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Conjunctions Exercise

April 15, 2018 - pdf

Conjunctions are connecting words. Can you use them correctly? Test your understanding with this grammar exercise.

1. I waited for him …………………… 10 o’clock and then I went home.

Correct! Wrong!

Until and till are interchangeable. Until is more common in a formal style.

2. I looked for him everywhere …………………….. I couldn’t find him anywhere.

Correct! Wrong!

We use but to connect two contrasting ideas.

3. I will buy …………………….. you lower the price.

Correct! Wrong!

We use if to express a condition.

4. ……………………….. I did not enjoy the program, I sat through it.

Please select 2 correct answers

Correct! Wrong!

Though and although mean the same.

5. …………………….. comes to the door, tell them I am out.

Correct! Wrong!

Whoever is used to mean ‘it doesn’t matter who….’

6. ……………………….. you say, I will not believe you.

Correct! Wrong!

Whatever is used to mean ‘it doesn’t matter what…’

7. …………………… I go to Mumbai, I try to see my cousins.

Correct! Wrong!

8. ……………………… you want is fine with me.

Correct! Wrong!

9. You should be ready ………………………… the time I come back.

Correct! Wrong!

The correct expression is by the time.

10. You must finish it ……………………….. you leave.

Correct! Wrong!

11. Can you repair my camera if I leave it …………………… Monday?

Correct! Wrong!

We use until to talk about a situation that will continue up to a certain moment.

12. I can finish the work ……………………… Monday.

Correct! Wrong!

By is used to say that an action will happen before a future moment.

Answers

1. I waited for him until / till 10 o’clock and then I went home.
2. I looked for him everywhere but I couldn’t find him anywhere.
3. I will buy if you lower the price.
4. Although / though I did not enjoy the program, I sat through it.
5. Whoever comes to the door, tell them I am out.
6. Whatever you say, I will not believe you.
7. When / whenever I go to Mumbai, I try to see my cousins.
8. What / whatever you want is fine with me.
9. You should be ready by the time I come back.
10. You must finish it before you leave.
11. Can you repair my camera if I leave it until Monday?
12. I can finish the work by Monday.

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