Select the phrase/connector from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same as expressed in the statement sentence. Avantika worked hard for the exam. She became a topper in university. 1. Thereafter 2. So 3. Although

Select the phrase/connector from the given three options which can be used to form a single sentence from the two sentences given below, implying the same as expressed in the statement sentence. Avantika worked hard for the exam. She became a topper in university. 1. Thereafter 2. So 3. Although Correct Answer Only 2

The correct answer is Only 2.

Key Points

• A connector is a thing that links two or more things together.
• The sentence says that Because Avantika worked hard for the exam, She became a topper in university.
• So, the connector which can connect these two sentence is 'So'. So means 'to that extent' or 'that much'. It is often used when we are talking about a high degree of something.
  • Example - The grocery store was out of onions, so I borrowed some from my neighbour.
• So, 'So' is the correct word.
• So, the correct sentence is - As Avantika worked hard for the exam, so she became a topper in university.​

​Additional Information

• The types of connectors in English are: coordinating conjunctions, correlative conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions, conductive adverbs and prepositional phrases.
• Thereafter is defined as from that point on, or going forward. It means after that or according to that.
  • Starting on my 18th birthday day I'll stop eating meat; thereafter I won't be eating meat.​
• ​'Although' is used to introduce a subordinate clause that contains a statement that makes the main clause of the sentence seem surprising or unexpected.​
  • ​​Although he was twice as old as us, he became the life and soul of the company.​