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COLEGIO QUINTO CENTENARIO

CORDILLERA

MISS LORENA BARRIENTOS S.

 AND

I PLAY THE PIANO AND I

SING IN THE CHOIR.
 BOTH... AND

MY FATHER CAN BOTH

SPEAK AND WRITE IN
GERMAN
 ...OR...

YOU CAN HAVE A

BURGER OR A CAKE
 EITHER ...OR...

EITHER YOU DO IT NOW

OR YOU’LL NEVER DO IT.
 NEITHER ...NOR...

NEITHER HELEN NOR

SIMON CAN GO.
 ...BUT ...

I LIKE HER HAT BUT IT

DOESN’T GO WITH HER
DRESS
 ...BUT TO...

I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO

ACCEPT THEIR OFFER.
 ON THE ONE HAND...,
BUT ON THE OTHER
HAND...

ON THE ONE HAND I WOULD LIKE

TO GET A NEW DEGREE, BUT ON
THE OTHER HAND I DON’T LIKE TO
STUDY FOR SO MANY YEARS.
 HOWEVER/ THOUGH

THE FILM WAS GOOD. A BIT TOO

LONG, HOWEVER.
HIS STORY IS TRUE. HOWEVER, I
DON’T TRUST HIM.
 HOWEVER/ THOUGH

HE LOOKS LIKE A TOUGH GUY. HE’S

QUITE SHY, THOUGH.
 ALTHOUGH/ THOUGH

ALTHOUGH/THOUGH HE’S A
YOUNG WRITER, HE’S ALREADY
WON AN IMPORTANT AWARD.
 ...EVEN THOUGH...

I WENT TO THE BEACH EVEN

THOUGH IT WAS RAINING. ( FOR
REAL FACTS)
 ...EVEN IF...

WE’LL GO TO THE BEACH,

EVEN IF IT’S RAINING.
(HYPOTHESIS)
 DESPITE/ IN SPITE OF....

•I’M GOING TO BUY THAT HOUSE IN

SPITE OF / DESPITE ITS PRICE.
•I COULDN’T EAT ANY BURGER IN
SPITE OF/DESPITE BEING VERY
HUNGRY.
 HOWEVER (+ADJECTIVE
OR ADVERB)....

HOWEVER HARD YOU MAY TRY

AGAIN ANY WAY.
 BECAUSE...

HE DIDN’T GO OUT BECAUSE HE

WAS VERY BUSY.
 AS...

AS HE COULDN’T FIND A JOB, HE

ENROLLED ON A WEB-DESIGN
COURSE..
 SINCE...

SINCE WE HAD SPENT ALL OUR

MONEY, WE COULDN’T EVEN BUY A
SOUVENIR.
 , SO...

WE WOKE UP LATE, SO WE MISSED

OUR BUS.
 THEREFORE, AS A RESULT,
CONSEQUENTLY, FOR THIS
REASON...

HE’S BROKEN HIS LEG THEREFORE

HE WON’T PLAY IN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
 ...SO +
ADJECTIVE/ADVERB+THAT..
.

THE CAKE WAS SO DELICIOUS THAT

EVERYBODY ATE IT.
 ...SUCH A +
ADJECTIVE+NOUN+ THAT...

THE TEACHER SPOKE FOR SUCH A

LONG TIME THAT NO ONE WAS
LISTENING IN THE END.
 ...TO/ IN ORDER TO...

HE’S QUALIFYING TO/ IN ORDER TO

BECOME AN ACCOUNTANT.
 ...SO THAT + PRONOUN+
(WILL, WOULD, CAN, COULD,
MAY, MIGHT)...

I’LL USE A MICROPHONE SO THAT

EVERYBODY CAN HEAR.
 WHEN...

WHEN YOU HAVE FINISHED THIS

EXERCISE , DO THE NEXT ONE.
 WHENEVER...

YOU CAN COME TO MY HOUSE

WHENEVER YOU LIKE.
 WHILE ...

WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING, I WAS

WORKING.
 ...AS LONG AS ...

YOU CAN DRINK BEER AS LONG AS

YOU DON’T OVERDUE.
 ...UNTIL...

I WAITED UNTIL THEY HAD GONE.

 ...AS SOON AS...

I WILL TELL HIM AS SOON AS I SEE

HIM.
 ...BEFORE...

BEFORE GOING / BEFORE HE GOES

TO SCHOOL, HE DELIVERS THE
NEWSPAPER.
 ...AFTER...

AFTER DELIVERING / AFTER HE

DELIVERS THE NEWSPAPER , HE
GOES TO SCHOOL.
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SEQUENCES IN A TEXT

THEY INDICATE THE

CHRONOLOGICAL SUCESSION
OF A SERIES OF EVENTS
 TELLING A STORY

FIRST,
THEN, AFTER THAT, NEXT,
LATER,
FINALLY/EVENTUALLY/IN THE
END/AT LAST.
 PRESENTING A WRITTEN
REPORT

FIRSTLY,
SECONDLY,
IN ADDITION, ANOTHER POINT IS,
FINALLY/LASTLY/ IN CONCLUSION,
LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST
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MOREOVER/ FURTHERMORE
 MOREOVER/
FURTHERMORE/ WHAT’S
MORE

HE WAS SENTENCED TO SIX

MONTHS. MOREOVER/
FURTHERMORE, / WHAT’S MORE HE
HAD TO PAY A FINE.
 ALSO/ BESIDES (THAT)/ IN
ADDITION TO THAT/IN
ADDITION TO...

HE’S SO CLEVER, ALSO/BESIDES

THAT/ IN ADDITION TO THAT
HE’S SO GENEROUS.
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YOU CAN’T JUMP AS HIGH AS

I CAN.
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WHEN IN ROME, DO AS THE

ROMANS DO.
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WE DANCED LIKE WE’D NEVER

DANCED BEFORE.
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HE’S TALLER THAN ME.

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IF, IN CASE, PROVIDED/

PROVIDING, UNLESS
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I’LL DRIVE IF/ UNLESS/

PROVIDED/ PROVIDING/ IN
CASE YOU TELL ME THE WAY.
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AS IF/ AS THOUGH
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HE TURNED PALE, AS IF/ AS

THOUGH HE HAD BEEN
FRIGHTENED.
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HE SAID ( THAT) HE HADN’T

HEARD ABOUT THE ACCIDENT.
(REPORTED SPEECH)
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THAT IS ( TO SAY) / I.E.

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ADMITTANCE IS FREE FOR

SENIOR CITIZENS, THAT IS TO
SAY PEOPLE OVER 65.