LINKING WORDS DEPENDING ON THE MEANING YOU WANT TO CONVEY

Below, I have designed in alphabetical order, for all of you, whatever your level of English, a complete list of grammatical linking words essential for constructing sentences according to the meaning you wish to convey. Tip: learn at least four or five new terms in each section to strengthen your skills and use them subsequently in spoken and written English. 

A) STARTING A CONVERSATION

At first, At the beginning, At the commencement, At the outset, At the start, Before all else, Before anything else, Beyond everything, First and foremost, First of all, First off, First thing, First up, Firstly, Foremost, Fundamentally, In the beginning, In the first place, Incipiently, Initially, Originally, Primarily, To begin with, To start with, Upfront.            

B) DEVELOPING AN ARGUMENT

Actually, As a matter of fact, As it happens, Believe it or not, Forsooth, From my perspective, From my point of view, I believe, I guess, I think, If truth be told, In actual fact, In fact, In my eyes, In my view, In point of fact, In reality, In some measure, In sooth, In the concrete, Indeed, Kind of, Literally, Somewhat, The way I see it, To a degree, To all intents and purposes, To my mind, To some extent, To someone's way of thinking.                    

C) ADDING TO A STORY

Added to, Addedly, Additionally, After that, Along with this, Along with, Also including, And, Anyways, Apart from being, Apart from the fact that, As an accessory to, As well as this, As well as, As well, Aside from that, At the same time as, Be that as it may, Besides that, Besides, By the same token, Combined with, Comparably, Correspondingly, Coupled with, Further, Furthermore, In addition to what has been said, In addition to, In conjunction with, In tandem with, In the company of, In the second place, Including, Into the bargain, Likewise, Moreover, Next to, Not only, Not to mention, On the other hand, On top of that, On top of this, Other than that, Similarly, To boot, Together with, What's more, With the addition of, With.                           

D) GIVING EXAMPLES

Above all else, Above everything else, Above everything, Above it all, As, Basically, Best of all, Beyond everything, Chiefly, E.g. is short for exempli gratia, Essentially, For example, For instance, Like nothing, Like, Mainly, More importantly, More than anything, More than everything, Most importantly, Most of all, Namely, Over all the things, Over and above, Predominantly, Principally, Such as, When all is said and done.                    

E) EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO AN IDEA

After all, After everything, Again, all the same, Although, Antithetically, Anyhow, Anyway, As against, As yet, At any rate, At the same time, At this moment in time, Be that as it may, But then, But, Come what may, Compared to, Compared with, Contrariwise, Contrary to, Contrasted to, Contrasted with, Contrasting, Despite everything, Despite this, Dissimilar, Even now, Even, Far cry from, For the present, For the time being, Having said that, Howbeit, However, If anything, In any case, In comparison with, In contrast to, In contrast with, In fact, In spite of everything, In spite of what preceded, In the interim, In the same way, Instead, Just the same, Meantime, Meanwhile, Much of a muchness, Natheless, Nevertheless, Nonetheless, Notwithstanding, On the contrary (used when refuting an existing opinion), Oppositely, Poles apart from, Regardless, So far, Still and all, Still, Then again, Though, Thus far, To the contrary (used when introducing an opposing opinion), Unlike, Up to now, when, While in contrast, While on the contrary, While, Whilst, Yet.                              

F) EXPRESSING A CONDITION

Albeit, Allowing, Although, Anytime, As long as, As soon as, Assuming that, Conceding that, Despite being, Given that, Granted that, If, In case that, In the event, On condition that, On the assumption that, On the occasion that, Provided, Providing that, Should, So far as, So long as, Subsequently, Supposing that, Though, Whenever, Wherever, Whether or not, With the condition that.                                   

G) EXPRESSING CAUSALITY

Accordingly, Acting As, Albeit, Although, As a consequence of that, As a consequence, As a direct consequence, As a direct result, As a matter of course, As a result of doing this, As a result, As an automatic consequence, As an automatic result, As long as, As things go, As you can see, As, At the moment that, At the same time that, Axiomatically, Because of that, Because of this, Because of, Because, But, by dint of, By so doing, By reason of that, By reason of this, By reason of, By virtue of, Consequently, Considering, Correspondingly, Due to that, Due to this, Due to, For that cause, For that reason, For this reason, For, From there, Hence, Hereby, Howbeit, If, In as much as, In so doing, In that case, Inevitably, It follows that, Like, Notwithstanding, Now, Off the back of, On account of this, On account of, On that account, On the grounds of this, On this account, Owing to, Seeing, Serving as, Since, So accordingly, So long as, Such as, That being so, That is why, Therefore, Thereupon, This being so, This being the case, Though, Through, Thus, To that end, To this end, Under the circumstances, When, Whereas, Wherefore, Which is why, While, Whilst.                              

H) EXPRESSING A PURPOSE

Accordingly, Appropriately, As a means to, As a means, As a way to, Because of that, Because of this, Consequently, Consistently, Correspondingly, Due to this, Duly, For that reason, For the purpose of, Hence, In an effort to, In order for (someone else to do something), In order to (myself to do something), In respect to, In so doing, In such a manner that, In such a way that, In that case, In that event, Intending to, Necessarily, On that account, On this account, So as to achieve, So as to, Subsequently, Suitably, That being the case, That it would be possible to, Then, Thereby, Therefore, Thereupon, Thusly, To an extent, Under the circumstances, Whence, Wherefore, With a focus on, With an eye on, With an eye toward, With the aim that, With the intent that, With the intention of, With the intention that, With the purpose of, With the result.                                    

I) EMPHASIZING ONE'S WORDS 

Absolutely, All over, All the way, Beyond any doubt, Categorically, Come hell or high water, Completely, Comprehensively, Conclusively, Consummately, Decisively, Doubtless, Doubtlessly, Down to the ground, Downright, Enough completely, Entirely, Every inch, Exhaustively, Extensively, Flat-out, From A to Z, From beginning to end, From top to bottom, Fully, Heartily, In every respect, In every way, Inside out, Lock stock and barrel, No ifs ands or buts, No strings attached, On all counts, One-hundred percent, Outright, Perfectly, Positively, Quite, Soundly, Straight out, Surely, Thoroughly, Through and through, To the core, To the end, To the fullest extent, To the hilt, To the limit, To the nth degree, Totally, Truly, Unambiguously, Unconditionally, Undisputedly, Undividedly, Undoubtedly, Unequivocally, Unmitigatedly, Unqualifiedly, Unquestionably, Unreservedly, Utterly, Wholly, Without a doubt, Without any doubt, Without exception, Without omission, Without question, Without reservation.                                                        

J) EXPRESSING ONE'S OPINION

According to my way of thinking, Actually, Admittedly, All things considered, As a matter of fact, As far as I can recall, As far as I can remember, As far as I'm concerned, As I see it, As improbable as it may seem, As strange as it may seem, As unlikely as it may seem, Authentically, Basically, Be to the point, Call a spade a spade, Chiefly, Deep down, Determinately, For my money, For my own part, For my part, For myself, Forsooth, From my own point of view, From my own viewpoint, From my stand point, From where I stand, Fundamentally, Funnily enough, Genuinely, I believe, I gather, I have a vague recollection of, I reckon, I sense, I suppose, I surmise, If I get it right, If my memory serves me correctly, If my memory serves me right, If truth be told, If you ask me, IMHO is short for in my humble opinion or in my honest opinion, IMO is short for in my opinion, In actual fact, In fact, In my book, In my estimation, In my experience, In my humble opinion, In my judgement, In my view, In point of fact, In sooth, In substance, In the concrete, Intrinsically, Lay it on the line, More or less, Not beat about the bush, Not mince my words, Oddly enough, Off the record, Personally speaking, Personally, Pull no punches, Shoot from the hip, Speak my mind, Speak up-front, Technically speaking, Though it may seem improbable, Though it may seem strange, To all intents and purposes, To my mind, To my way of thinking, To tell the truth, Unless I'm mistaken, When you get right down to it.                                          

K) SUMMARIZING A CONVERSATION

All around, all in all, All things considered, Altogether, As a rule, As a whole, At last, At the end of the day, Basically, Broadly, Chiefly, Considering everything, Everything being equal, Everything included, For the most part, Given the circumstances, In a few words, In a nutshell, In all, In drawing things to a close, In general terms, In general, In outline, In passing, In sum, In summary, In the main, In total, In wind up, Largely, Mainly, Mostly, Not to mince words, Not to put too fine a point on it, On balance, On the whole, Predominantly, Simply put, Succinctly, Summa summarum, Taken together, Taking everything into account, Taking everything into consideration, To a great degree, To be brief, To come to the point, To cut a long story short, To put it concisely, To put it in a nutshell, To put it succinctly, When all's said and done.    

L) EXPRESSING FREQUENCY

Again and again, Ageless, All the time, Always, Any which way, Anyhow, As a last resort, At all events, At all times, At every turn, Constantly, Earnestly, Endlessly, Eternally, Every time, For evermore, For good, For ever, In any case, In any event, Inevitably, Leastways, Never ending, Night and day, No matter what, Oftentimes, On all occasions, On every occasion, Perennial, Permanently, Perpetually, Predictably, Regularly, Repeatedly, Time and again, Timeless, Under any circumstances, Unremitting, Unshakably, Until doomsday, Until the cows come home, Until the end of time, Whatever is the case, Without end, Without exception, Without fail.                                                                     

M) FINISHING A CONVERSATION

Break up with, Break up, Break with, Come to a climax,  Come to a crescendo, Come to a head, Conclude with, End up, Finish one's studies, Finish the working day, Finish up, Finish with, Finitely, Finitenesses, Give someone the big, Give someone the push, Lead up to, Leave high and dry, Leave stranded, Reach a pinnacle, Rise to a crescendo, Terminate with, Walk out on, Wind up, Wrap up.