EXERCISES: CONTRASTIVE CONNECTORS   Do you know how to correctly use contrastive connectors? NO? Check out the Contrastive connectors YES?Try the exercises! We recommend that you do the exercises in the sequence below. SENTENCE CONNECTORS        "however" vs. "nevertheless" ("nonetheless") 20 min.      "on the other hand" vs. "however" and "nevertheless" 25 min.      "conversely" vs. "On the contrary" and "In contrast" 25 min.      "alternatively" vs. "Instead" and "on the other hand" 25 min.      Review 1: Contrastive Sentence Connectors 30 min.   CONJUNCTIONS        "but" vs. "nor" 15 min.      "albeit" vs. "notwithstanding" 20 min      Review 2: Contrastive conjunctions 30 min   SUBORDINATORS        "although" vs. "(even) though", "while", "whereas" 20 min      Review 3: Contrastive Subordinators 30 min   PREPOSITIONS        "in contrast to" ("unlike") vs. "contrary to" and "despite" 30 min      "despite" vs. "instead of" and "notwithstanding" 20 min      UNIT REVIEW: Contrastive connectors     Total = 00:00

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