Complete the following sentences using an appropriate conjunction.
1Walk carefully ............... you should fall.
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Use "lest" to mean "so that something bad does not happen."
2............... he saw me, he started yelling.
Wrong!
Use "As soon as" to show that one action happened immediately after another.
3............... did the police reach the spot than the crowd dispersed.
Wrong!
Use "No sooner" with inverted word order and "than" for two quick successive events.
4He is the same crook ............... cheated me last year.
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Use "that" after "the same" when identifying the person referred to.
5He is honest ............... industrious.
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Use "as well as" to add a second quality in a balanced phrase.
6............... harshly your parents may treat you, you must respect them.
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Use "However" before an adjective or adverb to mean "no matter how."
7Wise men seek knowledge ............... the ignorant shun it.
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Use "whereas" to contrast two different groups or ideas.
8She asked me ............... I could lend her my camera.
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Use "if" to introduce the reported yes/no question after "asked."
9He had hardly recovered from pneumonia ............... he suffered a heart attack.
Wrong!
Use "when" after "hardly" to show that the second event followed immediately.
10A Rajput soldier ............... die than surrender.
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Use "would rather" before the preferred action in the pattern "would rather... than."
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- Walk carefully lest you should fall.
- As soon as he saw me, he started yelling.
- No sooner did the police reach the spot than the crowd dispersed.
- He is the same crook that cheated me last year.
- He is honest as well as industrious.
- However harshly your parents may treat you, you must respect them.
- Wise men seek knowledge whereas the ignorant shun it.
- She asked me if I could lend her my camera.
- He had hardly recovered from pneumonia when he suffered a heart attack.
- A Rajput soldier would rather die than surrender.