Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction or preposition.
1. I will not come …………………… he invites me.
Except is not equivalent to unless. Unless means if not.
2. Put everything …………………… the vase in the box.
Except is a preposition. It means excluding or other than.
3. I will not go ……………………….. you do.
Unless is not equivalent to without.
4. He walks ……………………….. his father does.
Like is a preposition; as is a conjunction. We need a conjunction to connect two clauses.
5. ……………………….. he had gone, cops knocked at the door.
As soon as is used to connect two actions that happen in quick succession.
6. ……………………….. had he gone, when someone knocked at the door.
Please select 2 correct answers
We use an inverted word order after hardly and scarcely.
7. No sooner had he returned from the city ………………………… he started feeling ill.
No sooner is followed by than.
8. He was buried in the village …………………………… he was born.
9. He washed ………………………… his hands nor his face.
10. I waited ……………………….. he arrived.
Till is used of time.
11. I have eaten nothing ………………………… I left home.
Since can refer to time. It indicates the starting point of something.
12. I went ................................. him.
Answers
1. I will not come unless he invites me.
2. Put everything except the vase in the box.
3. I will not go unless you do.
4. He walks as his father does.
5. As soon as he had gone, cops knocked at the door.
6. Hardly / Scarcely had he gone, when someone knocked at the door.
7. No sooner had he returned from the city than he started feeling ill.
8. He was buried in the village where he was born.
9. He washed neither his hands nor his face.
10. I waited till he arrived.
11. I have eaten nothing since I left home.
12. I went without him.
