1. -ing openers Running like the wind, Screaming in pain, Tiptoeing down the path, Scanning the horizon, Treading carefully, Gazing out of the window, Wondering how she would escape, Questioning her reasons for being here, Advancing towards her were… Clambering over the wall, Stopping dead in her tracks, Hearing the sound of laughter, -ly openers Wearily, the old man … Anxiously opening the door, Arrogantly holding the sack of gold in his hand, Temporarily blinded by the bright light, Quickly gathering his sword, the prince… Calmly, she backed out of the room… Silently and swiftly, the figure floated towards the door. Eagerly, she opened the treasure chest and… Greedily stuffing the gold into his sack, Jack… Bitterly regretting ever entering the labyrinth, James… Prep openers Inside a huge chest, James discovered… Under the silvery moonlight, he … Beyond the towering mountains, lay … Ahead of Perseus, lay a gaping cavernous opening… Without a moments hesitation, Helen… On top of the fiery mountain, lay a … Amidst a sea of nettles and brambles, the golden egg… Between the looming clock tower and the court house, a large… Above the unsuspecting crowds, circled a… Time Connective openers At that moment, … All of a sudden,… As fast as lightning,… After a while,… Eventually… Meanwhile Until.. Soon after… Finally Without warning… Once… Subsequently… In the end… Next At last… Firstly / secondly / etc While,

2. Opposition But However Nevertheless On the other hand Instead In contrast Looking at it another way Although The main reasons against Some people do not believe For instance The evidence for this suggests Disagree Whereas As long as In addition / reinforcing And Besides Anyway After all Many people believe This is an important issue because One reason is Furthermore Also Moreover In addition A further point Claim that… Explaining / listing So For example In other words For instance First of all Finally In conclusion After much thought The main reason for this In the end we decided I believe that Causal connectives Because Therefore Consequently As a result Thanks to this Because of this This causes So The reason that This results in When but and so because

3. Persuasive vocab Obviously Evidently One might consider It would seem However Of course Naturally Certainly Moreover More importantly In particular Especially In deed In fact Above all Yet despite this Clearly Therefore Notably / significantly Discussion Logical connectives Therefore Alternatively As a result Consequently Accordingly Thus Hence Equally Similarly Likewise Furthermore Moreover On the other hand Report Illustrating point For example For instance Such as As revealed by Thus To show that To take the case of An example of this is ed, en d openers Frightened by the noise, … Taken by surprise, … Alarmed by the sight… Shocked and shaken, she… Blinded by the light,.. Rocked by the explosion,… Frozen to the spot, Excited at the sight of the prince,… Angered by the … Awakened by the Deafened by the silence, Hidden by the clouds, the …