The residents of a small village have been called to an “emergency meeting”. Nobody knows why. This is an imaginary incident, but the language of the notice is very real.
Use each linking expression once. Decide whether each gap needs a reason, contrast, time relationship or condition.
Word bank: although · because · despite · meanwhile · otherwise · unless
(1) ______ the village hall was almost full, nobody had come to discuss the usual parking problems.
They had come (2) ______ somebody had announced a “serious emergency” involving a goose.
The chairperson tried to begin the meeting. (3) ______, two neighbours were quietly attempting to remove the goose from the kitchen.
“We cannot vote on a solution (4) ______ we know whose goose it is,” she said.
(5) ______ the confusion, the committee agreed on one immediate action: keep the back door closed.
“Please take that seriously,” the chairperson added. “(6) ______, we’ll have another emergency meeting tomorrow.”
Extra challenge: Write a two-sentence village notice that explains the goose problem calmly and politely. Avoid the phrase “feathered menace”.
