Ex. 1. Transitional words and phrases Quiz

1. ______________ of the weather, the football game will be played tomorrow.

a. therefore

b. as a result

c. regardless

d. in addition

e. since

2. I dropped my cell phone and it broke. ____________, I need to either buy a new one or borrow yours.

a. in spite of

b. likewise

c. furthermore

d. therefore

e. otherwise

3. I can't help you with your homework because I am not very good at geometry. __________, I know someone who can.

a. however

b. for example

c. in addition

d. subsequently

e. in the same way

4. ___________ it was raining, I still walked to school.

a. consequently

b. furthermore

c. accordingly

d. as a result

e. although

5. ______ of her good grades, Rebecca did not get accepted to Stanford.

a. in addition

b. in spite of

c. as a result

d. on the other hand

e. thereafter

6. Jeremy is very active and enjoys exercising; ______________, Chris sits on his couch all day playing video games.

a. similarly

b. for example

c. in addition

d. on the other hand

e. as a result

7. My sister is a very kind and generous person. _____________, she helps me with my homework and drives me to basketball practice.

a. likewise

b. hence

c. additionally

d. as a result

e. for example

8. Which of the following prepositional phrases CAN NOT be used in the following sentence?
Cathy is sick; ____________, she came to school today.

a. nevertheless

b. still

c. as a result

d. despite that

e. nonetheless

9. What type of punctuation always follows a transitional word or phrase?

a. period

b. colon

c. semicolon

d. comma

e. apostrophe

10. What type of punctuation is missing from the sentence below?

a. period (.)

b. colon (:)

c. semicolon (;)

d. comma (,)

e. quotation marks (" ")