Transition word exercises

Exercise 1
Insert the best alternative
1 Polls show that Tony Blair is the most popular Prime Minister this century.
________________ ,
there are even members of his own party who are uneasy with his approach.
In particular However For instance
2 There are some slight variations in temperature, but ________________ 26 to 27! shoul" be
e#pecte".
consequently otherwise as a rule
3 The two main !hannel $slan"s, ________________ %ersey an" &uernsey, are much closer to
'rance than to (nglan".
for example namely in particular
4 $t was announce" that nurses) wor*ing hours woul" be increase" by 2+,. ______________ ,
even fewer trainee nurses are e#pecte" to -oin the profession.
As a result So that Likewise
5 .ales of !/s have e#perience" a small but stea"y fall over the past 02 months.
_____________ , vinyl recor"s have seen an increase in their share of the mar*et, up to 0.7,.
Above all Correspondinly In contrast
6 The 1ice !hancellor e#plaine" that in light of the current financial climate an" because of
une#pecte" ba" "ebts, it woul" be necessary to peg salary levels at their current level for all
gra"es of staff. ______________ , no2one was getting a pay rise.
!evertheless In other words Similarly
7 $t is clear, therefore, that the situation in Bra3il will improve only slowly. ______________ the
economic problems being e#perience" in %apan, the outloo* is slightly more optimistic.
Furthermore In comparison "ith reference to
8 $n or"er to try to re"uce car use in the inner cities, the government has announce" new
restrictions on company par*ing spaces an" ______________ , a new ta# on in"ivi"ual car use.
as well as in addition in the same way
9 (ssays must be han"e" in by the "ea"line, ______________ they will not be mar*e".
obviously otherwise as a result
10 ______________ it has been shown that fractures can occur at even relatively low
pressures, the use of the material shoul" not be completely "iscounte".
!evertheless #ecause $ven thouh