LINKING WORDS

His salary is higher than mine ________________ we do the same work.

• although

• despite

• however

• in spite of

You must attend the meeting, ________________ he will be very annoyed.

• however

• otherwise

• nevertheless

• though

The country is at war. ________________, it is underdeveloped.

• Too

• However

• As well

• Furthermore

They haven’t been playing too well. ________________, they are expected to win this afternoon.

• Although

• While

• Whereas

• However

________________ in nearly every country in the world they drive on the right, in the UK they insist on driving on the left.

• While

• In contrast

• Nevertheless

• On the one hand

________________ to the south, which will remain sunny, the north will become rainy during the morning.

• Although

• Whereas

• In contrast

• On the contrary

I couldn’t get the machine to work ________________ following the instructions carefully.

• however

• despite

• yet

• although

I’m not tired at all, ________________, I’m feeling full of energy.

• although

• in spite of

• on the contrary

• nevertheless

________________ the computer had recently been repaired, it still kept crashing.

• In spite of

• Even though

• Nevertheless

• However

I know we agreed to raise the issue at the next meeting, ________________ we simply won’t have time to discuss it.

• so

• whereas

• despite

• but