Fill in the blanks.
1. I want to know …………………………………. you don’t talk to me.
Correct!
Wrong!
2. I asked him ………………………….. he was doing on my computer.
Correct!
Wrong!
3. ……………………….. he was taken to hospital, he could not be saved.
Correct!
Wrong!
Although is used to connect two contrasting ideas. Despite is not a conjunction.
4. ………………………. we do not get the loan, we will have to shelve the project.
Correct!
Wrong!
If expresses a condition.
5. …………………………. he quits drinking, his health will not improve.
Correct!
Wrong!
Unless is similar to if not.
6. She told me ………………………… she was going abroad.
Correct!
Wrong!
That is the conjunction most commonly used to introduce a noun clause.
7. He worked hard …………………………… he could finish the project before the deadline.
Correct!
Wrong!
The conjunction so that expresses purpose.
8. She smiled …………………………… she knew everything.
Correct!
Wrong!
All of these are possible here with different meanings.
9. He asked me ………………………… I could help him.
Correct!
Wrong!
Either if or whether can be used to introduce an yes/no question.
10. I waited and waited …………………………. they did not come.
Correct!
Wrong!
11. …………………………. he was injured, he could not play.
Correct!
Wrong!
As shows the reason.
12. ………………………… I was the only boy in a class full of girls, I felt awkward.
Correct!
Wrong!
All of these words show the reason.
Answers
- I want to know why you don’t talk to me.
- I asked him what he was doing on my computer.
- Although he was taken to hospital, he could not be saved.
- If we do not get the loan, we will have to shelve the project.
- Unless he quits drinking, his health will not improve.
- She told me that she was going abroad.
- He worked hard so that he could finish the project before the deadline.
- She smiled as if / even if / though she knew everything.
- He asked me if / whether I could help him.
- I waited and waited but they did not come.
- As he was injured, he could not play.
- Since / As / Because I was the only boy in a class full of girls, I felt awkward.
