ESL Writing: Transitions Review Worksheet

In this ESL writing exercise, students must fill in the blanks with one of the transition words provided at the top of the page.

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Transitions: Review

Read the paragraph below. It is missing transition words. Choose one of the transition words below and fill in the blanks. 

*Do not use the same transition word twice!

**The sentences should all make sense!

In addition / Additionally / Furthermore / Moreover / Plus

However / Nevertheless / Still / Despite that / Nonetheless / Even so

Therefore / Consequently / As a Result / Thus / For this reason

If I Won the Lottery…

If I won one million dollars in the lottery, it would be hard to decide how to spend the money. I would want to help others, by donating to charity, for example. _______________, I would also want to use some of the money to buy things for myself. _______________, I would probably decide to give 30% to charity and spend 20% on myself. I would buy a new computer and a large collection of video games. _______________, I would get a new bicycle and an mp3 player with a lot of memory.

After I spent 30% on charity and 20% on myself, I would still have 50% of one million dollars, which is $500,000. That is a lot of money! _______________, I would probably save most of this to help pay for college. _______________, I would not save all of it. I would probably give some money to my parents and friends because it would make them happy to have a little extra money. One million dollars is a lot of money; ______________, as you can see, I would have no problem using it all!

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Sample Answers: If I Won the Lottery…

If I won one million dollars in the lottery, it would be hard to decide how to spend the money. I would want to help others, by donating to charity, for example. However / Moreover, I would also want to use some of the money to buy things for myself. Consequently, I would probably decide to give 30% to charity and spend 20% on myself. I would buy a new computer and a large collection of video games. Plus, I would get a new bicycle and an mp3 player with a lot of memory.

After I spent 30% on charity and 20% on myself, I would still have 50% of one million dollars, which is $500,000. That is a lot of money! Therefore, I would probably save most of this to help pay for college. Nonetheless, I would not save all of it. I would probably give some money to my parents and friends, because it would make them happy to have a little extra money. One million dollars is a lot of money; still, as you can see, I would have no problem using it all!