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Conjunctions Exercise

July 30, 2020 - pdf

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction.

1. Push the button ……………………. you want the elevator.

Correct! Wrong!

If expresses a condition.

2. The prostrate slaves didn’t get up ………………………… the king left.

Correct! Wrong!

Until refers to time. Up to refers to distance or extent.

3. He was a proud man ………………………. resisted his friends’ offers of help.

Correct! Wrong!

The relative pronoun who refers to people. It acts as the subject of the verb in the relative clause.

4. His rapacious ways made him wealthy ……………………….. friendless.

Correct! Wrong!

But is used to connect two contrasting ideas.

5. He rarely studied, ………………………. he passed every exam.

Correct! Wrong!

Yet is used to connect two contrasting ideas.

6. The witness related ……………………….. he had seen.

Correct! Wrong!

What means that which.

7. It stormed ……………………. hard that all the electricity went out.

Correct! Wrong!

So...that shows cause and effect.

8. He is so tight-lipped that no one knew ………………………. he enjoyed the party or not.

Please select 2 correct answers

Correct! Wrong!

9. The best tactic is to confess ………………………. ask her forgiveness.

Correct! Wrong!

10. The child is unruly ……………………….. he has been spoiled.

Correct! Wrong!

Because gives the reason.

11. The two men look alike ……………………….. are unrelated.

Correct! Wrong!

But is used to connect two contrasting ideas.

12. She didn’t understand ……………………. was happening to her.

Correct! Wrong!

Answers

1. Push the button if you want the elevator.

2. The prostrate slaves didn’t get up until the king left.

3. He was a proud man who resisted his friends’ offers of help.

4. His rapacious ways made him wealthy but friendless.

5. He rarely studied, yet he passed every exam.

6. The witness related what he had seen.

7. It stormed so hard that all the electricity went out.

8. He is so tight-lipped that no one knew whether he enjoyed the party or not.

9. The best tactic is to confess and ask her forgiveness.

10. The child is unruly because he has been spoiled.

11. The two men look alike but are unrelated.

12. She didn’t understand what was happening to her.

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