Answers to August Linking Word Practice

Below are the questions and answers for the lesson on linking words this month. I hope you found this lesson useful 🙂

Questions 

  1. ……………. the government building more homes in city centres, there is still a lack of housing.
    1.  A) Although   B) Despite   C) So
  2. ………….. the government is increasing the amount of money spent on dealing with environmental pollution, individuals must still play their part.
    1.  A) But    B) Although  C) Despite
  3. People should eat a balanced diet …………….. avoid serious health problems.
    1. A) due to    B) so     C) in order to
  4. …………… there are children who may not find it easy to live abroad, for others it can be an experience that helps them mature and become more independent.
    1. A) While  B) In spite of  C) Even so
  5. ………………….. more and more people moving to the city to find jobs, housing has become a serious problem in city centres.
    1. A) Consequently   B) As a result  C) As a result of  D) Owing to

Answers

  1. B
    1. Despite the government building more homes in city centres, there is still a lack of housing.
    2. It is not possible to have “Although” in this sentence. The meaning is correct, but the grammar is wrong. If you wanted to use “Although”, you would need to change the sentence: ” Although the government is building more homes in city centres, there is still a lack of housing.”
  2. B
    1. Although the government is increasing the amount of money spent on dealing with environmental pollution, individuals must still play their part.
  3. C
    1. People should eat a balanced diet in order to avoid serious health problems.
  4. A
    1. While there are children who may not find it easy to live abroad, for others it can be an experience that helps them mature and become more independent.
    2. The linking words “in spite of” have the right meaning, but can’t be used in this sentence. If you want to use “in spite of” you need to change the grammar structure of the sentence: “In spite of some children not finding it easy to live abroad, for others it can be an experience that helps them mature and become more independent.
  5. C & D
    1. As a result of more and more people moving to the city to find jobs, housing has become a serious problem in city centres.
    2. Owing to more and more people moving to the city to find jobs, housing has become a serious problem in city centres.
    3. It is not possible to have “Consequently”. The meaning is fine, but the grammatical structure of the sentence makes it impossible to use. Using “consequently” = More and more people are moving to the city to find jobs and, consequently,  housing has become a serious problem in city centres.
    4. The linking word “as a result” must have the proposition “of” with it for this sentence. Using “as a result” without “of” = More and more people are moving to the city to find jobs and, as a result, housing has become a serious problem in city centres.

To use linking words correctly, you must understand both their meaning and the correct grammatically way to use them in a sentence. See a full list of linking words for your essay: IELTS Linking Words List.

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Comments

  1. Thanks liz.

  2. Winnie says

    Thanks for your sharing test. That’s valuable for me, Liz.

  3. Thanks Liz

  4. Christy says

    Dear LIZ
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    AM ENJOYING YOUR LECTURES

  5. Thank you so much LİZ,

    your practice lessons are very helpful to me.

  6. memory says

    wow i passed the test. Thank you Liz

  7. Renex Rozario says

    Thanks

  8. Niculina says

    Thank you for these lessons! They are very usefull for me!!

  9. Gurvindersingh says

    These kind of lessons help us to acknowledge the correct collocations and better use of adjective in a sentence

  10. Mohammad says

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  18. Bruno de Moura Araujo says

    Wow! Very good tips! Really important!
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  19. Magesh Venkatachalam says

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  20. Temitope says

    Hi Liz, thanks for your time.
    In the case of Number 5 where the answers are C&D, will it be appropriate to answer C&D? Or just C OR D? And if one answers C or D, will it affect the mark for that question?

    Thanks

    • This is a practice lesson, not a test. If you are referring to how to write your answers for listening and reading in IELTS, when it asks for two letters, you write two letters only.

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