Transition Words Lesson

CHOOSE THE BEST INTRODUCTORY WORD(S) FOR THE BLANK I want you to learn several things in this lesson. _____________, I want you to become familiar with new ways to express common ideas.

• Even though

• Surprisingly

• Foremost

• Yet

I had a broken leg, a fever, and a headache. _____________ all this, I still went to the show.

• Thus

• Proof

• Despite

• Yet

There was a stop sign on the corner. Thus I knew that I needed to hit the brakes fast.

• Add a comma after "thus"

• Remove the period after "corner"

• "Thus" should have a lowercase t

• "Thus" should be changed to "However"

Which of the following sets contains only introductory words that we studied on our list?

• however, consequently, to be specific, primarily

• as well, shockingly, most importantly, Whataburger

• as a result, most of all, in particular, interesting

• curious, golden, watery, slippery

Take your lunch, your laptops, and your notebooks. Additionally you may need your backpack to hold all these materials.

• Change "Additionally" to "In effect"

• Add a comma after "Additionally"

• Add a comma after "you"

• Correct as is

Which is spelled correctly?

• neverthaless

• nevertheless

• never the less

• nevertheles

Which transition word best completes this sentence.

_________, we need to gather all the materials before starting the science experiment.

• First

• In addition

• However

Which transition word best completes this sentence. I didn't finish my homework last night, _________ I will need to work on it during lunch.

• So

• Because

• Lastly

Which transition word best completes this sentence. The weather was sunny all week. _________, it started raining on the weekend.

• However

• similarly

• also

Which transition word best completes this sentence.

She didn't go to school _________ she was feeling sick.

• so

• lastly

• because