Structural Phrases – AB51 English School

apart from/except for

'not including', 'everything in this group, but not this one' I play football every day apart from Monday.I play football every day except for Monday. All the students passed, apart…

that said

but, however, on the other hand(Used to introduce a negative after a positive, or a positive after a negative) “He really has studied well this term. That said, I think…

unless

x will be true if y doesn’t happen; x won’t be true if y does happen I’m going to break your legs unless you pay me. Nobody can come in…

instead of

won't do x, because change to y(rejecting one idea in favour of another) When she heard he was a vegetarian, she decided to cook pasta instead of chicken. Instead of…

let alone/much less/never mind

Can’t do a small thing, so certainly can’t do the bigger thing I can’t remember my first kiss, let alone if it was any good. We don’t have enough money…

it’s not that…; it’s just that…

It may look like this reason, but it is actually this other reason It’s not that I can’t afford it, it’s just that I think that it is overpriced. It’s…

without a doubt

certainly, 100%, no question That was, without a doubt, the funniest movie I have ever seen. Without a doubt she is the stupidest person I have ever met! They deserved…

Giving Examples

for example for instance Dave is always doing dumb things. For instance, last week he put his cat in the microwave to dry it. as follows 'as follows' is used…

in order to…

for this reason; so as to do this('in order to' is followed by a verb) He went back to the school in order to return his books. She cut her…

…, let alone… / …, much less… / …, never mind…

can't do one smaller thing, so certainly can't do a bigger thing can't do an easy thing, so certainly can't do a hard thing (start with the lesser thing, then…