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THE BASIC RULES

• - Paragraphs should be detailed and not very, very long.
• - Connectives should connect the sentences, so the sentences make sense and are more clear.
• - Topic sentences should summarize the topic in a short, clear paragraph.
• - The structure should be in chronological order so that everything makes sense and isn´t messy and 'all over the place'.

SOME CONNECTIVES

To compare or contrast: Although However In contrast Nevertheless On the other hand Whereas Yet Despite In spite of

To indicate more information: Besides Furthermore In addition In fact Moreover Second...Third..., etc. also,

To indicate a result or an effect: Therefore Thus Consequently Since So

EXERCISES

Task 1: Connectives Connect the sentences using connectives. Use either "although", "and", "while" or "because".

• a) He couldn´t go to the ski trip. He was sick.
• b) He was in town. His mother was out.
• c) She was outside. It was raining.
• d) I like chocolate. I like pizza.
• e) He put a chicken on his mother. His mother was making chicken wings.
• f) She went cart driving. She hurt her ankle.
• g) He bought a pair of shoes. He had money left.
• h) Wali's mother cut her hair. It was too long.
• i) She ate ice cream. She was ice skating.
• j) Her pencil broke in half. She stepped on it.
• k) He didn't go to the park. He wanted to.
• l) He had a fight with his mother. She wouldn't let him go camping.

Answer Key

Task 2 : Choose the right connective.

1. I am very sad ......... I have no friends.

	because
	therefore
	although

2. My brother had a toy ..... brought back memories.

	while
	which
	so

3. She bought an iPhone .... a Macbook.

	and
	also
	that

4. She had decorations ..... halloween.

	due to
	because
	from

5. She ate pizza ...... she ate dessert.

	because
	before
	so

6. The owl is blue ..... the night.

	during
	because
	throughout

7. My cat can't sing ....... it is watched.

	and
	therefore
	when

8. My teacher is very smart ...... he can teach us easily.

	while
	so
	because

9. Nina is almost bald ....... everytime she's nervous, she plays with her hair.

	because
	due to
	so

10. Wali is good at rapping ..... she doesn't want to rap.

	but
	while
	so

11. Nina likes unicorns ...... they don't exist.

	while
	so
	even though

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