Look at the notes below. Make sentences with a similar meaning using the above linkers as in the example. Change the order if necessary.

Examlpe: Sally isn’t very tall / Sally is good at basketball. à Although Sally isn’t very tall, she is good at basketball. Sally isn’t very tall, but she is good at basketball.

1. Mongolia doesn’t have a large population /Mongolia is a large country.

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2. Jane likes to sing / Jane is not a very good singer.

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3. My car runs very well /I didn’t pay a lot of money for my car.

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4. Syntex is a smaller company than Tenbol / Syntex is more profitable than Tenbol.

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5. Van Gogh’s paintings are now worth millions / Van Gogh didn’t sell any paintings during his lifetime.

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6. The project was almost complete / it lost its funding.

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7. A lot of novels are published every year / very few novels become bestsellers.

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8. There remain diseases for which there’s no cure / smallpox has been eradicated.

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Exercise 5. HOWEVER & NEVERTHELESS. Choose a correct linker. Sometimes both may do.

Captain Crock is reporting on a planet he is exploring.

The creatures on this planet appear to be intelligent. However/Nevertheless, they have not tried to make contact with us. The area to the North is a desert. However/Nevertheless, the area to the South has thick forests. Several of our crew have had a strange illness, but nevertheless/however we intend to continue with our exploration. The planet has two suns. One of them is like our own sun. Nevertheless /However, the other is blue in colour. The planet is beautiful, but however / nevertheless there is something frightening about it. I have ordered Mercury brigade to explore to the South. However/Nevertheless, Mars brigade will stay to guard the spaceship. I was bitten by a giant ant this morning. However/Nevertheless, I shall continue… (Here Captain Crock’s report ends.)

Exercise 6. ON THE OTHER HAND vs. BY CONTRAST. Choose a relevant linker so that the sentence sounds logical.

<== попередня сторінка	\|	наступна сторінка ==>
COMPARISON AND CONTRAST	\|	Example:School nowadays do not encourage memorisation.

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