Linking Words



Exercise – 2

Fill the the blanks:

(whereas, otherwise, in addition, although, likewise, in fact,  however, consequently,  unless, despite)


1. He jumped in the water to save the young girl, being unable to swim himself.

2. Someone once joked that dogs think you’re family, cats think you’re staff.

3. We didn’t go anywhere exotic for our holiday. , we had a simply wonderful  time.

4. The rent is a little high; , it’s a very nice house.

5. She kept the old photos for sentimental reasons she knew she would never see  him again.

6. I’m not at all brave; , I’m a total chicken.

7. We cannot really reduce the destruction of our environment we  change our  philosophy of consumerism in this society.

8. Recent polls show that most Canadians oppose censorship of the Internet. the government is happy to ignore the issue of pornographic websites.

9. Koalas and humans are the only animals with unique fingerprints and , koala  prints cannot be distinguished from human fingerprints.

10. You need to come to class on time. , you need to work harder on your homework







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