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CONNECTIVES AND SEQUENCE

When we speak or write we have two options. We can use the formula sentence + sentence + sentence + sentence + .....which doesn't sound too natural

I like Sundays. I don't work on Sundays. I wake up at 8.30. I get up at 10.00. I have a big breakfast. I sometimes read the newspaper. I sometimes work in the garden. I go out for a walk. I have lunch with my family. We watch TV. We talk. We don't work. We don't study.

Or we can link the sentences and the discourse using CONNECTORS (and, or, but, because) and SEQUENCERS (then, before/after breakfast, ...) which sounds a lot more natural, don't you think so? I like Sundays because I don't work. I wake up at 8.30 but I get up at 10.00 and I have a big breakfast. Then I sometimes read the newspaper or work in the garden. Before lunch I go out for a walk. Then I have lunch with my family. After lunch we watch TV and talk. We don't work or study.

1. Betty looks __________ something is wrong. A- only if B-even if C-as if D-so that. 2. The people danced ___________ the music played. A-like B-as C- unless D-in case. 3. Lucy can't attend the meeting _________she finds a baby-sitter. A- unless B-even if C-only if D-if.

4. This region is called land of apple_______ it yields a lot of apples. A- because B-although C-until D-only if.
5. ____________ pandas mostly eat bamboo, they are also carnivorous. A- not only B-until C-although D-as soon as.

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