1. CONNECTORS OF REASON, PURPOSE AND CONTRAST

2. SHE DECIDED NOT TO GO TO ENGLISH CLASS _______ IT WAS SUNNY AND SHE FELT LIKE GOING TO THE BEACH

3. reason(FOLLOWED BY A CLAUSE: AS, BECAUSE,SINCE) SHE DECIDED NOT TO GO TO ENGLISH CLASS AS/BECAUSE/SINCE IT WAS SUNNY AND SHE FELT LIKE GOING TO THE BEACH

4. SHE DIDN’T GET TO SCHOOL UNTIL 10 AM ___________________ THE TRAIN STRIKE. SHE DIDN’T GET TO SCHOOL UNTIL 10AM _____________________________ THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A TRAIN STRIKE.

5. reason(FOLLOWED BY A NOUN or thefactthat) SHE DIDN’T GET TO SCHOOL UNTIL 10 AM THE BECAUSE OF/OWING TO/DUE TO THE TRAIN STRIKE. SHE DIDN’T GET TO SCHOOL UNTIL 10AM BECAUSE OF/OWING TO/DUE TO THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A TRAIN STRIKE.

6. SHE REVISED ALL NIGHT _____________ SHE COULD PASS HER EXAM

7. purpose(FOLLOWED BY A CLAUSE) SHE REVISED ALL NIGHT SO THAT/ IN ORDER THAT SHE COULD PASS HER EXAM

8. SHE REVISED ALL NIGHT _____________PASS HER EXAM

9. purpose(FOLLOWED BY AN INFINITIVE) SHE REVISED ALL NIGHT TO / IN ORDER TO/SO AS TO PASS HER EXAM

10. He went to work _____________ feelingunwell He went to work __________ hisillness He went to work __________ thefactthat he wasn’tfeelingwell

11. Contrast(FOLLOWED BY –ING, NOUN OR thefactthat) He went to workDESPITE/IN SPITE OFfeelingunwell He went to workDESPITE/IN SPITE OFhisillness He went to workDESPITE/IN SPITE OFthefactthat he wasn’tfeelingwell

12. HE WENT TO WORK _______________ HE DIDN’T FEEL WELL

13. Contrast(FOLLOWED BY CLAUSE) HE WENT TO WORK EVEN THOUGH/ALTHOUGH/THOUGH HE DIDN’T FEEL WELL

14. THIS MAN LOOKS HAPPY ____________________________ THE OTHER LOOKS SAD

15. Contrast (butnotcontradiction)(FOLLOWED BY CLAUSE) THIS MAN LOOKS HAPPY WHILE/WHEREAS THE OTHER LOOKS SAD