VB035/05
Adapted from Mann, Malcolm and Steve Taylore-Knowles. Destination B2. Macmillan. 2013.
“Linking Words.” The English Learning Lounge. esl-lounge.com. 2015. Accessed 12 October 2015.
Ambiguous sentences
1) Creating ambiguous sentences is a common problem. Look at the following examples, identify the issue and try to
correct it.
I’ve killed multiple bees with scissors by cutting them in half while flying.
I saw her duck.
The landlord painted all the walls with cracks.
Republicans Grill IRS Chief Over Lost Emails. (a newspaper headline)
Look at the duck with one eye.
Police help dog bite victim.
Book stays in London.
Free whales.
2) Look at the following sentences. How many possible meanings does it have?
I saw a man on a hill with a telescope.
Verbs and prepositions
VB035/05
Adapted from Mann, Malcolm and Steve Taylore-Knowles. Destination B2. Macmillan. 2013.
“Linking Words.” The English Learning Lounge. esl-lounge.com. 2015. Accessed 12 October 2015.
Linking Words
1) Choose the correct alternative in each sentence.
1. The new supermarket is so much cheaper than the one in John Street. ___________, they do free home deliveries
too. However, on the whole, furthermore, as a result
2. Australia has some beautiful parts of the country. ___________, they also have a lot of dangerous animals.
Though, however, despite, consequently
3. ___________ high risk involved, many scientists chase tornadoes so they can study them more closely. But,
though, despite, lastly
4. ___________ television can be educational, I think it’s better to read a book. On the other hand, even though,
however, furthermore
5. So you can see there are both advantages and disadvantages of the new system for organising the timetable.
___________, I would say it would be better to stick with the current system. On the whole, and, lastly, but
6. ___________ the rain and the high winds, they never went camping. Because, due to, despite, and
7. This new computer has a better monitor. Its memory is twice as large as the current one and we can use the
internet with it. ___________, its software will make our job so much easier. Finally, however, in short, quite
8. Saline speaks in class when we are trying to work. She shouts out to other students when it is not necessary and
when she does ask me a question, it is doubtlessly a stupid one just to get some attention. ___________, she is a
very disruptive presence in the class. I’m sorry Mr. Philicott. Furthermore, and, in short, consequently
2) Choose the words from the list and put them into the corresponding sentences.
so that, when, even if, once, rather than, because, like
___________ all other computers, your computer must have an IP address to connect to the Internet or another
computer that has an IP address. Servers generally have static IP addresses, ___________ they usually are connected
to the Internet and their IP addresses do not change often. ___________ you connect to the Internet using your
home computer, you most likely are using a temporary or dynamic IP address. Your access provider uses the
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to assign your computer a temporary dynamic IP address from a pool of
IP addresses. The dynamic IP address is unique only for that session. ___________ you disconnect, the DHCP server
releases that IP address back in the IP address pool ___________ it can assign it to the next requesting computer.
___________ you immediately reconnect, the DHCP server might not assign you the same IP address. Using DHCP
and dynamic IP addresses means an Internet access provider needs only one IP address for each modem it supports,
___________ one for each of its millions of customers.