Cohesive Dvices
Cohesive Dvices
Directions: Look at the linking words inside the box. Classify them based on purpose. Use the organizer below. A sample
answer is already given. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.
Assessment 3: Below is an excerpt or portion of a text which lacks cohesive devices. Complete it by choosing your
answers from the words inside the parenthesis.
Write the words on a separate answer sheet.
I could not imagine how I become what I am today 1. (and, for) _____ it was really different before. I stand before you
now as a teacher. It was seven years ago, 2. (so, yet) ______ I could still imagine as if it were just yesterday. I used to
carry bags containing vegetables 3. (such as, for) ______ okra, eggplant and bamboo shoots. I would sell them to the
neighborhood where my playmates would 4. (not only, either) ________ laugh at me, and tell stories of our poor family,
5. (but also, nor) _______ bully me. 6. (However, Moreover) _______, I did not mind them 7. (because, so that) I needed
to surprise my mother. I am secretly buying her medicines.
Four years after, I did not climb the hills to get vegetables anymore instead I climbed the stage where my healed
mother pinned more ribbons on me. Now, I still carry my bag no longer with vegetables to sell but with the harvested
fruits of hard work namely wisdom, knowledge and values. I carry them free for you as long as,
you promise that you would put them in your bags too. 8. (However, Hence) ______ my dearest students it really matters
how you carry your bag. It can be heavy at times and it does not hurt much to take a break. Rest and carry on. Never
forget that there are people willing to help. 9. (Yet, So) _________ as your classmate, do you want me to help you carry
your bag too?
Assessment 4:
Directions: Write your own sentences on a separate sheet of paper using the given transitional words. Please observe the
use of appropriate pronouns. Two points each.
Example: John and Ian are well appreciated by their boss because of their
outstanding performance.
WHILE 1. __________________________________________________
ALTHOUGH 2. __________________________________________________
UNLESS 3. __________________________________________________
SUCH AS 4. __________________________________________________
MORE OVER 5. _________________________________________________