Fill in the blanks.
1. ………………………… she saw us, she rushed towards us.
Wrong!
Either could be used here with slightly different meanings.
2. ……………………….. I had invited all of them, none of them turned up.
Wrong!
Though is used to connect two contrasting ideas.
3. She earns a lot of money; ………………………., she spends hardly anything.
Wrong!
However is not a conjunction; it is a transitional adverb.
4. ………………………….. they are poor, they cannot afford to buy a home.
Wrong!
All of these words are used to give the reason for something.
5. The postman came ………………………. I was mowing the lawn.
Wrong!
6. ……………………….. she put in her best efforts, she could not succeed.
Wrong!
Although is used to connect two contrasting ideas; even if refers to future.
7. ………………………….. I had warned him, he didn’t listen to me.
Wrong!
8. ………………………….. you work hard enough, you will succeed.
Wrong!
Either could be used here with different meanings; if expresses a condition; as gives the reason.
9. ………………………….. she has a university degree, she is unemployed.
Wrong!
Though is used to connect two contrasting ideas.
10. She was upset ……………………………. she had failed the test.
Wrong!
Because gives the reason.
11. Hardly had I reached the station ……………………….. the train left.
Wrong!
12. …………………………. she was hungry, she refused to eat anything.
Wrong!
Done.
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Answers
1. When / as soon as she saw us, she rushed towards us.
2. Though I had invited all of them, none of them turned up.
3. She earns a lot of money; however, she spends hardly anything.
4. Because/as/since they are poor, they cannot afford to buy a home.
5. The postman came when I was mowing the lawn.
6. Although she put in her best efforts, she could not succeed.
7. Though I had warned him, he didn’t listen to me.
8. If / as you work hard enough, you will succeed.
9. Though she has a university degree, she is unemployed.
10. She was upset because she had failed the test.
11. Hardly had I reached the station when/before the train left.
12. Though she was hungry, she refused to eat anything.
