Transition Words And Phrase Quiz

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What type of punctuation is missing from the sentence below? Choose the best answer.

I ate five slices of pizza___ still, I am not full.

A. Period (.)
B. Colon (:)
C. Semicolon (;)
D. Comma (,)
E. Quotation marks (” “)

My sister is a very kind and generous person. _____________, she helps me with my homework and drives me to basketball practice.

A. Likewise
B. Hence
C. Additionally
D. As a result
E. For example

Jeremy is very active and enjoys exercising; ______________, Chris sits on his couch all day playing video games.

A. Similarly
B. For example
C. In addition
D. On the other hand
E. As a result

I can’t help you with your homework because I am not very good at geometry. __________, I know someone who can.

A. However
B. For example
C. In addition
D. Subsequently
E. In the same way

I dropped my cell phone and it broke. ____________, I need to either buy a new one or borrow yours.

A. In spite of
B. Likewise
C. Furthermore
D. Therefore
E. Otherwise

What type of punctuation can always follows a transitional word or phrase?

A. Period
B. Colon
C. Semicolon
D. Comma
E. Apostrophe

___________ it was raining, I still walked to school.

A. Consequently
B. Furthermore
C. Accordingly
D. As a result
E. Although

Which of the following prepositional phrases CAN NOT be used in the following sentence?

Cathy is sick; ____________, she came to school today.

A. Nevertheless
B. Still
C. As a result
D. Despite that
E. Nonetheless

______ of her good grades, Rebecca did not get accepted to Stanford.

A. In addition
B. In spite of
C. As a result
D. On the other hand
E. Thereafter

______________ of the weather, the football game will be played tomorrow.

A. Therefore
B. Regardless
C. In addition
D. Furthermore

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