Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction.
1I have not been well ............... I returned from Bangkok.
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Use "since" to show the starting point of a state that continues to the present.
2No sooner did he see the policeman ............... he disappeared.
Wrong!
Use "than" after "no sooner" in this structure.
3Everyone rose to their feet ............... the chief guest entered the room.
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Use "as" to show that two short actions happened at the same time.
4Don’t talk ............... she is singing.
Wrong!
Use "while" to introduce an action in progress at the same time.
5............... I get older, I get happier.
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Use "As" to show two changes developing together.
6They were ordered to wait ............... the signal was given.
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Use "till" to mean up to the time when something happens.
7Write it down ............... you should forget about it.
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Use "lest" to express the purpose of preventing something.
8They spoke in a low voice ............... the child wouldn’t wake up.
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Use "so that" to introduce the purpose of an action.
9He thinks that he can buy justice ............... he is rich.
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Use "because" to give the reason for the main idea.
10I will not pay ............... he sends me the bill again.
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Use "unless" to mean "if not" in a condition.
11............... I had not seen this with my own eyes, I would not have believed it.
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Use "If" to introduce the condition in this third conditional sentence.
12............... you are very clever, you should be able to solve this puzzle.
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Use "Since" to give the reason for the conclusion.
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- I have not been well since I returned from Bangkok.
- No sooner did he see the policeman than he disappeared.
- Everyone rose to their feet as the chief guest entered the room.
- Don’t talk while she is singing.
- As I get older, I get happier.
- They were ordered to wait till the signal was given.
- Write it down lest you should forget about it.
- They spoke in a low voice so that the child wouldn’t wake up.
- He thinks that he can buy justice because he is rich.
- I will not pay unless he sends me the bill again.
- If I had not seen this with my own eyes, I would not have believed it.
- Since you are very clever, you should be able to solve this puzzle.