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CONJUNCTIONS & TRANSITION WORDS

Conjunctions & Transition Words

CONTENT

1. Coordinating Conjunctions 4. Concession and Contrast 7. Paired Conjunctions
2. Cause and Effect 5. Additional Support or Evidence 8. Inversion
3. Purpose 6. Similarity, Explanation, and Exemplification 9. Reduction of Clauses

Bu ünitede aşağıdaki konuları öğreneceksiniz:
• Coordinating Conjunctions
and, but, so, nor, yet, for
• Cause and Effect
A) Conjunctions: because, seeing that, for, it’s because … that, as, seeing as, in that, for the reason that, since,
being that, now that, given that, inasmuch as, being as, on the grounds that, so / such … that
B) Prepositional Phrases: as a result of, thanks to, as a consequence of, on account of, because of, on (the)
grounds of, due to, in view of, owing to, in / by virtue of
C) Transitional Words and Phrases: therefore, thereby, so, as a result, hence, accordingly, that’s why, as a
consequence, thus, consequently, for this reason, on this / that account
• Purpose
A) Conjunctions: so that, in the event that, in case, in order that, for fear that, lest
B) Prepositional Phrases: (not) to, in order (not) to, so as (not) to, for the purpose of, with a view to, with the aim
of, for fear of, in the event of
• Concession and Contrast
A) Conjunctions: although, much as, even though, much though, though, adjective / adverb + as, whereas,
adjective / adverb + though, while, however + adjective / adverb, whilst, no matter + question word, even if,
regardless of + question word
B) Prepositional Phrases: despite, unlike, in spite of, in contrast with, for all, in contrast to, notwithstanding,
contrary to, regardless of, as opposed to, irrespective of, rather than, different from, instead of
C) Transitional Words and Phrases: however, still, quite the contrary, nevertheless, but still, in contrast,
nonetheless, yet still, (on the one hand) ... on the other hand, notwithstanding, but … anyway, instead, but,
not … but rather, even so, yet, on the contrary, all the same
• Additional Support or Evidence
A) Transitional Words and Phrases: besides, furthermore, additionally, moreover, in addition, what’s more
B) Prepositional Phrases: as well as, besides, with / along with, apart from, in addition to, aside from
• Similarity, Explanation, and Exemplification
A) Transitional Words and Phrases: likewise, similarly, that is, that is to say, namely, in other words, for example,
for instance, to illustrate
B) Prepositional Phrases: such as, like
• Paired Conjunctions
both … and …, neither … nor …, hardly … when …, whether … or …, not only … but also …, scarcely … when
…, either … or …, no sooner … than …, barely … when …
• Inversion
hardly ever, not until / not till, only then / only later, hardly / scarcely / barely ... when, seldom, not since, only by /
only with, on no account, as, only if, not only … but also, under any circumstances, than, only when,
no sooner … than, under no circumstances
• Reduction of Clauses
A) Adverbial Clauses: before, after, when, while, because
B) Time Clauses: after, before, while, when, since, until, as soon as, once
C) Reason Clauses: because, as, since
D) Conditional: if, unless, as if, whether … or not
E) Concession Clauses: although, though

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