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Connectors: and, but, because and so And expresses addition. When we use it, we add ‘something to the previous Because expresses cause. When we use it we are presenting a reason. because or so, He had to go to the doctor. Bella took off her slippers. ‘She went to bed afterwards. Connectors are used to join and connect clauses. They express different things. Buk But expresses. contrast, When we use it we are ‘opposing two ideas, Se So expresses the result of omething stated on the previous clause. ‘A) Now join the two pairs of the sentences written below ‘that illustrate the pictures on the left by using and, but, ‘John took a bath early in the morning. The family had dinner very quickly. They wanted to go to the museum. Connectors / Linking words are very important because they indicate the relationship between ideas in seneences and paragraphs. They have different functions and positions in the sentences. Subordinators are linking words that join Clauses together and are used at the beginning or middle of 9 seneence. Sentence connectors are placed at the beginning of a sentence. Fill in the gaps with one of the linking words on the right. Some can be repeated. She does her bese at work, most of her workmates are Very lazy. her salary was so high, she boughe a new car every year. ____ does telework increase productivity, __it_cuts the costs of Commuting every day. ____ the position you applied for has been filled, we are going to keep your CV for future reference. Some professionals pose their work on the Net, people all over ‘the world can have access to it. ____Thad a lot of money, I wouldn't invest in this counery now. __ she stares Coming on time, she will be fired. She wanted to apply for a job in Australia, she seudied English hard. _____ he was very tired, he stayed in his office ill late to Finish bis ‘work. 10- Applicants for this job should speak at least two other European languages _ German. 2- She refused the job___the payment wasn’t satisfactory. 12- She arrives early every day, _ help her coworkers. 13-__ being late, he was able to finish his work in time. 14 __the rise of unemploymene, Families have worse living conditions. 15- Some employers believe in incentive schemes, __ they wane their employees to be more productive. 36- Our Company is doing well. __ we aren't going to expand, ‘the economic crisis we are facing. 17- Taxes have gone up every year, __Our Salaries have gone down. 18-__ our company is expanding we have to hire more workers. 19 We are interested in coses_in the Competition. 20-You can have a day OFF, ___ you finish all the work you have to do this week. hael arrives late for a meeting, his boss will be angry. a 25 PLCC wetive, Bony strike on public transport. 23 He ~~ Studiés~ ~~ 100KS for a JOb. He wants to go on living on his parents’ expenses. Neither...or ‘Whereas Besides ‘Therefore Both...and Not oniy...but also So that Since Although Despit Ip case Nonetheless Unless In order to «| Because of

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