A word signalling cause — Aptitude Question
A word signalling cause: Fill in the blank: The road was flooded; ______, the match was postponed. Answer and worked solution on CodeKairo.
- Topic: Fill in the Blanks & Para Jumbles
- Section: Verbal Ability
- Difficulty: Easy
- Time target: 35 seconds
Question
Fill in the blank:
The road was flooded; ______, the match was postponed.
Options
- nevertheless
- consequently
- otherwise
- meanwhile
Show the answer and the worked solution
Correct answer: B. consequently
Worked solution
- The flooding caused the postponement.
- Consequently marks a result. Nevertheless would deny it, otherwise offers an alternative, meanwhile only marks time.
Answer: consequently.
The idea
Cause-and-effect connectors (therefore, consequently, hence, thus) are interchangeable in meaning; contrast connectors are not. Identify the relation, then any member of the right family will do.
Shortcut. Read 'so' into the blank: the flood is the reason and the postponement the result. Only consequently means 'so'; the others signal contrast, an alternative or time.
Common trap. nevertheless tempts as the formal connector most often drilled after a semicolon, but it would mean the match was postponed despite the flood — the reverse of the logic.
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