First name: _____________________ Surname: _______________________ No.

: _______
Date: _____________________________________________________________________

Insert the right connector in each of these blanks:

with because also through about near in spite of both

but firstly however

Studying in an English village

I recently visited England to try to improve my English ; (1)…………………………………………, all in

all, I dare say, it certainly wasn’t what I had expected. (2) ……………………………, I wanted to
go somewhere(3) …………………………… to Oxford(4) ……………………………..I had heard that the
best English is spoken there. Besides, someone told me that the best academies are (5)
…………………….. there. The other possibility was London, but it was (6)………………………very
expensive and it offered too many temptations for my spare time.
I chose to go to a village. I found it (7)…………………………….the Internet and kept in touch (8)
………………….. the agency by e-mail. I received information (9)………………………. my tutor, a
short explanation about my future house, pictures of the house, the village, etc…
(10)………………………. I could never have imagined what it meant to live in an English village!
(11)……………….. the “culture shock”, I consider that this experience was a good investment.
Answer key

1. However
2. Firstly
3. Near
4. Because
5. Also
6. Both
7. Through
8. With
9. About
10. But
11. In spite of