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Q 2: Read the following paragraph and fill in the blanks using the appropriate and correct transitions/ signal words. ​​​​​​​​
(10 Marks)
Transition Words: (in many ways, also, as a result, although, while, because, In contrast, likewise, in spite of, nevertheless)
____________, I enjoy listening to a lot of different musical stuff, Norah Jones and Billie Holiday are the musicians that I admire the most. _________ Norah Jones was born 20 years after Billie Holiday died, Jones' music can be considered similar to Holiday's. _____________ their different backgrounds, both Holiday and Jones became very successful and famous. ________ of their different life stories, they had very different musical training. Jones took piano lessons as a child, and studied jazz piano at the University of North Texas. _________, Holiday had no musical training. __________, she learned from musicians around her and invented her own unique style of singing. ___________, Jones had very little formal training as a professional singer. ________, she learned her way of singing from listening to musicians and recordings, especially Billie Holiday's records. __________ Billie Holiday only sang jazz songs, Jones also used to sing country and pop songs_____________, their styles and abilities were very similar.​

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_Also _, I enjoy listening to a lot of different musical stuff, Norah Jones and Billie Holiday are the musicians that I admire the most. _Although_ Norah Jones was born 20 years after Billie Holiday died, Jones' music can be considered similar to Holiday's. _In spite of_ their different backgrounds, both Holiday and Jones became very successful and famous. _In contrast_ of their different life stories, they had very different musical training. Jones took piano lessons as a child, and studied jazz piano at the University of North Texas. _while_, Holiday had no musical training. _Nevertheless_, she learned from musicians around her and invented her own unique style of singing. _Because_, Jones had very little formal training as a professional singer. _As a result_, she learned her way of singing from listening to musicians and recordings, especially Billie Holiday's records. _Likewise_ Billie Holiday only sang jazz songs, Jones also used to sing country and pop songs _in many ways__, their styles and abilities were very similar.