Ar­beits­blatt 2 Im­pro­ving style

Task 1:

Re­wri­te the fol­lo­wing sen­ten­ces using the con­nec­tor in bra­ckets.

a) Jenny apo­lo­gi­sed se­veral times. Ne­ver­the­l­ess, Jack wouldn’t speak to her. (alt­hough)
b) We de­ci­ded to stay at home even though the sun was shi­ning. (in spite of)
c) Liam works very hard to help his par­ents. He’s also a good stu­dent. (In ad­di­ti­on) (Two dif­fe­rent sen­ten­ces)
d) I’m fond of cats. In ad­di­ti­on, I’m fond of dogs. (as well as)
e) You’re late again. Fur­ther­mo­re, you haven’t done your ho­me­work. (and)
f) On the one hand, I’d love to come. On the other hand, I re­al­ly have to do my work first. (howe­ver)
g) Ber­lin is a great place to visit, but it has got ter­ri­b­le traf­fic pro­blems. (de­s­pi­te)

Task 2:

Fill in the blanks with a lo­gi­cal or se­quence con­nec­tor each.

a) There is no more cream left. ______ there is ple­nty of pud­ding.
b) The Lions Club has done well to help the poor. ______ the Ro­ta­ry Club has done well, too.
c) The shop owner has been ma­king los­ses. ______ he in­tends to give up his busi­ness.
d) The do­cu­ments will be che­cked by the po­li­ce. ______ they will be sent back to the of­fice.
e) Wash the app­les first. ______ you can boil them.
f) We have been try­ing to con­tact Jack­son for the past few weeks. ______ we ma­na­ged to find him to a motel in Texas.
g) Life in the city may be more ex­cit­ing than life in the coun­try. ______ you are not as close to na­tu­re with its peace and quiet­ness.
h) Don’t be so self-as­su­red. ______ we may lose out in the final round.
i) Jacky has ex­pe­ri­en­ced po­ver­ty and hardship be­fo­re. ______ he has an open heart to-wards the poor and needy.
j) Molly has suf­fe­red a lot of bul­ly­ing in her class. ______ she is fri­end­ly to ever­y­bo­dy.

Lö­sun­gen

Task 1

a) Alt­hough Jenny apo­lo­gi­sed se­veral times, Jack wouldn't speak to her.
b) In spite of the sun shi­ning he de­ci­ded to stay at home.
c) Liam works very hard to help his par­ents. In ad­di­ti­on, he's a good stu­dent.
(In ad­di­ti­on to working hard to help his par­ents, Liam is also a good stu­dent.)
d) I’m fond of cats as well as dogs.
e) You’re late again, and you haven’t done your ho­me­work.
f) I'd love to come. Howe­ver, I re­al­ly have to do my work first.
g) Ber­lin is a great place to visit, de­s­pi­te its traf­fic pro­blems.

Task 2

a) There is no more cream left. Howe­ver there is ple­nty of pud­ding.
b) The Lions Club has done well to help the poor. Si­mi­lar­ly the Ro­ta­ry Club has done well too.
c) The do­cu­ments will be che­cked by the po­li­ce. Then they will be sent back tot he of­fice.
d) The shop owner has been ma­king los­ses. The­re­fo­re he in­tends to give up his busi­ness.
e) Wash the app­les first. Af­ter­wards you can boil them.
f) We have been try­ing to con­tact Jack­son for the past few weeks. Even­tual­ly we ma­na­ged to find him to a motel in Texas.
g) Life in the city may be more ex­cit­ing than life in the coun­try. Howe­ver you are not as close to na­tu­re with its peace and quiet­ness.
h) Let us not be com­pla­cent with our­sel­ves. Other­wi­se we may lose out in the final round.
i) Jacky has ex­pe­ri­en­ced po­ver­ty and hardship be­fo­re. The­re­fo­re he has an open heart towards the poor and needy.
j) Molly has suf­fe­red a lot of bul­ly­ing in her class. Ne­ver­the­l­ess she is fri­end­ly to every-body.

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