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Conjunctions Exercise

December 7, 2020 - pdf

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction.

1. He didn’t work hard ……………………. he failed his exam.

Correct! Wrong!

So gives the effect.

2. ………………….. had the hunter raised the gun, than the birds flew away.

Correct! Wrong!

The correct conjunction is no sooner ... than...

3. She is …………………… intelligent to be defeated.

Correct! Wrong!

4. ……………………. had she got the message when she started.

Please select 2 correct answers

Correct! Wrong!

5. ……………………… my children are employed, I have no financial difficulties.

Correct! Wrong!

6. They still live in the house ………………………… was built by their grandfather.

Please select 2 correct answers

Correct! Wrong!

Either which or that can refer to non-living things in identifying relative clauses.

7. ……………………… he saw a dog, he threw stones at it.

Correct! Wrong!

Whenever means it doesn't matter when.

8. You should neither see him …………………… call him.

Correct! Wrong!

9. …………………… he is honest, everybody respects him.

Correct! Wrong!

All of these words indicate the reason for something.

10. ……………………. my mother is a doctor, she knows how to dress a wound.

Correct! Wrong!

As indicates the reason.

11. You will not be able to meet him ………………………. you arrive in time.

Correct! Wrong!

Unless is similar to if not.

12. …………………… his health is poor, he attends his office regularly.

Correct! Wrong!

Although is similar to but; it is used to connect two contrasting ideas.

Answers

1. He didn’t work hard so he failed his exam.
2. No sooner had the hunter raised the gun, than the birds flew away.
3. She is too intelligent to be defeated.
4. Hardly /Scarcely had she got the message when she started.
5. Now that my children are employed, I have no financial difficulties.
6. They still live in the house which/that was built by their grandfather.
7. Whenever he saw a dog, he threw stones at it.
8. You should neither see him nor call him.
9. Since / As / Because he is honest, everybody respects him.
10. As my mother is a doctor, she knows how to dress a wound.
11. You will not be able to meet him unless you arrive in time.
12. Although his health is poor, he attends his office regularly.

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