PREPOSITIONS

about, above, according to, across, after, against, along, along with, COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS (FANBOYS)

among, apart from, around, as, as for, at, because of, before, behind, for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, by, by means of,

concerning, despite, down, during, except, except for, excepting, SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

for, from, in, in addition to, in back of, in case of, in front of, after, although, as, as if, as long as, as though,

in place of, inside, in spite of, instead of, into, like, near, next, of, because, before, even if, even though, how, if, in

off, on, onto, on top of, out, out of, outside, over, past, regarding, order that, once, provided that, rather than, since,

round, since, through, throughout, till, to, toward, under, underneath, so that, than, that, though, unless, until, when,

unlike, until, up, upon, up to, with, within, without whenever, where, whereas, wherever, whether, while

CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS RELATIVE PRONOUNS

accordingly, also, anyhow, besides, certainly, consequently, conversely, that, which, who, whom, whose, what, whoever,

finally, furthermore, hence, henceforth, however, indeed, instead, whomever

likewise, meanwhile, moreover, nevertheless, next, nonetheless, otherwise,

similarly, still, subsequently, then, therefore, thus CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS

both . . . and not only . . . but (also)

either . . . or whether . . . or

neither . . . nor

PREPOSITIONS

about, above, according to, across, after, against, along, along with, COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS (FANBOYS)

among, apart from, around, as, as for, at, because of, before, behind, for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, by, by means of,

concerning, despite, down, during, except, except for, excepting, SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

for, from, in, in addition to, in back of, in case of, in front of, after, although, as, as if, as long as, as though,

in place of, inside, in spite of, instead of, into, like, near, next, of, because, before, even if, even though, how, if, in

off, on, onto, on top of, out, out of, outside, over, past, regarding, order that, once, provided that, rather than, since,

round, since, through, throughout, till, to, toward, under, underneath, so that, than, that, though, unless, until, when,

unlike, until, up, upon, up to, with, within, without whenever, where, whereas, wherever, whether, while

CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS RELATIVE PRONOUNS

accordingly, also, anyhow, besides, certainly, consequently, conversely, that, which, who, whom, whose, what, whoever,

finally, furthermore, hence, henceforth, however, indeed, instead, whomever

likewise, meanwhile, moreover, nevertheless, next, nonetheless, otherwise,

similarly, still, subsequently, then, therefore, thus CORRELATIVE CONJUNCTIONS

both . . . and not only . . . but (also)

either . . . or whether . . . or

neither . . . nor

COHERENT SENTENCES ARE SENTENCES THAT SHOW THE CONNECTION BETWEEN IDEAS

ADDITION
RESULT OR CAUSE
RESTATEMENT
SUMMARY OR CONCLUSION
OPPOSING VIEW OR CONTRAST
COMPARISONS
EXAMPLE/
ILLUSTRATION / additionally, also, as well as, besides, equally important, furthermore, in addition, moreover
consequently, hence, therefore, so, thus, because, then, as a result, accordingly, as a consequence, for this reason, because of this
in other words, that is, that is to say, in simpler terms, in short
finally, in conclusion, to sum up, in summary, all in all, evidently, actually, overall, in brief, briefly, in other words, lastly, on the whole, in short, therefore, thus, consequently, accordingly, hence, then
at the same time, but, despite this/that, instead, however, on the contrary, in contrast, to/on the contrast, contrarily, unlike, conversely, nevertheless, nonetheless, neither, nor, yet, but, on the one/other hand, still, besides this, otherwise
in the same way, similarly, likewise, in like manner
for example, for instance, as an illustration, to illustrate, as a case in point, in particular, in general, namely, specifically, generally / EMPHASIZE AN IDEA
CONCEDE A POINT
QUALIFY A POINT
DIRECTION & DISTANCE
TIME &
FREQUENCY
BEGINNING
MIDDLE
END / above all, certainly, especially, in fact, indeed, surely, most importantly, naturally, equally important, of course
granted, certainly, of course, no doubt, surely, naturally, although this may be true
perhaps, probably, for the most part, apparently, seemingly
inside/outside, along, above/below, up/down, across, to the right/left, in front of/behind, to the east, north, south, west, beyond, in the distance, away, here, there, further, on/off, beside, in the background, opposite to, next to, near, nearby, facing adjacent to, on the near/far side
at the same time, currently, previously, immediately, often, suddenly, frequently, now and then, at that time, gradually, weekly/daily/hourly, by the minute/second/week etc., occasionally, rarely, during, briefly
before then, beginning with, at the beginning, at first, first, initially
meanwhile, in the meantime, simultaneously, next, then, now
finally, at last, eventually, later, at the end

COHERENT SENTENCES ARE SENTENCES THAT SHOW THE CONNECTION BETWEEN IDEAS

ADDITION
RESULT OR CAUSE
RESTATEMENT
SUMMARY OR CONCLUSION
OPPOSING VIEW OR CONTRAST
COMPARISONS
EXAMPLE/
ILLUSTRATION / additionally, also, as well as, besides, equally important, furthermore, in addition, moreover
consequently, hence, therefore, so, thus, because, then, as a result, accordingly, as a consequence, for this reason, because of this
in other words, that is, that is to say, in simpler terms, in short
finally, in conclusion, to sum up, in summary, all in all, evidently, actually, overall, in brief, briefly, in other words, lastly, on the whole, in short, therefore, thus, consequently, accordingly, hence, then
at the same time, but, despite this/that, instead, however, on the contrary, in contrast, to/on the contrast, contrarily, unlike, conversely, nevertheless, nonetheless, neither, nor, yet, but, on the one/other hand, still, besides this, otherwise
in the same way, similarly, likewise, in like manner
for example, for instance, as an illustration, to illustrate, as a case in point, in particular, in general, namely, specifically, generally / EMPHASIZE AN IDEA
CONCEDE A POINT
QUALIFY A POINT
DIRECTION & DISTANCE
TIME &
FREQUENCY
BEGINNING
MIDDLE
END / above all, certainly, especially, in fact, indeed, surely, most importantly, naturally, equally important, of course
granted, certainly, of course, no doubt, surely, naturally, although this may be true
perhaps, probably, for the most part, apparently, seemingly
inside/outside, along, above/below, up/down, across, to the right/left, in front of/behind, to the east, north, south, west, beyond, in the distance, away, here, there, further, on/off, beside, in the background, opposite to, next to, near, nearby, facing adjacent to, on the near/far side
at the same time, currently, previously, immediately, often, suddenly, frequently, now and then, at that time, gradually, weekly/daily/hourly, by the minute/second/week etc., occasionally, rarely, during, briefly
before then, beginning with, at the beginning, at first, first, initially
meanwhile, in the meantime, simultaneously, next, then, now
finally, at last, eventually, later, at the end