Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction or preposition.
1. ……………………….. you knew the answer why didn’t you tell me?
Correct!
Wrong!
2. I will not go to their party, …………………………. they invite me.
Correct!
Wrong!
Unless is similar to if...not.
3. ……………………….. he mends his ways, he will be in trouble.
Correct!
Wrong!
Unless means if...not...
4. I will not go …………………………. him.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. ………………………….. he received the message, he started.
Correct!
Wrong!
6. …………………………. he is rich, he is not respected.
Correct!
Wrong!
Although is used to connect two contrasting ideas.
7. …………………………. you forbid me, I will go.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. If I help him it is ……………………………. I like him.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. ……………………………. had he returned than he was off again.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. Scarcely had he gone to bed, ……………………………. someone knocked at the door.
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
11. He became angry …………………………….. I had said a word.
Correct!
Wrong!
12. This is as good …………………………… not better than that.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- If you knew the answer why didn’t you tell me?
- I will not go to their party, unless they invite me.
- Unless he mends his ways, he will be in trouble.
- I will not go without him.
- As soon as he received the message, he started.
- Although he is rich, he is not respected.
- Even if you forbid me, I will go.
- If I help him it is because I like him.
- No sooner had he returned than he was off again.
- Scarcely had he gone to bed, when/before someone knocked at the door.
- He became angry before I had said a word.
- This is as good if not better than that.
