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