Here is a worksheet I put together to help my students with some of the linking words of contrast which commonly come up in FCE Use of English part 1, and which they can use in their writing. The first page has rules for using but, however, nevertheless, although, even though, despite and in spite of. I know it’s not exhaustive, but it’s hopefully a good start!
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Answers: 1b 2c 3a 4c 5d 6d 7b 8a
Do you have any other suggestions for helping students to understand the differences between these words?
Sandy Millin 
Sandy,
Another good one,
Love
Grandy XXX
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A huge thank you for this one! I have a lesson tomorrow on this aspect of language with the director of one of the companies I work with and remembered that you had published this recently (thanks email subscription!) and am always looking for good ways to work on linkwords! Again, you just saved me about an hour’s worth of preparation–thanks Sandy!
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Happy to help Christina 🙂
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