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Transition word exercisesExercise 1
Insert the best alternative
1Polls show that Tony Blair is the most popular Prime Minister
this century.________________ ,there are even members of his own
party who are uneasy with his approach.
In particular However For instance
2There are some slight variations in temperature, but
________________ 26 to 27! shoul" bee#pecte".
consequently otherwise as a rule
3The two main !hannel $slan"s, ________________ %ersey an"
&uernsey, are much closer to'rance than to (nglan".
for example namely in particular
4$t was announce" that nurses) wor*ing hours woul" be increase"
by 2+. ______________ ,even fewer trainee nurses are e#pecte" to
-oin the profession.
As a result So that Likewise
5ales of !/s have e#perience" a small but stea"y fall over the
past 02 months._____________ , vinyl recor"s have seen an increase
in their share of the mar*et, up to 0.7.
Above all Correspondinly In contrast
6The 1ice !hancellor e#plaine" that in light of the current
financial climate an" because ofune#pecte" ba" "ebts, it woul" be
necessary to peg salary levels at their current level for allgra"es
of staff. ______________ , noone was getting a pay rise.
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!evertheless In other words Similarly
7$t is clear, therefore, that the situation in Bra3il will
improve only slowly. ______________ theeconomic problems being
e#perience" in %apan, the outloo* is slightly more optimistic.
Furthermore In comparison "ith reference to
8$n or"er to try to re"uce car use in the inner cities, the
government has announce" newrestrictions on company par*ing spaces
an" ______________ , a new ta# on in"ivi"ual car use.
as well as in addition in the same way
9(ssays must be han"e" in by the "ea"line, ______________ they
will not be mar*e".
obviously otherwise as a result
10______________ it has been shown that fractures can occur at
even relatively lowpressures, the use of the material shoul" not be
completely "iscounte".
!evertheless #ecause $ven thouh
