各位DSE同學有冇試過明明覺得自己答案「中晒 point」，但偏偏分數總係「爭梗啲」？你可能係缺少咗 connectives/ transitional words（連接詞／轉折詞）！

佢哋係句子／文章中有承上啟下之用；可以幫你即時「執靚」你篇文，令文章更為通順有條理。

更重要嘅係，呢啲字詞唔係得英文科先「啱使」！大家如果亦有用英文選修其他如經濟，歷史甚至生物等科目，呢啲字詞係絕對可以係你作答 essay questions（短文問題）時「大派用場」㗎！

因為無論咩科目都好，清晰有條理都係短文作答嘅關鍵－－試想想閱卷員每日可能需要批改數十張考卷，已經要「一目十行」；寫得唔清唔楚，鋪排雜亂無章嘅答卷唔單止影響閱卷員對答案嘅理解，仲極有可能因為觀感差而被扣印象分呢！

一於記低以下超實用 connectives/ transitional words (連接詞／轉折詞)，下次測驗考試時試下運用：

 

1. 首先

  • To begin with
  • In the first place
  • First and foremost

 

2. 其次

  • Furthermore
  • In addition (to that)
  • Moreover
  • Besides
  • Next

 

3. 最後

  • Finally
  • Last but not least
  • Lastly

 

記低以上同類字詞，以後就唔好次次都用firstly, secondly, thirdly喇！

 

 

4. 結論

  • To conclude
  • In conclusion
  • To sum up
  • In short

 

5. 舉例

  • For example
  • For instance
  • As an example
  • To illustrate this

 

 

6. 闡明／解釋

  • In other words
  • To put it in another way
  • That is to say

 

7. 所以

  • Therefore
  • Consequently
  • Thus
  • Hence