Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction.
1............... you knew the answer, why didn’t you tell me?
Wrong!
Use "If" to introduce the condition in this question.
2............... they were busy, I couldn’t talk to them.
Wrong!
Use "As" to give the reason why the speaker could not talk to them.
3What would we do ............... she arrived now?
Wrong!
Use "if" to introduce an imaginary condition.
4He could not meet his targets, ............... he was fired.
Wrong!
Use "so" to introduce the result of not meeting the targets.
5............... I ran fast, I could not overtake him.
Wrong!
Use "Though" to introduce a contrast between running fast and not overtaking him.
6I didn’t know anyone at the party, ............... still I had a good time.
Wrong!
Use "but" to show a contrast between knowing nobody and having a good time.
7She neither called ............... wrote.
Wrong!
Use "nor" to complete the correlative conjunction "neither... nor".
8He died in the town ............... he was born.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "in which" and "where" can refer to the town he was born in.
9............... you are honest, everyone will respect you.
Wrong!
Use "As long as" to mean "provided that" in this sentence.
10I waited and waited, ............... he didn’t come.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "yet" and "but" can show contrast between waiting and his not coming.
11I will tell her the news ............... she arrives.
Wrong!
Use "as soon as" to mean immediately after she arrives.
12............... she is rich and famous, she leads a miserable life.
Wrong!
Use "Although" to introduce a contrast between being rich and famous and being miserable.
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Answers
- If you knew the answer, why didn’t you tell me?
- As they were busy, I couldn’t talk to them.
- What would 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 in which / where he was born.
- As long as you are honest, everyone will respect you.
- I waited and waited, yet / 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.