The document provides tips for using transition words and phrases to help readers understand the relationships between sentences and paragraphs in a text. It lists different types of transitions words to specify sequences, time, comparison, contrast, examples, and cause and effect as well as words to help draw a conclusion.

2. i. specify the relationships between
sentences and between paragraphs
ii. help readers to see the link of ideas

3. To specify sequence
First,.. Second,.. Third,..
Finally,.. Next,.. Later,..
Then,… To begin with,..
Before, After this/that,..

4. To specify time
Lately,.. Earlier,..
Meanwhile,..
Since,
Afterward,
Soon, In the past, Since
Simultaneously, So far,

5. To specify comparison
In the same way,.. ..too
..likewise
Similarly,
In addition,..
Additionally,
..as.. ..like..Identically,

6. To specify contrast
Although ..but..
..even though.
despite,
However,
Yet, On the other hand,
On the contrary, .. Still,

7. To specify examples
For example, ..namely..
..such as.. For instance
including especially like
to illustrate particularly

8. To specify cause & effect
As a result,
Thus
Consequently,
Hence
Therefore, For this reason
Henceforth,
Due to … So, .. If .. then ..

9. To specify conclusion
In conclusion In short,
As a conclusion, In brief
In essence,
To conclude All in all,
To sum up