Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction.
1. ………………………. you knew the answer, why didn’t you tell me?
Wrong!
2. ………………………. they were busy, I couldn’t talk to them.
Wrong!
As gives the reason.
3. What will we do …………………………. she arrived now?
Wrong!
If expresses a condition.
4. He could not meet his targets, ………………………. he was fired.
Wrong!
So expresses the effect.
5. …………………………. I ran fast, I could not overtake him.
Wrong!
Though is used to connect two contrasting ideas.
6. I didn’t know anyone at the party, ……………………….. still I had a good time.
Wrong!
7. She neither called ………………………… wrote.
Wrong!
Note the correlative conjunction neither...nor...
8. He died in the town ……………………….. he was born.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Where can mean in which.
9. ……………………….. you are honest, everyone will respect you.
Wrong!
All of these are possible here with slightly different meanings.
10. I waited and waited ………………………. he didn’t come.
Wrong!
But connects two contradictory or contrasting ideas.
11. I will tell her the news, ………………………… she arrives.
Wrong!
12. ……………………….. she is rich and famous, she leads a miserable life.
Wrong!
Although is used to connect two contrasting ideas.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- If you knew the answer, why didn’t you tell me?
- As they were busy, I couldn’t talk to them.
- What will we do if she arrived now?
- He could not meet his targets, so he was fired.
- Though I ran fast, I could not overtake him.
- I didn’t know anyone at the party, but still I had a good time.
- She neither called nor wrote.
- He died in the town where he was born.
- If you are honest, everyone will respect you.
- I waited and waited but he didn’t come.
- I will tell her the news, as soon as she arrives.
- Although she is rich and famous, she leads a miserable life.

