Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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| That meeting is important, ______________________ don't be late. | so / therefore |
| It's too hot, ______________________ I'm going to the swimming-pool | therefore / so |
| There were thousands of people greeting. The queen, ______________________, was very happy. | therefore / so |
| We are cousins. ______________________, we are family. | Therefore / so |
| You called me, ______________________ here I am. | therefore / so |
| I have an invitation too, ______________________ we can go together. | so / therefore |
| I think. ______________________, I am. | So / Therefore |
| It's late, ______________________ we must go | therefore / so |
| You are not invited, sir. ______________________, I must ask you to leave. | Therefore / so |
| You do not know anything. ______________________, you should be quiet. | Therefore / so |
| Brazil is a hot country. ______________________, there are no penguins in the country. | Therefore / So |
| You said you were too tired, ______________________ I went away without you. | therefore / so |
| You have been sleeping all day. ______________________, you cannot be tired. | Therefore / so |
| The new car is smaller, ______________________, cheaper. | so / therefore |
| I was very tired, ______________________ I decided to sit down. | therefore / so |
| It's not too late, ______________________ we can go | therefore / so |
| We arrived too late, ______________________ we went straight to bed | therefore / so |
| She is not at home, ______________________ I'm going to phone her | so / therefore |
| I don't know who she is, ______________________ I don't know her name | so / therefore |
| He had not arrived yet. She was, ______________________, very worried. | so / therefore |
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)