BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAM LINKING WORDS / CONNECTORS 3

BACCALAUREATE ENGLISH EXAM

LINKING WORDS / CONNECTORS 3

FILL IN THE GAP WITH THE CORRCT LINKING WORD / CONNECTOR

01- I don't want to go anywhere today; it rained all night

and, …………,it is supposed to continue raining all day.

A) therefore

B) otherwise

C) furthermore

D) despite

02- …………how hard I try, I just cannot understand why the

conflict persists in the Middle East.

A) Unless

B) However

C) Though

D) No matter

03- He worked late on Friday …………finish everything so that he

could enjoy the weekend with a clear conscience.

A) because

B) for

C) in order to

D) due to

04- We had better take plenty of money…………we can't find a cheap

hotel.

A) in case

B) so that

C) in order that

D) so as to

05- I had …………got home …………people began ringing to ask what

was going on.

A) the sooner/that

B) neither/nor

C) not only/but also

D) hardly/when

06- …………hard he tried, he simply could not forget the girl

he had met during the summer.

A) However

B} Even though

C) Provided

D) Despite

07- …………you are interested in shopping or history, Marrakech

is an ideal place to visit.

A) Whether

B) So that

C) Therefore

D) Besides

08- …………we want to spend all night here, we had better hurry up

and finish this work.

A) Because

B) Unless

C) Furthermore

D) Whenever

09- When I asked her if she would marry me, she looked …………she

was going to faint.

A) even though

B) as if

C) in case

D} owing to

10- …………they reach university, a lot of young people are

already fed up with studying and want to do something else with

their lives.

A) Since

B) In case

C) By the time

D} Besides