Transition Word List. & Advanced Passive Voice

🔰Transition Word List🔰

✍🏻Words to Show Contrast
although
besides
however
in contrast
in comparison

✍🏻Words to add to an idea

additionally
also
again
as well as
in addition

✍🏻Words that show consequence

because
accordingly
as a result
due to
for this reason

✍🏻Words that add emphasis

above all
as a rule
as usual
generally speaking
of course

🔰Words When Citing Examples🔰

especially
for one thing
in particular (particularly)
specifically
chiefly
as an illustration
markedly
this can be seen in
for/as an example
illustrated with/by
namely
such as
for instance
in this case
including
 
 🔰Words to Order Events and Sequence Time🔰

first... second... third...
currently
with this in mind
in turn
generally... furthermore... finally
during
for now
later on
in the first place... also... lastly
earlier
immediately
meanwhile
to be sure... additionally... lastly
eventually
in the meantime
next
first... just in the same way... finally
for the time being
then
basically... similarly... as well as
first of all
the next step
simultaneously
afterward
to begin with
in conclusion
soon
at first
in the first place
in time
while

✍🏻Summarizing

 
after all
in any event
in other words
on balance
all in all
in brief
in short
that is (that is to say)
all things considered
in conclusion
in brief
therefore
briefly
in essence
in summary
to put it differently
by and large
indeed
in the final analysis
to sum up
hence
on the whole
in the long run
to summarize

✅Advanced Passive Voice:

👉🏻It Is Said That / He Is Said To (be) Supposed To..

✅“Main clause + noun clause” can be made passive in two ways.

✍🏻Examples

✅Active:People say that he lives abroad now.

✅Passive: It’s said that he lives abroad now.

✅Passive :He is said to live abroad now.

🔰Present "Be"🔰

✅Active: They say (that) the man is a thief.

✅Passive : It’s said that the man is a thief.

✅Passive : The man is said to be a thief.

🔰Simple Present Noun Clause🔰

✅Active: We understand that he dislikes children.

✅Passive : It’s understood that he dislikes children.

✅Passive : He is understood to dislike children.

🔰Past "Be"🔰

✅Active: They say that he was very rich in the past.

✅Passive : It’s said that he was rich in the past.

✅Passive : He is said to have been very rich in the past.

🔰Simple Past Noun Clause🔰

✅Active: People claim that he left the country two months ago.

✅Passive : It’s claimed that he left the country two months ago.

✅Passive : He is claimed to have left the country two months ago..

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