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Ielts Linking Word Exercise

Students will be able to exercise some useful linking words of IELTS as part of sentencecompletion. 

1. Mr. Kyut is poor; ___, his cousin Katey is rich.

a. therefore b. otherwise c. however 

2. You¶d better take a taxi cab ___, you wll be late.a. Consequently b. In addition c. Otherwise

3. I very much enjoy going through this new daily magazine. ___, it has some good writings.

a. Moreover b. Nevertheless c. Consequently

4. Jimmy was not tired. ___, he only took a nap.

a. Therefore b. Hence c. Nevertheless

5. Paul was not thirsty at all; ___, he drank three glasses of water.a. however b. moreover c. secondly

6. The kids of the class 5 did not study. ___, they failed the course of Mr. Kaile.

a. Therefore b. Nonetheless c. On the other hand

7. The weather of Bangladesh was terrible. ___, we decided to delay our trip to Dhaka.

a. Subsequently b. Besides c. Therefore

8. You must buy the tickets of IPL semi finals; ___, we won¶t be able to see the play.a. otherwise b. although c. besides

9. The occupants of this area is not very interesting. I like the house atmosphere, ___.

a. moreover b. thus c. though

10.We live in the same building under the same roof for almost 3 years; ___, we hardly see each

other daily.a. however b. therefore c. furthermore

11. He couldn't earn sufficient amount of money to run his family. ___, his wife decided to get a

 job.a. Moreover b. Therefore c. Although

12. This house is not big enough for us to live comfortably, and ___, it¶s too much expensive.

a. furthermore b. hence c. although

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13. _____ the literacy rate of City A increased dramatically in the first quarter, it decreasedsharply in the second quarter.

a. Though b. Instead c. However 

14. The commodity price soared ______ the share price plummeted.

a. After b. But c. Furthermore

15. You should work hard _______ you will fail to earn the PhD degree.

a. Hence b. Otherwise c. Though

16. ________ walking long distance, Mr. Leon was panting.

a. As a result of b. Becasue c. However 

17. _____ terrible weather, the students could not reach school on time.

a. As c. Although d. Due to

18. The town was having difficulties in attaining growth, _____ the mass people was notsatisfied at all.

a. Hence b. After c. Then

if you want to get a complete list of useful Linking words for IELTS, then you can find those in

http://www.bukisa.com/articles/493886_ielts-linking-words-collection 

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