Linking words and text organizers (Exercises)(Связующие слова и текстовые организаторы. Упражнения)

 LINKING WORDS AND TEXT ORGANIZERS




1 Underline the most suitable word or phrase in each sentence.



1 Many people feel nervous about flying, and worry about the possibility of an accident. Furthermore / However, according to statistics, flying is actually safer than walking down the street.

2 Our local supermarket no longer opens every day, as / on account of very few people live in our village.

3 There are a number of objections to the planned motorway. As well as this / First of all, the new road will destroy valuable farming land. In contrast / In addition to this, it will bring thousands of vehicles and tourists. As a result / For example, our peaceful way of life will be destroyed forever.

4 We conducted a survey of accommodation in the town, and came up with some interesting results. The hotels we saw were rather expensive, and consequently / moreover the actual facilities on offer were not always impressive. Besides this /In contrast, there were many guest houses, offering just bed and breakfast, which were not only good value but also had much better rooms than the hotels did. Finally / Personally, I would recommend The Oaks, a particularly impressive guest house in Long Harbour Road.

5 Owing to / Since the increased demand for parking spaces, the company has decided to enlarge the car park. Consequently / Nevertheless the exit road on the west side of the car park will be closed from Monday to allow building work to begin.



2 Put one suitable word in each space.



1 ....in............. conclusion, I would like to thank you all for your help.

2 ...................... it’s too late to finish the work today, we’ll come back tomorrow.

3 The flight was delayed........................ a result of the high winds.

4 This radio is expensive, but.......................... the other hand it has very good reception.

5 First........................ all, I would like to welcome you to our annual dinner.

6 John is a hard worker. As......................as this, he is completely reliable.

7 Science has not entirely changed the way we think........................ instance, we still speak of the ‘sunrise’ although we know it is the Earth that is moving.

8 Although this building project seems attractive, in my......................... it would be a mistake to spend so much money on it.



3 Decide which answer (А, В, С or D) best fits each space.

Owning a car

Owning a car has several advantages. (1) ….A..... you can go wherever you want, whenever you want. You don’t have to depend on public transport and (2)................... you feel more independent. (3)........ you. are able to give lifts to friends, or carry heavy loads of shopping. (4)..............., there can be problems, especially if you live in a city. Running a car can be expensive, and you have to spend money on items (5)........ petrol,. servicing the car, and repairs. You might also have problems with parking, as everywhere is becoming more and more crowded with cars. (6)........ , most people feel that the advantages of owning a car outweigh the disadvantages. (7)...............most young people of my age start driving as soon as they can. (8)......... , I think that cars nowadays have become essential, but I also feel that they cause a lot of problems, (9)............... they are noisy and dirty. 10)................... , the large numbers of cars on the road means that most towns and cities are organized for the convenience of cars, and the needs of pedestrians are ignored.

1

A First of all

В As a result

С Personally

D Besides this

2

A however

В personally

С since

D as a result

3

A In contrast

В In my view

С Besides this

D However

4

A On the other hand

В To sum up

С Thus

D For example

5

A as

В such as

С owing to

D then

6

A Finally

В Secondly

С However

D As

7

A For

В Next

С As well as this

D Consequently

8

A For example

В Personally

С Nevertheless

D However

9

A for example

В however

С thus

D since

10

A As a result

В Moreover

С Personally

D For example




 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

ANSWERS

1 1 However. 2 as. 3 First of all, In addition, As a result. 4 moreover, In contrast, Personally. 5 Owing to, Consequently.

2 1 In. 2 As / Since. 3 as. 4 on. 5 of. 6 well. 7 For. 8 view / opinion.

3 1 A. 2 D. 3 C. 4 A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8 B. 9 D. 10 B.

 
 
 
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Pronouns (Местоимения)

Pronouns. Test 4. 126183
Pronouns. Test 3. 115201
Pronouns. Test 2. 118208
Pronouns. Test 1. 119887
Pronouns. Exercises-8 92587
Pronouns. Exercises-7 76154
Pronouns. Exercises-6 74495
Pronouns. Exercise-5 64394
Possessive pronouns. Exercises 55554
Some, any. Exercises 50566
Indefinite pronouns. Other, one (Неопред-ные местоим. Other, one) 49095
Indefinite pronouns. Either, neither. Each, every (Неопред-е местоим. either, neither, each, every) 47939
Indefinite pronouns. All, both (Неопределенные местоимения All, both) 45891
Indefinite pronouns. Much, many, few, little (Неопpед-ные местоим. Much, many, few, little) 46419
Indefinite pronouns. No, none (Неопределенные местоимения no, none) 42530
Indefinite pronouns. Some, any (Неопределенные местоимения some, any) 45264
Interrogative pronouns (Вопросительные местоимения) 40916
Possessive pronouns (Притяжательные местоимения) 39932
Personal pronouns (Личные местоимения) 39436
Pronouns. Exercises-4 (Местоимения. Упражнения.) 46967
Pronouns. Exercises-3 (Местоимения. Упражнения) 54905
Some, any ect. and relatives-2. Exercises 48839
Some, any etc. and relatives. Exercises 40168
Pronouns. Exercises-2.(Местоимения. Упражнения) 48983
Possesive games (игры с притяжательными местоимениями) 63520
Pronouns. Exercises.(Местоимения. Упражнения) 98038
Relative pronouns (Относительные местоимения) 65014
Negative pronouns (Отрицательные местоимения) 63379
Indefinite pronoun (неопределённые местоимения) 64881
Reciprocal pronouns (Взаимные местоимения ) 60244
Defining pronouns (определённые,обобщающие местоимения) 56118
Demonstrative pronouns (демонстрирующие /указательные местоимения) 49073
Reflexive pronouns (возвратные местоимения) 47661
Pronouns (местоимения) 44103

Reported speech(косвенная речь)

Modal +Auxiliary verbs (Модальные и Вспомог. глаголы)

Articles (артикли)

Present,Past,Future (настоящее,прошедшее,будущее)

Futuer tenses. Test 3 17290
Future tenses. Test 2 18657
Future tenses. Test 1 27512
Past tenses. Test 4 25226
Past tenses. Test 3 28361
Past tenses. Test 2 35940
Past tenses. Test 1 37952
Present tenses. Test 4. 30999
Present tenses. Test 3. 30980
Present tenses. Test 2. 37172
Present tenses. Test 1. 50032
Упражнения на времена. Future continuous, Future perfect 97395
Упражнения на времена. Future simple 38647
Упражнения на времена.Past perfect, past perfect continuous 92367
Упражнения на времена.Present perfect continuous 55634
Упражнения на времена.Present perfect 50604
Упражнения на времена.Present perfect 49074
Упражнения на времена.Past continuous 48979
Упражнения на времена. Past Simple-8 73590
Present simple. Exercises 47005
Present simple. Exercises 46993
Упражнения на времена.Past Simple, Past Perfect, Passive 36819
Упражнения на времена.-7 30168
Упражнения на времена.-6 31915
Упражнения на времена.-5 33539
Упражнения на времена.-4 30801
Упражнения на времена.-3 30188
Упражнения на времена.-2 30091
Упражнения на времена.-1 31554
The Present simple, passive voice-3. Exercises 30877
The Present simple-2. Exercises 33404
Present perfect-Past simple. Exercises 37020
The future simple tense. Exercises 42028
The present perfect tense. Exercises (Настоящее соверш. время. Упражнения) 47492
The past continuous tense. Exercises 29206
The past simple tense. Exercises (Упражнения на простое прошедшее время) 39658
The present simple.Exercises 35693
To be-2. Exercises 34528
There is/ are/was/were-2. Exercises 62357
To be. Exercises (Упражнения на глагол to be) 35629
There is/ are/was/were. Exercises 30679
Be+ ing. Exercises 28675
Yet, already. Exercises 25669
Present Perfect. Exercises (Настоящ. соверш. время. Упражнения) 25551
Past simple/Past continuous. Past participles. Exercises 23986
Past simple. Exercises -2(Прошедшее простое время. Упражнения) 22289
Past simple. Exercises (Прошедшее простое время. Упражнения) 24342
Present simple for future. Exercises 19102
Going to, Will for predictions. Exercises 21256
Present Simple, Present Continuous. Exercises (Упр. на настоящее и настоящее продолж-ое время) 23864
Present Simple. Exercises (Упражнения на настоящее время) 22887
Последовательность времен. Упражнения 23863
Последовательность времен (Sequence of tenses) 20276
Упражнения на времена 41755
Сопоставление русских и английских времен изъявительного наклонения 17245
The Future Perfect Continuous Tense (Будущее совершенное длительное время) 18038
The Past Perfect Continuous Tense (Прошедшее совершенное длительное время) 20124
The Present Perfect Continuous Tense (Настоящее совершенное длительное время) 20989
The Furture Perfect Tense (Будущее совершенное время) 20009
The Past Perfect Tense (Прошедшее совершенное время) 24829
The Present Perfect Tense (Настоящее совершенное время) 23771
The Future Continuous in the Past (Будущее длительное время в прошлом) 21466
The Future Continuous Tense (Будущее длительное время) 22522
The Past Continuous Tense (Прошедшее длительное время) 23257
The Present Continuous Tense (Настоящее длительное время) 20493
The Future Indefinite Tense (Будущее неопределенное время) 21432
The Past Indefinite Tense (Прошедшее неопределенное время) 20062
The Present Indefinite Tense (Настоящее неопределенное время) 20264
Present, past and future- mixed tenses. Exercises 59758
Present perfect-present perfect continuous. Exercises 121322
Questions. Exercises (Упражнения на вопросительные слова) 44924
The present perfect. Exercises (Упр. на настоящее совершен.время) 76535
The simple past and the past continuous. Exercises 57668
Future forms-2. Exercises (Упражнения на будущее время) 59941
Future forms-1. Exercises (Упражнения на будущее время) 74927
Time clauses. Exercises 42560
Present Continuous (настоящее продолженное время) 20804
Have something done (Exercises) 38503
Present Perfect Continuous (Настоящее совершенное продолженное) 25725
Past Perfect (Прошедшее совершенное время) 21814
Past Perfect (Прошедшее совершенное время) 21766
Past Perfect (Прошедшее совершенное время) 20218
Time expressions (Exercises) (Выражения времени. Упражнения) 32079
Situations for Present Perfect (Ситуации употребления Настоящего совершенного времени) 22538
Past Continuous vs Past Simple (Прошедшее продолженное- прошедшее время) 24994
Present Perfect (Настоящее совершенное) 24475
Future time. (Exercises)(Будущее время.Упражнения) 83009
Past continuous (visual grammar)(Прошедшее продолженное время-примеры) 23723
Present perfect (Exercises)(Настоящее совершенное время.Упражнения) 67188
Past time (exercises)(Прошедшее время. Упражнения) 52909
Past Simple (spelling,pronunciation)(Прошедшее время(произношение,правописание) 42910
Present Perfect Interview (Настоящее совершенное время) 46694
Past tenses(Прошедшие времена)(упражнения) 156002
Past tenses(Прошедшие времена) 49058
Have/has got (иметь) 15819
Времена в английском языке 40809
Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous 41002
Present,Past,Future (Simple)tenses (Настоящее, прошедшее, будущее (простое)) 45525
Present,Past,Future (Continuous)tenses (Настоящее, прошедшее, будущее (длительное)) 55377
Predictions(About Future) Предсказания о будущем 29720
Pronouns and verb TO BE (Местоимения и глагол TO BE). 43971

Conditional (Условное предложение.)

The Noun (Имя существительное)

Adverbs+Adjectives (Наречия+ прилагательные)

Present Simple, Present Continuous

Passive form

Relative clauses(Определ-ые придаточ. предложения)

Gerund (Герундий)

Phrasal verbs (Фразеологические глаголы)

The numeral (Имя числительное)

Infinitive (Инфинитив)

The participle (Причастие)

Confusing verbs

Questions

How to make sentences

The sentences-40 11620
Punctuation marks-2. ( Знаки препинания) 12929
Punctuation Marks. (Знаки препинания) 13590
The sentence-39. 14358
The sentence. Exercises-5 20099
The sentence. Exercises-4 22995
The sentence. Exercises-3 20990
The sentence. Exercises.-2 15395
The sentence. Exercises 21492
The sentence- 38 14931
There is/are. 17200
Imperative sentences. Побудительные предложения. 17113
The sentence-37. (Предложение) 16921
The sentence-36. (Предложение) 19583
The sentence-35. (Предложение) 18067
The sentence-34. (Предложение) 17588
The sentence-33. (Предложение) 18854
The sentence-32. (Предложение) 17209
Виды предложений. 17346
The sentence-31. (Предложение) 20177
The sentence-30. (Предложение) 19451
The sentence-29. (Предложение) 17529
The sentence-28. (Предложение) 19658
The sentence-27. (Предложение) 18386
The sentence-26. (Предложение) 17163
The sentence-25. (Предложение) 17145
The sentence-24. (Предложение) 17989
The sentence-23. (Предложение) 20688
The sentence-22. (Предложение) 17734
The sentence-21. (Предложение) 19937
The sentence-20. (Предложение) 18383
The sentence-19. (Предложение) 22259
The sentence-18. (Предложение) 19333
The sentence-17. (Предложение) 24291
The sentence-16. (Предложение) 21773
The sentence-15. (Предложение) 24150
The sentence-14. (Предложение) 22705
Make sentences. Exercises 38730
The sentence-13. (Предложение) 20698
The sentence-12. (Предложение) 19673
The sentence-11. (Предложение) 16604
The sentence-10. (Предложение) 17118
The sentence-9. (Предложение) 16406
The sentence-8. (Предложение) 17362
The sentence-7. (Предложение) 16903
The sentence-6. (Предложение) 19688
The sentence-5. (Предложение) 22351
The sentence-4. (Предложение) 22636
The sentence-3. (Предложение) 21929
The sentence-2. (Предложение) 20348
The sentence (Предложение) 19180
Word order. Exercises (Порядок слов. Упражнения) 40233
Word order. Exercises (Порядок слов. Упражнения) 20924
Word order. Exercises (Порядок слов. Упражнения) 17994
Упражнения на повелительное и сослагательное наклонения. 12404
Повелительное и сослагательное наклонения 13587
Verb, adjective+ preposition (Exercises) (Глагол, прилагательное+ предлог. Упражнения) 31205
Purpose, result and contrast.Exercises (Цель, результат и контраст.Упражнения) 40096

Prepositions

Conjunctions and linking words

All,None,No,Each,Every,Eithe,Neither,so,such,very

Wordbuilding

Complex Object. (Сложное дополнение)