LINKERS & CONNECTORS (CONDITION & ADDITION)

LINKERS & CONNECTORS (CONDITION & ADDITION)

Optativa: Comprensión y Producción de Textos en Lengua Extranjera II

Connector of Condition

• The expressions providing, provided that and as long as have very similar meanings and are usually interchangeable. They are used before saying the conditions that make something else happen or be true.

• Unless is similar to if not.

Examples

• We can win the championship, providing we avoid bad injuries.

• I will leave now unless there is anything left to do now.

• We can hold the party in the garden provided that it doesn’t rain.

• The public will be admitted to the galleries, providing they make a donation.

• You can keep the puppy as long as you promise to take care of it.

Multiple Choice

You can take my car _______ you drive carefully.

• as long as

• but

• also

• when

Multiple Choice

You cannot study at a private college _____ you get a full scholarship.

• moreover

• first

• unless

• otherwise

Multiple Choice

You can go to the party _____ you cleaned the house first.

• providing that

• besides

• unless

• over

Multiple Choice

My parents don’t care who is my girlfriend or boyfriend ______ I am happy.

• unless

• as long as

• less than

• next

Multiple Choice

You can go to an exchange to Paris ____ you get the best grades of your school.

• always

• providing that

• unless

• often

Connectors of Addition

• There are mainly two types of sentence connectors: conjunctions and relative pronouns.

  Sentence connectors showing addition

  We can show addition using several different connecting words. The common connecting words used to show addition are: 

  
  

• and, not only…but also, as well as, in addition, additionally, moreover, also, furthermore, in addition to

Examples

• Jacob took his pen out and started writing.

  came soon after.

• The police arrived first and the ambulance.

• She has got a car as well as a motorbike.

• She has got not only a motorbike, but also a car.

• The officer is unwilling to admit his mistake. Moreover, he has proved that he is totally incapable of handling the situation.

More examples

• The basketballer played badly. In addition, he was extremely rude to a press photographer.

• She not only sings; she also plays the piano.

• The refugees are short of food. Furthermore, they desperately need medical assistance.

Multiple Choice

A communicator can be an expert photographer ___ a good speaker in public.

• and

• but

• however

• otherwise

Multiple Choice

A professor can teach to different kind of people, _____, teachers can plan, manage and organize a school.

• unless

• but also

• on the other hand

• if

Multiple Choice

A marketer can design new campaings for new brand products, create new ways to impact society. _____, they can handle payroll and accounting.

• moreover

• but

• first

• otherwise

Multiple Choice

Fedelobo is ____ a good speaker, gamer and content creator. He has to be a good husband too.

• not only

• perhaps

• next

• just

Open Ended

Now you do it! Write a sentence talking about a story that happened to you using an "ADDITION" connector.