Fill in the blanks with the following words.  There may be more than one right answer.

as a result of        despite        even so    in order to           whereas

1. ___ ensure everything goes to plan, please read all instructions carefully.

2. ___ recent cutbacks, Marketing and Sales will be merged into one department.

3. Mary and Jeff feel we need to reduce personnel expenses, ___ I believe we should take more people on!

4. I agree with you about that; ___, I’m not going to approve it.

5. Valerie sent the report out, ___ my strict instructions not to.

Answers:

1. In order to

2. As a result of

3. whereas

4. even so

5. despite

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