Adding Transitional Phrases

Academic Writing

Use suitable linking devices from the box to complete the text below.

also

although

and

because

        but

        but also

        for

        for the moment

        however

                      incidentally

                      in particular

                      in this way

                      instead

                      meanwhile

                                   not only

                                   on the other hand

                                   since

                                   therefore

                                   too


Janet West’s sister is an air hostess for a famous international airline, ____ Janet wants to
become one ____.  ____, she is too young: the minimum age for an air hostess is twenty.  _____
Janet is only just over sixteen.

____ she has taken a job in an office.  ____ she ____ attends evening classes.  ____, she wants to
improve her French and Spanish, ____ foreign languages are an essential qualification for an air
hostess.

____, Janet is gaining experience through her present job.  ____ the office where she works is a
travel agency.  ____ she is learning ____ how to deal with people ____ quite a lot about the places
she one day hopes to visit.



                                        (Adapted from: Teaching Writing Skills by Donn Byrne, 1991)