1. ________ a child’s character is shaped by the circumstances at home.

2. It is Alice ________ the phone. She wants to talk to you.

3. Ghosts don’t exist. ________ I haven’t seen one.

4. She went on a strict diet. ________ she didn’t lose any weight.

5. The candidate didn’t perform well at the interview. ________, he was rude to the interviewer.

6. ________ people will be nice to you if you are nice to them.

7. Smoking is indeed dangerous. ________, a lot of people get cancer because they smoke.

8. To ________, he failed his exam.

9. The circus ________ round of applause for the perfectly timed acrobatic stunt.

10. He says he is a socialist, and ________ he owns five homes and a tea estate.