PRACTICE 4 Using Transitions in Cause and Effect

Read the paragraph that follows, and fill in the blanks with transitions.

Then you have to record an audio of yours.

Recently, neuroscientists, who have long been skeptical about meditation,

confirm that it has numerous positive outcomes. (1)…………………………. is that

people who meditate can maintain their focus and attention longer than people

who do not. This ability to stay “on task” was demonstrated among students who

had been practicing meditation for several weeks. They reported more effective

studying and learning because they were able to pay attention. (2)

………………………… positive outcome was the ability to relax on command. While

meditating, people learned how to reduce their heart rates and blood pressure

so that they could relax more easily in all kinds of situations. (3)

…………………………… outcome was a thickening of the brain’s cortex.