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Hello and welcome to six minute vocabulary. I'm Rob.

And I'm Catherine. And this programme is all about linking words. That's the words and phrases be used to connect ideas and events when we speak all right.

Yes, we call them linking words and phrases. They help people to follow what we're saying by showing how ideas are connected to each other.

First, we'll look at some examples.

Next, there will be a short quiz.

And finally, we'll leave you with a top tip for learning vocabulary.

But to start with, let's listen to Angela talking about a lucky escape she had.

While you listen, try to answer this question. Who or what saved Angela in the end?

Mm-hmm. Here's Angela. So, Angela, tell us, what did you escape from? A shark. Wow. Really?

Yes. What happened was, I was swimming off the coast, when all of a sudden I saw a huge black

shape coming towards me. To begin with, I thought it was a dolphin. But it wasn't. So, what

happened next? Well, I then quickly realised it was a shark. Luckily, I'm a very far swimmer,

but in the end, it was a boat that saved me.

Oh, that's an incredible story.

We asked who or what saved Angela.

And it was a boat.

Angela said, in the end, a boat saved me.

Lucky lady.

Now, Angela helped us to follow her story by using linking words and phrases to tell us what happened, when it happened and how she felt about it. Let's have a look at some of them.

OK. Right, now the first one was right at the beginning. Angela said, what happened was,

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