Complete the following sentences using appropriate conjunctions.
1He asked me ............... I would like to accompany him.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Whether" and "if" can introduce an indirect yes/no question.
2James ran very fast, ............... he could not catch up with Mike.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"But" and "yet" show contrast between running fast and not catching up.
3Two ............... two make four.
Wrong!
"And" joins the two numbers as a compound subject with the plural verb "make".
4I work hard ............... I may pass.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"That" and "so that" can express the purpose of working hard.
5............... you work hard, you will pass.
Wrong!
"If" introduces the condition for passing.
6She is older ............... her husband.
Wrong!
"Than" is used after the comparative adjective "older".
7They left the town ............... the epidemic had spread there.
Wrong!
"Before" shows that leaving happened earlier than the spread of the epidemic.
8Go ............... you like.
Wrong!
"Where" means "to the place that" in this sentence.
9Neither a borrower ............... a lender be.
Wrong!
"Nor" is the correct partner of "neither".
10Look ............... you leap.
Wrong!
"Before" shows that looking should happen earlier than leaping.
11He asked me ............... I wanted.
Wrong!
"What" introduces the indirect question about the thing wanted.
12It has been a long time ............... I last met him.
Wrong!
"Since" introduces the point in time from which the long period is measured.
13............... you focus on your work, you will not succeed.
Wrong!
"Unless" means "if not" and gives the condition for not succeeding.
14We eat ............... we may live.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"That" and "so that" can express the purpose of eating.
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Answers
- He asked me whether / if I would like to accompany him.
- James ran very fast, but / yet he could not catch up with Mike.
- Two and two make four.
- I work hard that / so that I may pass.
- If you work hard, you will pass.
- She is older than her husband.
- They left the town before the epidemic had spread there.
- Go where you like.
- Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
- Look before you leap.
- He asked me what I wanted.
- It has been a long time since I last met him.
- Unless you focus on your work, you will not succeed.
- We eat that / so that we may live.