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CONNECTORS Englishconnectors: meaning and use Ana Moral
BASIC VOCABULARY Beforewestartwiththelist of connectors, makesureyou are familiar withthefollowingterms: ,[object Object]
 SUBORDINATE CLAUSE
 NOUN PHRASE,[object Object]
… because he called …These are NOT sentences; theycan’t stand alone
[object Object],A subordinateclauseis a group of wordswhichalsocontain at least a SUBJECT and a VERB, butwhichcannot stand onitsown – itisDEPENDENT. ,[object Object],connectorSb        V Itneeds a mainclauseto complete itsmeaning. Itisonly a fragmen of a complexsentence:
[object Object],A phrase (= a group of words) whose head is a NOUN,  a PRONOUN, or a GERUND acting as a noun. It can beaccompaniedbydeterminers, adjectivesorothermodifiers, and italwaysfunctions as the SUBJECT orthe OBJECT of a sentence: ,[object Object],determineradjectivenoun (head) NounPhrase (NP)
TYPES OF CONNECTORS CONNECTORS OF ADDITION CONNECTORS OF CONTRAST CONNECTORS OF CAUSE AND REASON CONNECTORS OF RESULT CONNECTORS OF PURPOSE CONNECTORS OF TIME AND SEQUENCE CONNECTORS OF SIMILARITY CONNECTORS OF OPINION CONNECTORS EXPRESSING GENERAL STATEMENTS CONNECTORS EXPRESSING A REALITY CONNECTORS TO GIVE EXAMPLES CONNECTORS TO LIST POINTS CONNECTORS EXPRESSING CONCLUSION
1. CONNECTORS OF ADDITION(toaddinformationorpointson a topic)
2. CONNECTORS OF CONTRAST(to show opposinginformation)
CONNECTORS OF CONTRAST(cont.)
3. CONNECTORS OF CAUSE & REASON
4. CONNECTORS OF RESULT
5. CONNECTORS OF PURPOSE(to show finality, intent)
6. CONNECTORS OF TIME & SEQUENCE
6. CONNECTORS OF TIME & SEQUENCE(cont.)
7. CONNECTORS OF SIMILARITY
8. CONNECTORS OF OPINION
9. CONNECTORS INTRODUCING GENERAL STATEMENTS
10. CONNECTORS EXPRESSING A REALITY
11. CONNECTORS FOR EXAMPLES

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