Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction.
1I feel ............... we are making a mistake.
Wrong!
Use "that" to introduce the noun clause after "feel".
2............... he delivered the message, the messenger departed.
Wrong!
Use "As soon as" to mean immediately after the message was delivered.
3He works hard ............... he can earn enough.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "so that" or "in order that" before a clause with a subject and verb.
4............... he wants to earn money, he has to work harder.
Wrong!
Use "If" to introduce the condition for having to work harder.
5He was buried in the town ............... he spent his whole life.
Wrong!
Use "where" to refer to the place in which he spent his whole life.
6The soldiers were poorly armed, ............... they fought bravely.
Wrong!
Use "but" to connect two contrasting ideas.
7We have already lost a lot more ............... we can afford.
Wrong!
Use "than" after the comparative phrase "a lot more".
8............... you hurry up, you will miss the train.
Wrong!
Use "Unless" to mean "if you do not" in this warning.
9The farmer killed the hen ............... laid golden eggs.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "that" or "which" to introduce a defining relative clause about an animal.
10Be diligent, ............... you will fail.
Wrong!
Use "or" to introduce the negative result if the advice is not followed.
11He ran away ............... he did not want to be caught.
Wrong!
Use "because" to give the reason why he ran away.
Answers
- I feel that we are making a mistake.
- As soon as he delivered the message, the messenger departed.
- He works hard so that / in order that he can earn enough.
- If he wants to earn money, he has to work harder.
- He was buried in the town where he spent his whole life.
- The soldiers were poorly armed, but they fought bravely.
- We have already lost a lot more than we can afford.
- Unless you hurry up, you will miss the train.
- The farmer killed the hen that / which laid golden eggs.
- Be diligent, or you will fail.
- He ran away because he did not want to be caught.
