Complete the following sentences using an appropriate conjunction.
1Will you wait here ............... I come back?
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Till" and "until" both mean up to the time that something happens.
2I will visit you ............... I have time.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"If" gives a possible condition, and "when" gives a possible time.
3The train will have left ............... the time we reach the station.
Wrong!
"By" means not later than a particular time.
4The train had left ............... we reached the station.
Wrong!
"Before" shows that the train left earlier than our arrival.
5You can leave ............... you are ready.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"As soon as" and "when" can both introduce the time when leaving is allowed.
6You have to finish it ............... you leave.
Wrong!
"Before" shows that finishing must happen earlier than leaving.
7I hurt myself ............... playing cricket.
Wrong!
"While" means during the time that the activity was happening.
8I injured my foot ............... I was playing cricket.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"When" and "while" can both introduce the longer activity during which the injury happened.
9He gave me the message ............... I arrived.
Wrong!
"The moment" means immediately when something happened.
10I will only pay you ............... you finish the work on time.
Wrong!
"If" introduces the condition for receiving payment.
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- Will you wait here till / until I come back?
- I will visit you if / when I have time.
- The train will have left by the time we reach the station.
- The train had left before we reached the station.
- You can leave as soon as / when you are ready.
- You have to finish it before you leave.
- I hurt myself while playing cricket.
- I injured my foot when / while I was playing cricket.
- He gave me the message the moment I arrived.
- I will only pay you if you finish the work on time.