Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction.
1He didn’t work hard, ............... he failed his exam.
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"So" introduces the result of not working hard.
2............... had the hunter raised the gun than the birds flew away.
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"No sooner" is used with "than" in this inverted structure.
3She is ............... intelligent to be defeated.
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"Too" is used before an adjective with "to" to mean more than is suitable or possible.
4............... had she got the message when she started.
Select 2 answers.
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"Hardly" and "Scarcely" are used with "when" in this inverted structure.
5............... my children are employed, I have no financial difficulties.
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"Now that" means because a new situation is true.
6They still live in the house ............... was built by their grandfather.
Select 2 answers.
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"Which" and "that" can introduce a defining relative clause about a thing.
7............... he saw a dog, he threw stones at it.
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"Whenever" means every time this happened.
8You should neither see him ............... call him.
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"Nor" completes the correlative conjunction "neither... nor."
9............... he is honest, everybody respects him.
Select 3 answers.
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"Since", "As", and "Because" can all introduce the reason for the main clause.
10............... my mother is a doctor, she knows how to dress a wound.
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"As" introduces the reason why she knows how to dress a wound.
11You will not be able to meet him ............... you arrive in time.
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"Unless" means if not in this sentence.
12............... his health is poor, he attends his office regularly.
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"Although" introduces a contrast with the main clause.
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- He didn’t work hard, so he failed his exam.
- No sooner had the hunter raised the gun than the birds flew away.
- She is too intelligent to be defeated.
- Hardly / Scarcely had she got the message when she started.
- Now that my children are employed, I have no financial difficulties.
- They still live in the house which / that was built by their grandfather.
- Whenever he saw a dog, he threw stones at it.
- You should neither see him nor call him.
- Since / As / Because he is honest, everybody respects him.
- As my mother is a doctor, she knows how to dress a wound.
- You will not be able to meet him unless you arrive in time.
- Although his health is poor, he attends his office regularly.