Lesson 44: Unit 185 - Linking Expressions
This lesson presents conjunctions, prepositions and adverbs used to link ideas within and between sentences in English – for addition, contrast, reason, purpose and time.
About this lesson
In this lesson you will learn how to link ideas and sentences with the help of linking expressions – conjunctions, prepositions and adverbial expressions. We will look at different categories: addition, cause and result, condition, comparison and contrast, purpose, and time. We will read authentic texts about the United Kingdom and the Solar System and observe how linking words work in a real context. The practice includes gap-filling, sentence transformation and speaking tasks to help you develop fluency and logical coherence in your written and spoken language.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Recognise and use conjunctions for addition, reason, condition, purpose and time.
- Distinguish the use of conjunctions within a single sentence from adverbial expressions that link separate sentences.
- Join two simple sentences into one using although, but, even though, despite and in spite of.
- Choose the appropriate linking expression according to meaning – for example however versus but, since versus when.
- Read and understand authentic texts, identifying the function of the linking expressions in them.
Lesson vocabulary
- although Although unity may at times be doubtful, this term is unlikely to infuriate anyone.
- however That, however, does not make all inhabitants Englishmen.
- whereas He is outgoing and lively, whereas she is smooth and quiet.
- unless You won't be able to finish the project on time unless you start working on it immediately.
- in case Take your swimming trunks in case you decide to swim.
- as long as As long as my parents know where I am, they don't worry about me.
- as a result As a result, space probes have found no life on the Moon or on Mars.
- therefore The fridge was empty; therefore, I went to the supermarket.
- moreover Moreover, our atmosphere protects us from harmful rays coming from the Sun.
- despite Despite the fact that unity may at times be doubtful, this term is unlikely to infuriate anyone.
- in spite of In spite of the rain, I took my dog for a walk.
- as soon as I saw that the house had been burgled as soon as I opened the door.
- so that I stopped so that you could catch up.
- even though Even though it was raining, I took my dog for a walk.
- as well as It serves as a noun as well as an adjective.
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