Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction.
1. She wouldn’t have lost her job, ………………………… she had met her targets.
If is used to express a condition.
2. ………………………. she arrives now, we will have to go without her.
Unless also expresses a condition. It means if not.
3. I don’t know …………………………… I will have time.
4. …………………………… she invited me, I would not go to her party.
Even if refers to the present or future.
5. I will do it …………………………….. you like it or not.
6. I admired him ……………………………… people said that he was a traitor.
Although is used to connect two contrasting ideas.
7. She missed school ……………………………… she was ill.
Because gives the reason.
8. She was sacked ……………………………… the manager was not happy with her performance.
9. ………………………… she gets good treatment, she will not survive.
Unless means if not.
10. ……………………….. it was a holiday, I spent the whole day in bed.
As can introduce the reason for something.
11. She was so beautiful ……………………………. everybody admired her.
Note the pattern so..that...
12. I went home ………………………………. I was bored.
Answers
1. She wouldn’t have lost her job, if she had met her targets.
2. Unless she arrives now, we will have to go without her.
3. I don’t know whether / if I will have time.
4. Even if she invited me, I would not go to her party.
5. I will do it whether you like it or not.
6. I admired him although people said that he was a traitor.
7. She missed school because she was ill.
8. She was sacked because the manager was not happy with her performance.
9. Unless she gets good treatment, she will not survive.
10. As it was a holiday, I spent the whole day in bed.
11. She was so beautiful that everybody admired her.
12. I went home because I was tired.
