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Vocabulary

Signal words

You are probably familiar with many or most of these conjunctions and connectors. There are many
connectors that we can use to express similarity, contrast, cause, effect, or addition.

To express contrast To express Addition
- Instead of - Along with
- Although - In addition to
- However - Moreover
- Compared with - Furthermore
- But
- On the other hand To express cause and effect situation
- Unless - Because
- Since
To express similarities - Consequently
- Same as - Nevertheless
- Similar to - Accordingly
- As well as - Because of

- For this reason

Use connectors to express contrast, similarity, addition, and cause-effect to combine the two sentences
into one sentence to respond expression of requesting or offering.

1. I am glad to help you. I have to finish my report before noon, sorry. (however/for this reason)
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2. I am sorry I can’t. I have to go out to Cadbury hotel to have a meeting with the new client.
(moreover/because)
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3. Thank you for your offer. I need to discuss it with my team first before I decide on the result.
(accordingly/however)
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4. We need to discuss the presentation for the new project. We have to decline your lunch offer.
(Consequently/As well as)
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5. I will be in the meeting room in a moment. Please bring me a copy of the presentation material to the
meeting room. (in addition/however)

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