Both conjunctions and relative pronouns are used to combine two clauses.
There is a difference between them. A conjunctionmerely connects the two clauses. A relative pronoun also acts as the subject or object of the verb in the relative clause.
Combine the following sentences using an appropriate conjunction.
1Her clothes caught fire ............... she was cooking in the kitchen.
Wrong!
Use "while" to show that the clothes caught fire during another action.
2............... his sons are employed, he has no financial worries.
Wrong!
Use "Now that" to mean "because the situation is now true."
3He does not know any language ............... Hindi.
Wrong!
Use "except" to mean that Hindi is the only language he knows.
4............... I invited them, they did not come.
Wrong!
Use "Even though" to show contrast with a real past situation.
5............... the weather was bad, he went out.
Wrong!
Use "Though" to introduce a contrast between the bad weather and his action.
6Julius Caesar, ............... came to Britain in 55 BC, was a powerful Roman general.
Wrong!
Use "who" for a person in a non-defining relative clause.
7............... the clock struck twelve, I went to bed.
Wrong!
Use "When" to show the time at which the speaker went to bed.
8Napoleon, ............... the French honor very much, died at St. Helena.
Wrong!
Use "whom" for a person who is the object in a non-defining relative clause.
9This is the new computer ............... my father bought yesterday.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "that" and "which" can introduce a defining relative clause about a thing.
10The village ............... we live is infested with rats.
Wrong!
Use "where" for the place in which people live.
Answers
- Her clothes caught fire while she was cooking in the kitchen.
- Now that his sons are employed, he has no financial worries.
- He does not know any language except Hindi.
- Even though I invited them, they did not come.
- Though the weather was bad, he went out.
- Julius Caesar, who came to Britain in 55 BC, was a powerful Roman general.
- When the clock struck twelve, I went to bed.
- Napoleon, whom the French honor very much, died at St. Helena.
- This is the new computer that / which my father bought yesterday.
- The village where we live is infested with rats.
