Question 229·Easy·Transitions
University entrepreneurship courses teach students how to conduct thorough market research and develop detailed business plans. _____ they also emphasize the importance of adaptability when conditions change unexpectedly.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
For transition questions, always read at least one sentence before and after the blank and decide, in your own words, how the ideas are related: addition, cause-effect, comparison, contrast, or example. Then classify each answer choice by its usual function and eliminate any that don’t match the relationship you identified; do not pick a transition just because it “sounds good”—it must clearly fit the logical connection between the sentences.
Hints
Look at the structure of the two sentences
Read both sentences together and ask yourself: Is the second sentence explaining a result, a comparison, a contrast, or just listing another thing about the courses?
Notice key clue words
Focus on the word “also” in the second sentence. What does that suggest about how the second idea relates to the first?
Test each transition type
For each answer choice, think: Does this word usually show result, similarity, contrast, or simple continuation? Then see which type best matches how the two sentences relate.
Step-by-step Explanation
Understand what each sentence is saying
Read the two sentences together:
- First: University entrepreneurship courses teach students how to do market research and create business plans.
- Second: These courses also emphasize being adaptable when conditions change.
Both sentences list what the courses teach; the second sentence is another item in the list of skills or focuses.
Identify the relationship between the sentences
Ask: How is the second sentence related to the first?
- Is it a result of the first sentence?
- Is it similar to something earlier, being compared directly?
- Is it the opposite of the first idea?
- Or is it simply adding another point about what the courses do?
Here, the word “also” already hints that the second sentence is adding one more feature of the courses.
Match the relationship to the type of transition
Now connect the relationship you identified to the meanings of the transitions:
- A result word suggests that one idea leads to the other.
- A similarity word compares the second idea to the first.
- A contrast word sets up an opposite or unexpected idea.
- An addition word simply introduces another related point.
The sentences describe two different but compatible things the courses teach, so the transition should show that the second sentence is an extra, related point, not a result, comparison, or contrast.
Choose the transition that shows simple addition
The only option that clearly signals you are adding another related feature the courses teach is “In addition,”, so that is the correct answer.