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English Vocabulary in Use Upper-intermediate (Unit 65: Addition)


A. Expressions for linking sentences/clauses

sentence/clause 1 and sentence/clause 2
For this job you need a degree. In addition, Additionally, you need at least two years’ experience.
Smartphones are becoming more sophisticated. Furthermore, Moreover, What’s more* they are becoming cheaper.
Children should respect their parents. Equally, Likewise, they should respect their teachers.
We’ll have all the stress of going to court and giving evidence. On top of (all) that** we’ll have to pay the lawyers’ bills.

  • * furthermore and moreover are normally interchangeable, and are both rather formal; what’s more is more informal.
  • ** emphatic: used mostly in informal spoken English.

You can also use plus, e.g. To keep fit you need a good diet plus (you need) regular exercise. (normally used to connect noun phrases, but can connect clauses in informal speech)

B. Expressions at the end of sentences/clauses

  • They sell chairs, tables, beds, and so on /etˈsetrə/.
  • It’ll go to the committee, then to the board, then to another committee, and so on and so forth.
  • He was a good sportsman and an excellent musician into the bargain / to boot.

C. Expressions that begin, or come in the middle of, sentences/clauses

  • Further to my telephone call to you yesterday, I am now writing to …
  • In addition to winning the gold medal, she also broke the world record.
  • Alongside her full-time job as a dentist, she does voluntary conservation work at weekends.
  • I have to go to the bank today, as well as getting my hair cut.
  • Besides / Apart from having a salary, he also has a private income.
  • Apart from her many other hobbies, she restores old racing cars.
  • Jo Evans was there, along with / together with a few other people who I didn’t know.

Language help

The words and expressions in C are followed by nouns, noun phrases, or a verb plus -ing, e.g. As well as speaking Japanese, she also speaks French.
(NOT As well as she speaks Japanese, she also speaks French.)


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