Transition Words ESL Worksheets and Games

Cause and Effect

Pre-intermediate (A2) 25 minutes
ESL Cause and Effect Worksheet - Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises: Identifying, Categorising, Binary Choice, Gap-fill, Unscrambling, Rewriting Sentences

In this comprehensive cause and effect worksheet, students practice transition words to show cause and effect. First, students identify cause and effect... read more

Link Up

Pre-intermediate (A2) 25 minutes
ESL Transition Words Game - Vocabulary and Grammar: Matching, Sentence Completion - Group and Pair Work

In this free transition words game, students connect sentences together with transition words and phrases for giving additional information. Read the first sentence to the class. Students then take it in... read more

Common Discourse Markers

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Discourse Markers Worksheet - Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises: Gap-fill, Matching, Sentence Completion, Rewriting Sentences

In this useful discourse markers worksheet, students practice six discourse markers commonly used in everyday conversation. Students start by completing... read more

Comparing and Contrasting

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Comparing and Contrasting Worksheet - Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises: Categorising, Binary Choice, Unscrambling, Writing Sentences

This productive comparing and contrasting worksheet helps students learn and practice transition words that are used to compare and contrast information. To begin,... read more

Condition Words and Phrases

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Condition Words Worksheet - Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises: Matching, Gap-fill, Error Correction, Sentence Completion

This handy condition words worksheet helps students practice words and phrases that express conditions. First, students match condition sentences or sentence... read more

Contrast, Cause and Effect

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Contrast, Cause and Effect Worksheet - Vocabulary and Grammar Exercises: Categorising, Rewriting Sentences, Gap-fill, Binary Choice

In this free transition words worksheet, students learn and practice transition words that show contrast, cause and effect. To start, students categorize transition... read more

Despite

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Despite Worksheet - Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises: Identifying, Error Correction, Listing, Matching, Writing Sentences

This insightful contrasting ideas worksheet helps students learn how to use the transition word despite in sentences to link contrasting ideas. Students begin by putting... read more

Generalization Race

Intermediate (B1) 25 minutes
ESL Transition Words Game - Vocabulary: Matching - Group Work

In this fast-paced generalization words game, students race to match specific statements with general ones. Students take it in turns to pick up a specific sentence card and read it to the group. The other group members listen and then race to find and read... read more

Illustration Words and Phrases

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Illustration Words Worksheet - Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises: Matching, Categorising, Error Correction, Rewriting Sentences

This rewarding illustration words worksheet helps students practice words and phrases that illustrate a point with examples. Students start by matching sentences or... read more

Sequence Words

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Sequence Words Worksheet - Vocabulary, Grammar, Reading and Writing Exercises: Ordering, Categorising, Unscrambling, Sentence Completion

This engaging sequence words worksheet helps students learn and practice transition words that show order. First, students put instructions for making ice... read more

Summarising

Intermediate (B1) 25 minutes
ESL Summarising Worksheet - Vocabulary, Reading and Writing Exercises: Matching, Writing Sentences

This enjoyable summarising worksheet helps students learn and practice transition words that are used to summarise. First, students read paragraphs and match a summary sentence from a box with each... read more

Compare and Contrast Race

Upper-intermediate (B2) 25 minutes
ESL Transition Words Game - Vocabulary: Sentence Completion - Group Work

In this fun transition words game, students race to complete sentences with transition words for comparing and contrasting. Students take it in turns to pick up a card and read the two transition words or phrases on the card to the other students... read more

Concession Words and Phrases

Upper-intermediate (B2) 35 minutes
ESL Concession Words Worksheet - Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises: Binary Choice, Identifying, Rewriting Sentences, Sentence Completion

This in-depth concession words worksheet helps students practice transition words and phrases that concede a point. To begin, students read example... read more

Connected

Upper-intermediate (B2) 35 minutes
ESL Linking Words Game - Speaking and Vocabulary: Guided Discussions - Group Work

In this free linking words game, students discuss various topics using specific linking words and phrases. Each student takes a linking word card and the first topic card is turned over for everyone to see,... read more

Emphasis Words and Phrases

Upper-intermediate (B2) 25 minutes
ESL Emphasis Words Worksheet - Grammar and Vocabulary Exercises: Gap-fill, Matching, Modifying Sentences

This memorable emphasis words worksheet helps students practice words and phrases that emphasize a point. Students start by completing sentences with emphasis transition words and phrases... read more

Reason and Result Race

Upper-intermediate (B2) 30 minutes
ESL Transition Words Game - Grammar and Vocabulary: Sentence Completion - Pair Work

In this entertaining transition words game, students race to complete sentences that use transition words for giving reasons and results. One student from each pair comes to your desk and picks up sentence... read more