🔑CONNECTORS: Practice Exercises Answer Guide

Use this guide to verify your answers for the expanded Connectors chapter exercises.

Exercise 1: Fill in the Blanks

• 1. I love juicy apples, but / yet I absolutely do not like bananas. (Expresses clean contrast)
• 2. We can comfortably go to the beach provided that / if the weather remains nice. (Conditional boundary)
• 3. He is exceptionally tall, whereas / while his younger brother is quite short. (Direct comparison contrast)
• 4. I need to study hard so that / in order that I can easily pass the competitive exam. (Expresses purpose/intent)
• 5. She is highly celebrated because she is both intelligent and deeply kind. (Pairs with correlative "both")
• 6. The alarm rang loudly, however / yet / but nobody woke up in the entire house. (Adversative connection)
• 7. You can take my scooter on condition that / if you promise to drive carefully. (Compounded condition rule)
• 8. Although / Though it was raining cats and dogs, they walked to the station. (Concession introduction)
• 9. He had no money left with him, therefore / hence / so he decided to look for a job. (Consequence relation)
• 10. We can either watch a movie tonight or go out for a quiet dinner. (Pairs structurally with correlative "either")

Exercise 2: Identify and Extract the Connectors

• 1. Although → Concession / Contrast Connector
• 2. Not only... but also → Correlative / Cumulative Addition Connector
• 3. After → Time Framework Connector
• 4. Because → Reason / Cause Connector
• 5. as if → Compound Manner / Condition Connector
• 6. unless → Condition Boundary Connector
• 7. as soon as → Compound Time Framework Connector
• 8. therefore → Consequence / Effect Connector
• 9. since → Time Framework Connector
• 10. lest → Negative Condition / Purpose Connector

Exercise 3: Grammatical Match Matrix

• 1. Gold is beautiful and it is highly durable. → C. Cumulative Addition
• 2. He failed the test because he didn't revise. → E. Reason / Cause
• 3. You can buy the laptop or a smartphone. → A. Alternative Choice
• 4. She was tired, yet she kept typing the file. → B. Concession / Contrast
• 5. I missed my bus, so I arrived late to class. → D. Consequence / Effect

Exercise 4: The Story of Suzan & Delrina (Narrative Cloze)

• (a) → and (Simple addition coupling)
• (b) → Whenever / When (Spatio-temporal condition)
• (c) → whereas / while (Adversative structural contrast)
• (d) → Despite / In spite of (Concession placement before noun phrase)
• (e) → until / till / even when (Temporal continuum)
• (f) → but / while (Contrast connector)
• (g) → Moreover / Besides / Furthermore (Adding extra conversational facts)
• (h) → as (Forming matching degree parameters: "not so/as... as")
• (i) → Therefore / Consequently / As a result (Consequence outcome)
• (j) → but (Completing correlative parallel framework "not only... but also")