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How to express result
Focus Grammar
Description Let's practise how to express result in Englis with translations Spanish-English.
Instructions 1- Look at the sentences and think of how to express that idea in English 2- Move your mouse over the black button to check your answer. 3- If you were right, click on the green button, if wrong, click on the red.
 
Item Match Comments
Él no había llegado, y ella estaba, por tanto, muy preocupada. He hadn't arrived, and she was, therefore, very worried.
Me llamaste, así que aquí estoy You called me, so here I am
Era domingo. Por consiguiente, no podía estar en el trabajo. It was Sunday. Therefore, he could not be at work.
Así que tú eres el hijo del señor McGanagall! So you're Mr McGanagall's son!
No es demasiado tarde así que podemos ir It's not too late, so we can go
Dijiste que tenías comida, así que no compré nada. You said you had food, so I didn't buy anything.
Usted no está invitado. Por consiguiente, debo pedirle que se marche. You are not invited. Therefore, I must ask you to leave.
No sabía qué hacer, así que decidí no hacer nada I didn't know what to do, so I decided to do nothing. also: ... I decided not to do anything.
Yo no sé, así que dímelo tú. I don't know, so you tell me.
El nuevo coche es más pequeño y por lo tanto más barato The new car is smaller, and therefore, cheaper.
Pienso, luego existo I think. Therefore, I am.
No sabes nada de esto, por lo tanto deberías callarte You don't know anything about it. Therefore, you should be quiet.
No tengo dinero, así que no lo puedo comprar. I haven't got any money, so I can't buy it. also: I don't have...
Ella no ha venido, así que sigo esperando She hasn't arrived, so I'm still waiting.
Yo también tengo una invitación, así que podemos ir juntos. I have an invitation too, so we can go together.
Usted ha estado todo el día durmiendo, por tanto no puede estar cansado. You have been sleeping all day. Therefore, you cannot be tired.
Inglaterra es un país frío, por lo tanto las palmeras no pueden crecer allí England is a cold country. Therefore, palm trees cannot grow there.
Solo tenemos tres. Por tanto falta uno. We only have three. Therefore, there's one missing.
Es demasiado tarde así que no podemos ir It's too late, so we cannot go
Somos primos, por tanto, somos familia. We're cousin. Therefore, we're family.
Total number of items: 20
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SO (c)
 
      I didn't know what to do, so I decided to do nothing
 
THEREFORE (fc)
 
      England is a cold country. Therefore, palm trees cannot grow there
 
 
"So" is extremely common when speaking and also the most used result connector when writing.
"therefore" is only used when writing and it’s quite formal and very elegant (but you can’t use it many times in the same text or it would be too much)

 

abbreviations:  (c.)= conjunction   (f.c.)= free connector    (see the important difference here: Kinds of Connectors)

 

For Spanish Speakers

SO (c) = así que
THEREFORE (fc) = por (lo) tanto

AS = como...      As I am Australian, I speak English = Como soy australiano, hablo inglés