ESL App is an innovative English learning app designed to help users become fluent in English using advanced AI. A conjunctive adverb is an adverb such as however or as a result or an adverbial phrase such as on the other hand or as a result that joins two related ideas. Linking words, also called sentence transitions and transition words, help your sentences to easily switch between them so you speak English with clarity. And these smooth transitions make it, Linking words, also called transition words, are words and phrases like however or else that connect clauses, sentences, paragraphs, or other words. The purpose of connecting words, 5. Gemini. Geminates are a doubled or long consonant. In connected speech, when a first word ends with the same consonant that the next word begins with, we often put the sounds together and lengthen them. For example: “singles” turns into “singles”. “Social life” is transformed into “social life”. Conjunctions can combine two basic words or clauses. You can also take two sentences and combine them into one sentence with a conjunction. There are three common types of English conjunctions: coordinating, subordinating, and correlative. Let's break down the following conjunctions using each of these three categories.