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Connectors / Linking Words - Exercises A. Link The Following Pairs of Sentences Using The Linking Words in Brackets

The document provides exercises to practice using linking words and connectors to join sentences. The first part asks to link pairs of sentences using specific connectors like "not only...but also". The second part asks to complete sentences using one of several provided linking words like "because", "moreover", and "so".

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Connectors / Linking Words - Exercises A. Link The Following Pairs of Sentences Using The Linking Words in Brackets

The document provides exercises to practice using linking words and connectors to join sentences. The first part asks to link pairs of sentences using specific connectors like "not only...but also". The second part asks to complete sentences using one of several provided linking words like "because", "moreover", and "so".

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CONNECTORS / LINKING WORDS - EXERCISES A. Link the following pairs of sentences using the linking words in brackets. 1.

Ted likes sweets very much. He likes good food too. (not only ... but also) 2. Mary is coming on Saturday. Her mother is also coming. (not only .... but also) 3. People speak Portuguese in Portugal. They also speak Portuguese in Braziland Angola. (as well as) 4. Mr Davis took his hat. He also took his umbrella. (as well as) 5. He cheated in his examination. He was expelled (because) 6. It was raining. Tom went to school by bus. (as) 7. It is raining very hard. We'd better stay in. (so) 8. He had no difficulty in getting a scholarship for the University. He was a very good student. (since) 9. The authorities forbade the demonstration. They threat to put to jail all the demonstrators. (moreover) B. Complete using one of the following linking words. More than one answer is possible in some sentences. As a result of; as well as; because; because of; besides; due to ; moreover ; not only but also; so; therefore 1. _______________ the fog many flights have been cancelled. 2. He looked like a beggar ____________ he was wearing shabby clothes. 3. ____________ the terrible accident they had last week, the Browns are a still in hospital. 4. The doctors prognosis is still reserved, _________ we don't know whether the Browns can spend the holiday at home. 5. Peter is lucky; he is ____________good-looking, __________ intelligent. All the girls like him. 6. The traffic was heavy. __________ my car broke down. __________ I arrived late to the meeting. 7. The plane was late. ___________ I couldn't arrive on time for my son's birthday party. 8. ____________ last nights thunderstorm there was a power failure. 9. The power failure caused all kinds of problems with the computers, ___________ an enormous confusion among everybody. 1

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