| 1. Eating well is important for good health. _______________, it helps to make you more attractive. | | |
| 2. The apartment is very pretty and, _______________, the rent is quite low. | | |
| 3. Research has shown that bright yellow and bright blue are the most visible, and _______________ safest, colours for cars. | | |
| 4. Our production costs have increased, _______________ our prices have gone up as well. | | |
| 5. You'd better work on improving your pronunciation; _______________, you'll fail the speaking test. | | |
| 6. She has decided to stay with her husband _______________ the fact he cheated on her with her best friend. | | |
| 7. I'm not really interested in history, but the lecture was quite interesting _______________. | | |
| 8. _______________ most substances shrink when they are cooled, water actually expands. | | |
| 9. ____________ each individual is unique, members of the same species share certain obvious common features. | | |
| 10. No, I don't want to go to dinner with you. ____________, I'd like you to stop asking me out, because I'm really not interested. | | |
| 11. There is no wind on the moon, so ____________ someone disturbs them, an astronaut's footprints will last forever! | | |
| 12. A snake has no ears; ____________, its tongue is extremely sensitive to sound vibrations. | | |
| 13. I tried to phone you, but I dialed the wrong area code, and got someone living in Louisiana ____________. | | |
| 14. He was weakened by the disease, and ____________ vulnerable to infection. | | |