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Describe your behavior in hypothetical situations
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Connectors
Connectors are auxiliaries that help to connect or contrast two ideas; they are words
used to join sentences.
Look at the uses and some examples of sentences with connectors:
- Use
and
to add information:
I like rock
and
pop music.
- Use
because
to express reason:
We drank water
because
we were thirsty.
- Use
but
to contrast ideas:
He watched the soccer game,
but
he didn´t play it.
- Use
so
to show a consequence:
The group´s singer got fu
so
the concert will be canceled.
Learning activity 4.1
Read the following text and underline the connectors.
You like me, should be thinking
that celebrities just want to be rich and enjoy themselves.
But, some celebrities think about the responsibility of being famous, so they are involved
in charity work.
For example: the Ricky Martin Foundation provides education for children and supports
eForts against
human trafcking
with special emphasis on children. Also, people like
Bono, Shakira and Juanes support several causes, because they want to show that all
of us have a responsibility to help others in our society. But, what do you think? Would
you work against a social problem?
With your group discuss these questions.
Human trafcking
: The ilegal
practice of trading in human
beings.