EXERCISE 1 1.________ Mei Li doesn't speak English, she can't go to university in Canada. 1.So 2.Since 2.

I don't drink coffee ________ it makes me nervous. 1.although 2.as 3.________ it was raining, I didn't get wet. 1.Because 2.Although 4.Paula got the job ________ she had no experience. 1.even though 2.as 5.Jerry passed the exam first time ________ I had to retake it three times. 1.as 2.while 6.I will be late today ________ my car has broken down. 1.though 2.because 7.Jun couldn't buy any Christmas presents ________ he didn't have any money. 1.because 2.even though 8.________ my wife likes to travel abroad, I prefer to stay at home for my vacations. 1.Whereas 2.Since

EXERCISE 2

Complete the text using once each of the following: ironically - Although - However - Unfortunately - Despite - In conclusion - In the end What's more - more importantly - In fact Is it better to learn a foreign language at home, or in the country where the language is spoken? Many people believe that it is better to go abroad to learn a foreign language rather than study it in classes at home. (1)______________ my own personal experience has been that language classes at home can be effective and that learning a language in the country where it is spoken is not as easy as it sounds. My first experience of studying a foreign language was at school, and I have to admit it was not a great success. Like most children, my motivation was not very strong, and I didn't concentrate much in class. (2)______________this, after five years or so of study, I passed my exam and,(3 _____________had enough of the language to conduct a holiday romance with a French girl who spoke no English at all. My first job was, (4)________________, as a language teacher in Turkey. Knowing nothing of the language, I studied it before a week or so before I left Britain, hoping then to pick it up when I got there.(5)________________it took me over a year before I was even capable of having a basic conversation, and it was not until the middle of the second year before I began to settle down and feel at home. (6)____________I did learn to speak and to understand much of what was said around me, but I can assure you that it was in no way an 'easy' way to learn a language. (7)_____________________, at that time I noticed that colleagues who regularly attended language classes made much faster progress with their language skills than I did, something which should not perhaps have surprised me!(8) ______________________, as I said, I did learn to speak and was quite fluent by the time I left, I never really learnt to read or write the language - something which I regret. (9)____________________I should add that subsequent experience as a school manager in Poland for a year proved beyond doubt to me that 'being there' was not enough. (10)_______________, as I now have my own language school, teaching English in Italy, daily experience has shown me that you really can learn to speak a foreign language without leaving home. Promise!