C CONNECTORS =

LINKING WORDS
WORDS

They are used to JOIN or
LINK ideas
or sentences.









IDEAS can be related in different ways






There are different
types of connectors
Connectors can
express
REASON

ADDITION
RESULT
CONTRAST
PURPOSE


ADDITION CONNECTORS :


They add points to the
same topic
AND
IN ADDITION (TO)
BESIDES
FURTHERMORE
MOREOVER
AS WELL (AS)
..ALSO..

(MID POSITION)


Subj+ ALSO + V
Shes a famous model and she is
also a mother.

AS WELL AS
She is a famous model as
well as a mother.

AS WELL AS+ GERUND

She is a famous model as
well as being a mother.
FINAL
POSITION
AS WELL.
TOO
She is a famous model and a
mother as well.
,too.

CONTRAST
CONNECTORS



They express a contrast
between two ideas.
BUT
ALTHOUGH
HOWEVER
NEVERTHELESS
IN SPITE OF / DESPITE
idea 1: I am very good at
grammar.

Idea 2: Im horrible at
listening.

I am very good at
grammar but Im
horrible at listening.

I am very good at
grammar although Im
horrible at listening.

Although Im very good
at grammar, Im horrible
at listening.

I am very good at
grammar . However,
Im horrible at listening.

IN SPITE OF
DESPITE OF
IN SPITE OF
DESPITE
+ sentence



GERUND
Im very good at
grammar DESPITE
horrible at
listening
Im very good at
grammar DESPITE
being horrible at
listenings

Im very good at
grammar IN SPITE OF
being horrible at
listenings





+NOUN PHRASE
(Sintagma nominal)

Im horrible at
listenings=
SN

Im horrible at listenings=
my difficulty
with
listenings
Im horrible at listening=
my problems
with
listenings

+SENTENCE
LINKING
SENTENCE
the fact that

Im good ath
grammar
DESPITE
the fact that

Im good ath grammar
DESPITE
the fact that
Im horrible at
listenings


CONNECTORS OF
CAUSE



They express the cause of
the main action in the
sentence.



If we want to join two sentences.


Sentence 1:
All the shops were were shut




Sentence 2:
It was a public holiday




BECAUSE porque

AS porque,como

SINCE puesto que, ya que

DUE TO debido a



.



All the shops were closed
BECAUSE/SINCE/AS/ it was a
public holiday.

Todas las tiendas estaban cerradas
porque era puente.






SINCE/AS it was a public
holiday, all the shops were
shut.

Puesto que era puente, todas las
tiendas estaban cerradas.
Ya que era puente, todas las
tiendas estaban cerradas.

AS it was a public holiday, all the shops were
shut.

Como era puente, todas las tiendas estaban
cerradas.

.



All the shops were closed
DUE TO it was a public
holiday.








+NOUN PHRASE
(Sintagma nominal)


.



All the shops were closed DUE
TO the public holiday.

Todas las tiendas estaban cerradas
DEBIDO AL puente.






.



All the shops were closed DUE TO
the fact that it was the public
holiday.

Todas las tiendas estaban cerradas
DEBIDO AL HECHO DE QUE era puente.





Connectors of
purpose (finalidad,
propsito)

CONNECTORS OF
PURPOSE
(propsito, finalidad)


TO
IN ORDER TO para
SO AS TO

SO THAT + Oracin con can
para poder
Toms friend employed a nurse to look
after his mother.
Toms friend employed a nurse so as to
look after his mother.
Toms friend employed a nurse in order
to look after his mother

El amigo de Tom contrat a una
empleada para cuidar de su madre.
SO THAT + Oracin con can

Toms friend employed a nurse so that he
could look after his mother.

El amigo de Tom contrat a una enfermera
para poder cuidar de su madre.
CAN /COULD depending on the verb tense in
the sentence.

Toms friend always employs a nurse on
holidays so that he can look after his
mother.
El amigo de Tom siempre contrata a una
enfermera en vacaciones para poder cuidar de
su madre.
Connectors of
purpose (finalidad,
propsito)

CONNECTORS OF RESULT
(consecuencia, resultado)
Connectors of
purpose (finalidad,
propsito)

AS A CONSEQUENCE
CONSEQUENTLY
FOR THIS REASON
SO
THEREFORE
Sarah felt ill when she got home
yesterday afternoon.
Consequently/ as a
consequence/so/therefore/as
a result, she missed her
lessons for Juntos
aprendemos ms .