Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction.
1. I will call you ………………………… I hear from them.
Correct!
Wrong!
2. …………………………… it was a tough task, I managed to finish it.
Correct!
Wrong!
Though is a conjunction used to connect two contrasting ideas. Despite is a preposition.
3. Intelligent ………………………. she was, she couldn’t pass the test.
Correct!
Wrong!
Intelligent as she was or intelligent though she was means the same as though she was intelligent.
4. Do you know the reason ……………………….. she hates me?
Correct!
Wrong!
5. The girl ………………………… calculator had been stolen complained to the teacher.
Correct!
Wrong!
The girl complained to the teacher. Her calculator had been stolen. The relative pronoun whose replaces possessive pronouns like her, his, their etc.
6. Last month I watched an interesting movie the name of ……………………….. I don’t remember.
Correct!
Wrong!
7. We bought some mangoes from ……………………………. we extracted juice.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. She married a handsome architect ………………………….. she met on social media.
Correct!
Wrong!
In identifying relative clauses, that can replace whom in an informal style.
9. I went to a store …………………………. they sell Indian spices.
Correct!
Wrong!
There can mean in which or at which.
10. ……………………………. you had been careful, you wouldn’t have made this mistake.
Correct!
Wrong!
11. …………………………… we act now, we will lose this opportunity.
Correct!
Wrong!
12. I have no idea ……………………………… she is talking about.
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Wrong!
Answers
- I will call you as soon as I hear from them.
- Though it was a tough task, I managed to finish it.
- Intelligent as she was, she couldn’t pass the test.
- Do you know the reason why she hates me?
- The girl whose calculator had been stolen complained to the teacher.
- Last month I watched an interesting movie the name of which I don’t remember.
- We bought some mangoes from which we extracted juice.
- She married a handsome architect whom she met on social media.
- I went to a store where they sell Indian spices.
- If you had been careful, you wouldn’t have made this mistake.
- Unless we act now, we will lose this opportunity.
- I have no idea what she is talking about.
