EXERCISES: CONTRASTIVE CONNECTORS
 

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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  
 
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