Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction.
1. ……………………… you take it or leave it.
Either or is used to present an unavoidable choice between two alternatives.
2. The doctor must come soon, ………………………. the patient will die.
3. ……………………….. the doctor does not arrive soon, the patient will die.
We use if to express a condition.
4. I can’t meet you tomorrow, ……………………….. I have an important appointment.
For can refer to the reason for something in a formal style.
5. …………………………….. they played well, they could not win.
Please select 2 correct answers
Even though is similar to though but it is more emphatic.
6. I don’t know …………………………. I will have time or not.
We use whether or if to introduce an yes/no question, but whether is preferred in the structure whether .. or not.
7. We started early …………………………… we would not get stuck in traffic.
So that indicates purpose.
8. I shall lend you my camera ……………………………. you return it tomorrow.
9. The passengers got off the bus …………………………… it stopped.
10. He speaks ………………………….. he is a genius.
As if and as though are used to say what a situation seems like.
11. …………………………. I become a millionaire, I will always be a socialist.
Even if refers to the future. Even though refers to the past.
12. …………………………… breaking his arm, he hurt his leg.
All of these expressions mean the same.
Answers
1. Either you take it or leave it.
2. The doctor must come soon, or the patient will die.
3. If the doctor does not arrive soon, the patient will die.
4. I can’t meet you tomorrow, for I have an important appointment.
5. Though they played well, they could not win.
6. I don’t know whether I will have time or not.
7. We started early so that we would not get stuck in traffic.
8. I shall lend you my camera provided that / on condition that you return it tomorrow.
9. The passengers got off the bus as soon as it stopped.
10. He speaks as if / as though he is a genius.
11. Even if I become a millionaire, I will always be a socialist.
12. As well as breaking his arm, he hurt his leg.
