Exemplos of Conjunctions

1. CONJUNCTIONS
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2. Meaning LINK Examples
Besides – além disso
Mona is very smart. Besides/ in
Furthermore - ademais
Addition In addition – fora isso addition / furthermore
Moreover – além do
/moreover, she is very studious.
mais
But - mas
However – no entanto
Nevertheless – não She left home on , however/but/
Contrast
obstante nevertheless/ on the other hand/
On the other hand – por
outro lado traffic was very heavy.
Consequently -
consquentemente
Result, Hence – por essa razão She got very nervous, consequently/
So - assim
Conclusion, so/ hence/ then / therefore/ thus,
Then – então
Consequence Therefore – por she didn’t do so well on the test.
conseguinte
Thus – deste modo

3. Although – apesar de (que) Though/although/even though/
Though – ainda que she had studied, she forgot
Even though – muito embora everything.
Despite/in spite of her studies,
Despite – apesar de she didn’t do so well on the test.
Concession In spite of – a despeito de In spite of/despite studying, she
didn’t do so well on the test.
In spite of the fact – a despeito do
In spite of the fact that/despite
fato de
the fact that she had studied, she
Despite the fact – apesar do fato
didn’t do so well on the test.
de
As – visto que
Since/As/Because/For she didn’t
Reason / Since – uma vez que
do well on the test, she studied
Cause Because - pela razão de
even harder for the next one.
For – a fim de

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8. Exercising
1. We made some extra money,
_____ we went out for dinner.
a) so
b) but.
c) however.
d) besides.
e) as.

9. Exercising
1. We made some extra money, 2. (FAFICA-12) The sentence,
_____ we went out for dinner. “ Besides being office of
diverse industrial and
a) so commercial establishments”,
gives the notion of :
b) but.
c) however.
a) addition;
d) besides. b) purpose;
e) as. c) opposition;
d) time;
e) condition.

10. Exercising
1. We made some extra money, 2. (FAFICA-12) The sentence,
_____ we went out for dinner. “ Besides being office of
diverse industrial and
a) so commercial establishments”,
gives the notion of :
b) but.
c) however.
a) addition;
d) besides. b) purpose;
e) as. c) opposition;
d) time;
e) condition.

11. Exercising
3. (UPE-04) Don’t worry if you
can’t understand Billy.
We can’t __________.
a) too
b) also
c) either
d) him
e) he

12. Exercising
3. (UPE-04) Don’t worry if you 4. (UFPE – 01/2) In “Though
can’t understand Billy. Brazil crushed Venezuela 6-0
We can’t __________. in a World Cup...” the
connective “though” can be
a) too substituted for:
b) also
c) either 0-0) although
d) him 1-1) yet
e) he 2-2) because
3-3) therefore
4-4) even though

13. Exercising
3. (UPE-04) Don’t worry if you 4. (UFPE – 01/2) In “Though
can’t understand Billy. Brazil crushed Venezuela 6-0
We can’t __________. in a World Cup...” the
connective “though” can be
a) too substituted for:
b) also
c) either 0-0) although
d) him 1-1) yet
e) he 2-2) because
3-3) therefore
4-4) even though

14. Exercising
3. (UPE-04) Don’t worry if you 4. (UFPE – 01/2) In “Though
can’t understand Billy. Brazil crushed Venezuela 6-0
We can’t __________. in a World Cup...” the
connective “though” can be
a) too substituted for:
b) also
c) either 0-0) although
d) him 1-1) yet
e) he 2-2) because
3-3) therefore
4-4) even though

15. Exercising
3. (UPE-04) Don’t worry if you 4. (UFPE – 01/2) In “Though
can’t understand Billy. Brazil crushed Venezuela 6-0
We can’t __________. in a World Cup...” the
connective “though” can be
a) too substituted for:
b) also
c) either 0-0) although
d) him 1-1) yet
e) he 2-2) because
3-3) therefore
4-4) even though

16. Exercising
3. (UPE-04) Don’t worry if you 4. (UFPE – 01/2) In “Though
can’t understand Billy. Brazil crushed Venezuela 6-0
We can’t __________. in a World Cup...” the
connective “though” can be
a) too substituted for:
b) also
c) either 0-0) although
d) him 1-1) yet
e) he 2-2) because
3-3) therefore
4-4) even though

17. Exercising
3. (UPE-04) Don’t worry if you 4. (UFPE – 01/2) In “Though
can’t understand Billy. Brazil crushed Venezuela 6-0
We can’t __________. in a World Cup...” the
connective “though” can be
a) too substituted for:
b) also
c) either 0-0) although
d) him 1-1) yet
e) he 2-2) because
3-3) therefore
4-4) even though