Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction.
1I will call you ............... I hear from them.
Wrong!
Use "as soon as" to mean immediately after you hear from them.
2............... it was a tough task, I managed to finish it.
Wrong!
Use "Though" to introduce a contrast with the successful result.
3Intelligent ............... she was, she couldn’t pass the test.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
After an adjective, "as" and "though" can introduce a contrasting idea.
4Do you know the reason ............... she hates me?
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Use "why" to introduce the reason for her feeling.
5The girl ............... calculator had been stolen complained to the teacher.
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Use "whose" to show that the calculator belonged to the girl.
6Last month I watched an interesting movie, the name of ............... I don’t remember.
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Use "which" after the preposition "of" to refer to the movie.
7We bought some mangoes from ............... we extracted juice.
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Use "which" after the preposition "from" to refer to the mangoes.
8She married a handsome architect ............... she met on social media.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "that" or "whom" for a person who is the object of the relative clause.
9I went to a store ............... they sell Indian spices.
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Use "where" to refer to the store as a place.
10............... you had been careful, you wouldn’t have made this mistake.
Wrong!
Use "If" to introduce the condition in this third conditional sentence.
11............... we act now, we will lose this opportunity.
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Use "Unless" to mean "if we do not act now."
12I have no idea ............... she is talking about.
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Use "what" to introduce the thing she is talking about.
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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 / though 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 that / 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.