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Sentence Connectors

Type 1: (For Transitions)

Transitions can only be placed at the

beginning of a sentence (and are

followed by a comma).

Type 2: (For Compound Sentences)

These connectors can only be placed in the

middle of 2 complete sentences. - FANBOYS

Type 3: (For Comple Sentences)

These connecting words can be placed

either at the beginning of the sentence

(with a comma after the first clause) or

in the middle of the sentence (without a

comma)

Contrast !ords:

The students in the dorms wanted to

sleep early. "o!e#er$ the

construction outside the dorms didnt

allow them to.

Khalid is a good student. %n contrast$

his twin Jihad isnt.

Some people neer try new ideas. Ont&e contrary$ there are people who

always try new things.

! li"e swimming in the ocean. On t&e

ot&er &and$ my husband# Tare"# en$oys

rela%ing on the beach.

&ubai is a growing city#'ut the roads are

not growing fast enough.

'asmine had to study hard$ orshe wasnt

going to pass.

The rain continued to drop$ yeteorge and

ichael went out in the streets to shop.

Alt&ou(&Sarah was tired# she went out

with her friends.

Sarah went out with her friends alt&ou(&

she was tired.

)#en t&ou(&Saoud wor"ed hard# he

couldnt pass *conomics.

Cause e**ect !ords:

Suren studied hard. T&ere*ore$ hepassed his grammar +ui,.

Jihad tripped oer Ted at the game.

As a result$he bro"e his leg.

Tony loed laire for years. T&us$he

married her.

ahra did not pass her e%am$ *or she didnt

study hard enough.The population in &ubai continues to e%pand$

soconstruction companies continue to build.

Since adina was tired# she slept early+

! haent seen /rancis in a long time'ecause she moed to her country.

Time !ords:

The ambulances were rushing people tothe emergency room. ,ean!&ile the

Since ahmoud moed to the States# he

has made a lot of friends.-&ile my family was watching the game#

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rescue wor"ers were searching for

ictims.

we heard an e%plosion outside.

-&en 'ouhana is tired# he cant

concentrate.

A*ter the game tonight# we are going to

celebrate.

0mar had fallen asleep'y t&e time his

father came home.

/arids friend had called him'e*ore she

came oer.

! was watching t..as my mother was

preparing dinner.

1amy will studyuntil you come oer.

Sultan will $oin you on the bas"etball

court as soon ashe finishes his

homewor".

Addition !ords:

reatiity inoled loo"ing at things in a

new way. ,oreo#er$it means trying

new things.

To pass the class# iss Kathy re+uired

that we study eery day. %n addition$

we had to memori,e 3 new ocabularywords eery wee".

4e all loe watchingrugby$ and we en$oy

spending our time on the field.

Ot&er !ords

First$ Second$ )arlier$

For instance$ For eample$

*lie didnt come to class on time# nor did

5i,ar.