Question

Choose the transition that best connects these two sentences.

As the school year came to a close, the students became easily distracted by the activities outside their classroom windows. ____, the teachers also longed for summer and began to give the students more free time to relax and play games.

A.
Besides
B.
However
C.
Instead
D.
Similarly

Answer 1

D. Similarly

"Similarly" best shows that the teachers' feelings and actions paralleled those of the students (both groups looking forward to summer).