustantivo I am against… + Además, … - From my point of view, smoking should be
sustantivo Además, … prohibited also in open spaces like parks, sports
I (don’t) agree with… + oración To be honest,… Además de…, arenas, etc. - As far as I am concerned,
+ oración
Además de…, everybody should have a place to live.
Expresar Undoubtedly,… + oración
Además de…, - I strongly believe that money is always the
opiniones In addition, / Furthermore, … + oración También… cause of all problems.
Moreover, / Besides, … + oración In addition to - It seems to me that young people today are not
también.
+ sustantivo, … - In the beginning of the Snowhite tale, the interested in politics.
Besides + sustantivo, … Queen was a beautiful woman. - Personally, I am not worried about that topic.
As well as + sustantivo, … - Let’s solve the problem. To begin with, we must - It is clear that many people are losing their jobs
Also + verbo wake up much earlier. with the current economic situation. - I am for
... too. / … as well. (al final) - Firstly, I got up and had breakfast. the introduction of inspectors in the politicians’
Al principio … - Secondly, I had a shower. offices.
Para empezar, … - Thirdly, I put my clothes on. - I am totally against the reforms made by the
Añadir
Primero, … - Then I left home and bought some gum. Later I President.
información
Segundo, … went to the library. Next I started studying - I don’t agree with the government’s economic
In the beginning…
Tercero, … English there. - At that moment, my telephone policies.
To begin with,… + oración
Después, … rang. - To be honest, I haven’t got much information
(At) First,… / Firstly,… + oración Second,… / about the crisis.
En ese momento, … - All of a sudden, everybody started looking at
Secondly,… + oración Third,… / Thirdly,… + - Undoubtedly, these problems won’t be solved in
De repente,… me.
oración
Mientras tanto,… - Meanwhile, my telephone was still ringing and I the next months.
Next, / Then, / Later, … + oración At that - I didn’t want to go the cinema. In addition, I
Después, … couldn’t turn it off!
moment,… + oración hadn’t got enough money.
Finalmente, … - Afterwards, a man came to me shouting: “YOU
Suddenly,… / All of a sudden,… + orac. - I speak Spanish. Moreover, I can also also speak
Por fin… CAN’T BRING YOUR MOBILE PHONE HERE!” -
Meanwhile,… / In the meantime,… + or. After English and French.
- In addition to Spanish, I can also speak English For + sustantivo Para que… - On the contrary, I don’t know anything about
and French. For + gerundio (acciones generales) (not) to + Pero… the British culture.
- Besides pasta, I would also like salad and pizza infinitivo Sin embargo, - On the one hand, their food is terrible.
for dinner. In order (not) to + infinitivo Sin embargo, - 🡪 On the other hand, they have very
- As well as pasta, I would also like salad and So as (not) to + infinitivo good-quality beers. - Whereas I’m very interested
Aunque…
pizza for dinner. So that + oración in the history of Britain, I have never read a book
Por el contrario,
- I also want a piece of fruit. But… about it. - I was very sick. All the same, I
Por una parte…
- Finally, I could eat a chocolate ice-cream as well. However, / Yet, / Still,… + oración Nevertheless, continued playing the football match.
… por otra (parte)… Mientras que…
And a cake too! / Nonetheless,… + oración Although / (Even) - In spite of my injure, I continued playing. // In
A pesar de todo… A pesar de…
though + oración On the contrary, / In spite of being sick, I continued playing. - Despite
A pesar de… my injure, I continued playing. // Despite being
Indicar contrast,… + orac. On the one hand,…
A pesar de que… Igualmente, … sick, I continued playing. - In spite of the fact
propósito o finalidad … On the other (hand),… Whereas… /
Del mismo modo, … Tanto … como … Es decir, that I was sick, I continued playing.
While… + oración
En otras palabras, Así que… - I don’t understand what you’re saying. Likewise,
All the same,… + oración
Por lo tanto, … I don’t get your intention. - I’m not a very good
In spite of + sustantivo ó gerundio, … Despite +
Por consiguiente… Por esta razón, … De hecho, pianist. In the same way, I’m not a very good
sustantivo ó gerundio, … In spite of / Despite
… guitarist either. - Both Lennon and McCartney
the fact that + orac. Similarly,… / Likewise,… +
En realidad, … were born in Liverpool.
oración In the same way, … + oración
- I have insomnia. That is to say, I can’t sleep at
Expresar Both … and ….
En general, … nights.
contraste o diferencia That is (to say), + oración
Por regla general, … Por ejemplo, … - Paul is a cleptomaniac. In other words, he really
In other words, + oración needs to steal things.
Tal(es) como … y/o … Como … y/o …
So… / Thus… (el último es muy formal) - Mike didn’t study much, so he failed all his
En concreto, …
Therefore ,… + oración exams.
…, etcétera.
As a result, / As a consequence, … + or. For this - Mike didn’t study much. Therefore, he failed all
reason, … + oración En conclusión, … En resumen, …
his exams. [va detrás de punto] - Ana used to
Describir semejanza En suma, …
In fact, / As a matter of fact, … + oración
- I am studying very hard for a good grade in the smoke a lot. As a consequence, she always has
Actually, … + oración respiratory problems. - I am afraid of the sea. For
Decir de exam.
otra forma - This machine is for cooking. this reason, I always spend my holidays in the
In general,… / Generally,… + oración As a mountain. - I’m not very good at sports. In fact, I
- I am studying a lot to get the best grades.
Describir un (general) rule,… + oración For example,… / For
- In order not to be late , we arrived at the station hate running!
resultado instance,… Such as … and/or … + sustantivo(s) 3 hours early. - Tony is very young, but actually he’s very
Like … and/or … + sustantivo(s) Particularly, / - So as to arrive on time, we took a taxi. mature for his age.
Cambiar
In particular,… … , and so on. - We took a taxi so that we weren’t late.
enfoque,
In conclusion,… + oración - I can speak Spanish and English, but I don’t - Generally, people in Spain speak Spanish.
dar hechos Hablar en general
To sum up, / In short, / In brief, … + or. All in know German. - As a general rule, dogs are not allowed in this
all,… / On the whole, … + oración - I can speak Spanish and English. However, I building.
Poner Para… don’t know German. [van detrás de punto] - We - I like indoor activities. For instance, I love
ejemplos Para… arrived to the shop at 8 pm. Nevertheless, it was reading, watching TV and playing the guitar. -
Para (no)… closed already. [van detrás de punto] - Even There are paintings by some Spanish painters
Para (no)… though I’ve never been to England, I speak very such as Goya, Dalí, and Velázquez. - There are
Resumir o dar una good English. books by many Spanish writers like Cervantes,
Para (no)…
conclusión
Lope de Vega, Góngora or Quevedo. - I’m a fan of
Spanish food. In particular, I love the ‘tortilla de
patatas’.
- Some famous people from Sanlúcar are Toñi
Moreno, Natalia, Manolo Sanlúcar, Nolito, and so
on. - In conclusion, this is a very complete list of
connectors.
- To sum up, you should study them all and
practice in your pieces of writing. - All in all, it
has been my pleasure to make up this list for you.
Bye!