Complete the 12 sentences below. Choose the best answer for each one.
1The project had been delayed by repeated supplier failures; ..............., the team launched the platform on the original date.
Wrong!
"Nevertheless" signals that the successful launch contrasts with what the delays led readers to expect.
2The report argues that disadvantaged adults need practical routes into further education; ..............., several prisons now host accredited library-based courses.
Wrong!
"For instance" introduces the specific prison-library programme as an example of the broader claim.
3Maya attached the draft proposal to the email, and the committee reviewed ............... before Friday's meeting.
Wrong!
"it" refers back to the singular noun phrase "the draft proposal".
4The new booking system should reduce cancellations by confirming appointments automatically; ..............., it will save staff several hours of manual checking each week.
Wrong!
"Moreover" adds a second supporting point to the first one.
5The survey found higher satisfaction among patients, shorter waiting times, and fewer missed appointments; ..............., the reform appears to have improved access to care.
Wrong!
"Overall" introduces a general judgement drawn from several preceding observations.
6The council first interviewed residents before redesigning the square; ............... gave planners a clearer sense of how the space was actually used.
Wrong!
"This approach" refers back to the previously described decision to interview residents before redesigning the square.
7After reviewing the data in confidence, the agency ............... published a shorter set of guidelines for the public.
Wrong!
"Subsequently" shows that the public guidelines came after the confidential review.
8The figures can be compared across countries ............... the researchers standardised the age groups before calculating the rates.
Wrong!
"because" introduces the reason the figures are comparable.
9The study remains useful ............... its sample is too small to support national conclusions.
Wrong!
"although" introduces a limitation that qualifies the positive claim.
10One historian describes the migration as a response to economic opportunity; ..............., another emphasises the coercive policies that left many families with no choice.
Wrong!
"By contrast" marks the second historian's interpretation as opposing the first historian's view.
11The company reduced churn by eighteen percent; ..............., far fewer customers cancelled their subscriptions than in the previous year.
Wrong!
"In other words" restates the statistical claim in plainer terms.
12The article briefly discusses the architect's private correspondence; ..............., the policy failed mainly because its maintenance costs were ignored.
Wrong!
"To return to the main argument" guides readers back from the digression to the central claim.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- The project had been delayed by repeated supplier failures; nevertheless, the team launched the platform on the original date.
- The report argues that disadvantaged adults need practical routes into further education; for instance, several prisons now host accredited library-based courses.
- Maya attached the draft proposal to the email, and the committee reviewed it before Friday’s meeting.
- The new booking system should reduce cancellations by confirming appointments automatically; moreover, it will save staff several hours of manual checking each week.
- The survey found higher satisfaction among patients, shorter waiting times, and fewer missed appointments; overall, the reform appears to have improved access to care.
- The council first interviewed residents before redesigning the square; this approach gave planners a clearer sense of how the space was actually used.
- After reviewing the data in confidence, the agency subsequently published a shorter set of guidelines for the public.
- The figures can be compared across countries because the researchers standardised the age groups before calculating the rates.
- The study remains useful although its sample is too small to support national conclusions.
- One historian describes the migration as a response to economic opportunity; by contrast, another emphasises the coercive policies that left many families with no choice.
- The company reduced churn by eighteen percent; in other words, far fewer customers cancelled their subscriptions than in the previous year.
- The article briefly discusses the architect’s private correspondence; to return to the main argument, the policy failed mainly because its maintenance costs were ignored.

