CONECTORES

1. USO
Para indicar una SECUENCIA o ENUMERAR puntos en una argumentacin.

CONECTORES Y EXPRESIONES
- FIRST / FIRSTLY, en primer lugar
- AT FIRST / AT THE BEGINNING OF /
IN THE BEGINNING al principio
- SECONDLY / THIRDLY, en segundo lugar,
tercer lugar
- TO BEGIN WITH, primero
- FOR THE TIME BEING, por lo pronto
- NEXT / THEN acto seguido,
despus
- AT THAT MOMENT, en ese momento
- AT PRESENT en el presente
- MEANWHILE, mientras tanto
- LATER / AFTER THAT / AFTERWARDS, despus (de)
- IN THE END / FINALLY / EVENTUALLY / AT LAST finalmente
- ONCE una vez

EJEMPLOS
- First, my brother and I went shopping.
- After that, we went to the cinema.
- Im going to eat, but first I need to call my dad.
- Im at the office now, but earlier I was at the bank.
- At the beginning of the course I was concerned it would be too difficult, but I
studied a lot and it paid off.
- The new books will arrive next week. Meanwhile, continue to use the old ones.
- For the time being Im going to continue at my current job.
- At present he is in first place.
- First of all, I need your name and phone number before I can continue with the
reservation.
- Ill meet you at the restaurant for lunch. Afterwards lets go for a walk along the
river.
- First there is a presentation on Ireland, and after that we will give one on Spain.
- To begin with we will study the basics, and then we will move on to more
complicated material.
- After the teams victory, everyone went out to celebrate.
- Eventually they will finish building the bridge and the traffic conditions in the city
will improve.
- After searching for an hour, we finally found our hotel.
- Once you have finished your homework, you can go out with your friends.
- Later, we met Susan and had something to eat.
- Eventually, we went home.
 2. USO
Para describir una CAUSA o MOTIVO.

CONECTORES Y EXPRESIONES
- BECAUSE OF + SUSTANTIVO a causa de
- DUE TO / OWING TO + SUSTANTIVO debido a
- BECAUSE + PROPOSICIN porque
- SINCE + PROPOSICIN porque
- AS + PROPOSICIN porque

EJEMPLOS
- All flights were cancelled due to bad weather.
- He went to the museum since he didnt want to watch the film.
- I cant go to the party tonight because I have to work.
- My flight was canceled because of the weather.
- Because of the big crowds at the stores today I decided to stay home.
- As / Since / Because it was too dark to go on, they decided to camp there.

3. USO
Para expresar OPINIONES.

CONECTORES Y EXPRESIONES
- IN MY OPINION / TO MY MIND, en mi opinin
- IN MY VIEW, desde mi punto de
vista
- AS FAR AS I AM CONCERNED, en lo que a m
respecta
- I THINK / BELIEVE / FEEL THAT pienso, creo que
- IT SEEMS TO ME (THAT) me parece que
- PERSONALLY, personalmente
- IT IS CLEAR THAT est claro que
- I AM AGAINST estoy en contra de
- I (DONT) AGREE WITH (no) estoy de acuerdo
con
- TO BE HONEST, para ser sincero
- UNDOUBTEDLY, indudablemente

EJEMPLOS
- As far as I am concerned, money is the cause of the suffering.
- I believe that a good education is essential for our students.
- All I can say is that, in my view, we are a long way from that goal.
- Undoubtedly, many families are victims of bad housing.

4. USO
 Para AADIR informacin.

CONECTORES Y EXPRESIONES
- IN ADDITION (TO)/ FURTHERMORE /
MOREOVER, adems
- BESIDES / AS WELL AS adems
- ALSO (+ VERBO) tambin
- TOO (AL FINAL DE LA ORACIN) tambin
- INDEED es ms
- ADDITIONALLY de forma adicional
- WHAT IS MORE y encima
- SIMILARLY / IN THE SAME WAY / LIKEWISE igualmente
- NOT ONLY BUT ALSO no solo sino
tambin

EJEMPLOS
- I didnt want to go shopping. Besides, I had no money left.
- The situation hasnt improved; indeed it has worsened.
- Most of my pupils enjoy learning English, in addition, they are often surprised to
see how many words in English are similar to words they use in Spanish.
- To go in the class trip you must pay five euros. In addition, you must have
permission from your parents.
- Although it is long, I think we should take the tour of the Old Town. Besides, I like
history.
- The students have to write an essay in addition to the reading assignment they
have.
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- It was a lovely day but rather sad too.

5. USO
Para indicar un PROPSITO o EFECTO.

CONECTORES Y EXPRESIONES
- FOR + SUSTANTIVO / GERUNDIO para
- WITH THE INTENTION OF con intencin de
- TO + INFINITIVE para
- IN ORDER (NOT) TO + INFINITIVO para
- SO AS (NOT) TO + INFINITIVO para
- SO THAT / IN ORDER THAT + PROPOSICIN para que

EJEMPLOS
- It is for this purpose that our association exists.
- I will leave now so that I arrive on time.
- We are going to use email in order to communicate more efficiently.
- They came to protect us.
- She left her gun outside so as not to frighten us.

6. USO
Para describir un RESULTADO.

CONECTORES Y EXPRESIONES
- SO / THUS (FORMAL) as pues
- THEREFORE, por lo tanto
- AS A RESULT / AS A CONSEQUENCE (OF THIS), por consiguiente
- FOR THIS REASON, por esta razn.
- ON ACCOUNT OF THIS por esto
- CONSEQUENTLY como consecuencia
- IN RESPONSE TO THIS en respuesta esto

EJEMPLOS
- He failed his exams, so he had to take them again.
- I think; therefore I am.
- He graduated as a result of his hard work and dedication.
- There has been a great deal of rain and consequently the reservoirs are full.
- The company is going to release more of its product in response to increased
demand.
- The harvest was bad and coffee prices are high as a result.
-

7. USO
Para CONTRASTAR informacin.

CONECTORES Y EXPRESIONES
- BUT / YET pero
- HOWEVER / STILL / NEVERTHELESS /
NONETHELESS sin embargo
- EVEN SO / ALL THE SAME an as
- ALTHOUGH / (EVEN) THOUGH aunque
- ON THE CONTRARY / IN CONTRAST TO (WITH)
/ BY CONTRAST por el contrario
- ON THE ONE HAND, ON THE OTHER HAND, por una parte, por otra
parte
- WHEREAS / WHILE mientras (que)
- IN SPITE OF / DESPITE + SUSTANTIVO /
GERUNDIO a pesar de

EJEMPLOS
- Although it rained a lot, they enjoyed their holiday.
- She eats meat, while her husband is vegetarian.
- In spite of feeling tired, they decided to go out.
- He still arrived to class on time even though he missed the bus.
- Well still play the football match despite the rain.
- Rachel is interested in maths, whereas Bobby finds it difficult.
- Sean would like to travel by plane, whereas Tom would prefer the train.
- On the one hand this is a great flat, on the other hand its far from my work.
- I recognized him immediately even though we havent seen each other for years.
- I have all the ingredients to bake the cake, but my oven is broken.
- Ive reviewed this maths problem many times, yet I cant find the solution.
- He feels prepared for the tournament. Nevertheless, he will continue to practice.
- He is quite athletic in spite of his age.

8. USO
Para describir una SEMEJANZA.

CONECTORES Y EXPRESIONES
- SIMILARLY / IN THE SAME WAY / LIKEWISE, asimismo, del mismo
modo
- BOTH AND tanto como

EJEMPLOS
- I dont know what they mean. Likewise, I do not understand where they want to
get to.

9. USO
Para describir una REALIDAD.

CONECTORES Y EXPRESIONES
- IN FACT / AS A MATTER OF FACT, de hecho
- ACTUALLY, en realidad

EJEMPLOS
- As a matter of fact, I didnt sleep at all.

10. USO
Para hacer GENERALIZACIONES.

CONECTORES Y EXPRESIONES
- IN GENERAL / GENERALLY, en general
- AS A (GENERAL) RULE, por regla general
EJEMPLOS
- As a general rule, we dont allow it.

11. USO
 Para dar EJEMPLOS.

CONECTORES Y EXPRESIONES
- FOR EXAMPLE / FOR INSTANCE, por ejemplo
- SUCH AS / LIKE tal(es) como, como
- PARTICULARLY / IN PARTICULAR,
concretamente
- E.G. (EXEMPLI GRATIA) p. ej.
- I.E. (ID EST) esto es, a
saber
- INCLUDING incluyendo
- TO ILLUSTRATE THIS / AS AN ILLUSTRATION /
BY WAY OF ILLUSTRATION para demostrar esto

EJEMPLOS
- Paul really like Italian food. For example, he always orders pizza when we go out
to eat.
- Liz has travelled to many American cities such as New York, Chicago and Los
Angeles.
- There are several interesting monuments to visit in Andalusia; for instance, The
Al-hambra, The Giralda, The Mosque and many others.
- There are many things to do when you are in Madrid. For instance, you could
visit that Prado museum.
- Andrew enjoys listening to music written by classical composers i.e. Mozart.
- He likes travelling to countries such as France, Germany or Italy.

12. USO
Para CONCLUIR.

CONECTORES Y EXPRESIONES
- IN CONCLUSION, en conclusion, para
concluir
- FINALLY, finalmente
- IN SHORT / TO SUM UP, resumiendo

EJEMPLOS
- In conclusion, we point out that there is a very varied bibliography on this topic.