Complete the following sentences using an appropriate conjunction.
1I waited for him ............... 7 o'clock, and then I went home.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Until" and "till" both mean up to the time mentioned.
2I will make a cake ............... I have time.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"If" and "when" are both possible because the cake can depend on having time or happen at the time I have time.
3They had left ............... the time I reached their place.
Wrong!
"By" completes the time expression "by the time" and means before that moment.
4............... the teacher left the classroom, the students started chatting.
Wrong!
"As soon as" means immediately after the teacher left.
5I will call you ............... I leave.
Wrong!
"Before" shows that the call will happen earlier than the leaving.
6Take this bag with you ............... you leave.
Wrong!
"When" means at the time you leave.
7She was depressed ............... she didn't know what to do.
Wrong!
"Because" introduces the reason clause "she didn't know what to do".
8We must get there ............... he leaves.
Wrong!
"Before" shows that we must arrive earlier than his leaving.
9I cut myself ............... I was shaving.
Wrong!
"While" shows that the cut happened during the shaving.
10We cancelled the trip ............... it was raining.
Wrong!
"Because" gives the reason for cancelling the trip.
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- I waited for him until / till 7 o’clock, and then I went home.
- I will make a cake if / when I have time.
- They had left by the time I reached their place.
- As soon as the teacher left the classroom, the students started chatting.
- I will call you before I leave.
- Take this bag with you when you leave.
- She was depressed because she didn’t know what to do.
- We must get there before he leaves.
- I cut myself while I was shaving.
- We cancelled the trip because it was raining.