Linking wordspresent
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LINKING WORDSANDSO
BECAUSE
Look at the following sentences and see how they
are connected
Positive PositiveI study English I have class
everyday
I study English AND I have class everyday
AND is used to join two or more ideas that are related.
Positive NegativeI am married I don’t have children
I am married BUT I don’t have children
BUT is used to join a positive and a negative sentence or two contrasting ideas.
What you do Why you do itI study English I need it for my job
I study English BECAUSE I need it for my job
BECAUSE is used to give the reason why you do something
Now is your turn!!!! Complete the following
sentences using and, so , because.
Take notes of your answers in your English notebook
a. At weekend I go to the cinema _____to the disco
b. I don’t like coffee _______ I like tea.
c. They don’t go to the cinema often ___ they watch a lot of videos at home
d. We need to buy a new laptop __________ the old one is not working
e. I visited my grandmother ________ gave her flowers
LET’S CHECK YOUR ANSWERS….
ARE YOU READY??
a. At weekend I go to the cinema and to the disco
b. I don’t like coffee but I ike tea.
c. They don’t go to the cinema often but they watch a lot of videos at home
d. We need to buy a new laptop because the old one is not working
e. I visited my grandmother and gave her flowers
Now, help me complete this text about my
childhood memories by writing
AND, BUT, BECAUSE
When I was a little girl my aunt gave me a bike 1.____ a doll as her Christmas presents. I really wanted a bike 2.____all my friends had one 3. ____ I didn’t. That was the happiest Christmas I remember!!!! One day, there was a fat woman who came to my house to visit my grandma 4.___ she said: What a beautiful bike!! Can I use it? When I said NOOOOO, she was already using my it. Obviously she broke it 5.___ she was so heavy. That was the saddest day I remember 6.____ I just have to continue playing with my doll 7.____ my aunt didn’t buy a new one for me.
LET’S SEE THE COMPLETE TEXT AND CHECK YOUR
ANSWERS
When I was a little girl my aunt gave me a bike 1._and a doll as her Christmas presents. I really wanted a bike 2. because all my friends had one 3. but I didn’t. That was the happiest Christmas I remember!!!! One day, there was a fat woman who came to my house to visit my grandma 4. and she said: What a beautiful bike!! Can I use it? When I said NOOOOO, she was already using it. Obviously she broke it 5. because she was so heavy. That was the saddest day I remember 6. and I just had to continue playing with my doll 7. because my aunt didn’t buy a new one for me.