Before doing this activity you may need to read the text you will find at the end
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Brazil is a hot country. ______________________, there are no penguins in the country. | Therefore / So |
I was very tired, ______________________ I decided to sit down. | so / therefore |
She is not at home, ______________________ I'm going to phone her | therefore / so |
You called me, ______________________ here I am. | therefore / so |
It's too hot, ______________________ I'm going to the swimming-pool | therefore / so |
We are cousins. ______________________, we are family. | Therefore / so |
The new car is smaller, ______________________, cheaper. | therefore / so |
It's not too late, ______________________ we can go | therefore / so |
You do not know anything. ______________________, you should be quiet. | Therefore / so |
We arrived too late, ______________________ we went straight to bed | therefore / so |
It's late, ______________________ we must go | so / therefore |
I don't know who she is, ______________________ I don't know her name | so / therefore |
I think. ______________________, I am. | 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 have an invitation too, ______________________ we can go together. | therefore / so |
He had not arrived yet. She was, ______________________, very worried. | therefore / so |
That meeting is important, ______________________ don't be late. | so / therefore |
There were thousands of people greeting. The queen, ______________________, was very happy. | therefore / so |
You are not invited, sir. ______________________, I must ask you to leave. | 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)