Discourse markers are the words and phrases that guide a listener or reader through what you’re saying. They show how ideas connect: adding a point, contrasting, giving a result, rephrasing, or summing up. The activities below practise them by function.
Reformulating
Markers like in other words, that is, put simply and to put it another way restate an idea more clearly.
Jargon Decoder (sentence match)
Reformulating and Summarising Markers (cloze text)
Contrasting
Markers like although, even though and despite show that something is surprising or unexpected. Although and even though are followed by a subject and verb; despite is followed by a noun or an -ing form.
Although, Even Though or Despite? (multiple choice)