Transition Words - questions from various sources

Today we use cars and trucks to take long trips. ________ they used wagons and horses for transportation like that.

• Maybe
• For example
• Long ago
• That's why

For six months my dog Rocky wasn't very happy because he had to stay outside in the rain and snow. Yesterday, my dad and I decided to make him a doghouse. We worked all day building that thing.______ my dog can be happy because he has a dry place to sleep.

• Nevertheless

• Later

• Generally

• At last

I want to eat at the Waffle House for breakfast, but my mom lost the keys to the car.______ we find them, we aren't going to be able to go.

• Unless

• Then

• Later

• Maybe

The ability to fly has fascinated people for centuries._______they used giant balloons, but nowdays we use airplanes and helicopters.

• Unfortunately 
• Although
• At last
• Long ago

The fishermen get up very early and take the boats out to the best fishing spots along the coast. ________, they're usually fishing before the sun even comes up.

• Long ago
• In fact
• Finally
• Unless

There are many species of whales that eat krill._____, the blue whale can eat an average of four tons of krill each day.

• Also

• For example

• Meanwhile

• Unless

It's six thirty right now and the park closes at seven.________it's very late, Javier and Rico still want to go to the park to play baseball.

• Unless
• Although
• Next
• Finally

The desert has very little water and it also rains very little there. ________ the cacti there save up water inside.

• Afterwards
• Maybe
• That's why
• Finally

During the day, the desert is far too hot for the animals to be very active._______, many animals in the desert go out at night when it's cooler, to hunt and eat.

• Finally
• For that reason
• Maybe
• Later

The raindrops fell over the mountain like tiny bullets, hitting hard against the leaves of the trees. _______ the sun came out and made the wet forest glisten brightly.

• Prehaps
• Possibly
• Just before
• Afterwards