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