LINKING ADVERBIALS

COMPLETE THE SENTENCES:

You would better go now, ----- you will miss the bus.

• in case

• otherwise

• so that

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Leave early ----- you don't miss the plane.

• in case

• so that

• otherwise

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He went to see the match, ----- he doesn't like cricket.

• however

• even though

• whereas

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He went to see the match, ----- I watched it on TV.

• even though

• whereas

• so

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----- you look at it, cricket is a boring game.

• However

• Even though

• Whereas

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Conjunctions can be used at the beginning of a sentence e.g. And, But...

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Normally Linking Adverbials are used to connect one sentence with another.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Linking Adverbials usually appear at the beginning of a sentences and are followed by a comma.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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He does not act hastily. -----, he sometimes takes days to reach a decision.

• However

• By contrast

• On the contrary

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I hope to get a new computer next month. -----, I will use my mother's laptop.

• In the meantime

• From that time on

• until

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