Question 112·Easy·Transitions
Community gardens provide fresh produce to neighborhoods that lack grocery stores. ______, they create safe green spaces where residents can socialize and relax.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
For transition questions, always read the sentences around the blank and first decide the relationship between the ideas (addition, contrast, cause/effect, example, restatement, or time). Then, categorize each answer choice by the relationship it usually signals and eliminate any that do not match the actual connection in the passage. Avoid choosing a word just because it “sounds good”; it must accurately describe how the two ideas relate.
Hints
Look at the ideas, not just the blank
Read both sentences together and decide how the second sentence relates to the first one. Is it agreeing, disagreeing, explaining, or giving a new example?
Check whether there is contrast or support
Ask: Does the second sentence go against the first idea, or does it give another reason why community gardens are helpful?
Match each option to a relationship type
Think about what each kind of word usually does: one signals contrast, one signals time order, one restates in a different way, and one adds another similar point. Which relationship actually appears between the two sentences here?
Step-by-step Explanation
Understand the relationship between the two sentences
Read the full text without any transition word:
Community gardens provide fresh produce to neighborhoods that lack grocery stores. ______, they create safe green spaces where residents can socialize and relax.
Both parts describe good things that community gardens do. The second sentence does not disagree with the first one or explain it in a different way; it simply gives another benefit.
Decide what kind of connection is needed
Ask yourself: Is the second sentence
- contrasting with the first? (showing an opposite or unexpected idea)
- showing time order? (something that happened earlier or later)
- repeating or rephrasing the first idea?
- adding another, separate but similar benefit?
Here, the second sentence is adding another positive effect (creating safe green spaces) to the first effect (providing fresh produce). So the transition should show that the author is adding another point in support of community gardens.
Test each answer choice with the sentence
Insert each option in the blank and see if the meaning makes sense:
- Nevertheless usually introduces a contrast or something unexpected.
- Previously shows that something happened earlier in time.
- In other words introduces a restatement or simpler explanation of the same idea.
- Moreover introduces an additional, similar point.
The sentence is not contrasting, not about time order, and the second idea is not just a restatement of the first; it is a new benefit. Only the option that signals an additional similar point fits this relationship.
Choose the transition that adds another benefit
Because the second sentence adds another positive effect of community gardens to the first, the best transition is “Moreover”, which shows that the writer is giving an extra supporting point.