Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction.
1. ……………………. you accept me for who I am or you leave me alone.
Correct!
Wrong!
The correct expression is either/or.
2. She must be taken to the hospital immediately …………………….. she will die.
Correct!
Wrong!
Or presents an alternative option or possibility.
3. ……………………….. she doesn’t receive emergency healthcare, she will die.
Correct!
Wrong!
If expresses a condition.
4. I can’t walk ………………………….. I have broken my leg.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. ……………………….. you drive carefully, accidents can still happen.
Correct!
Wrong!
Even though refers to the past; even if refers to the present or future.
6. I don’t know ………………………….. he will recognize me.
Correct!
Wrong!
We use whether or if to introduce an indirect yes/no question.
7. I fed the kitten ………………………… he wouldn’t starve.
Correct!
Wrong!
So that expresses purpose.
8. You can stay with me ……………………………… you don’t give me trouble.
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
9. They rushed out …………………………… the alarm went off.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. ……………………………… had I sat down to rest, than the door bell rang.
Correct!
Wrong!
Hardly and scarcely are followed by when or before.
11. ………………………… the watch was expensive, I bought it.
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
Either though or even though is possible here. Even though is more emphatic.
12. …………………………. she is rich and famous, she doesn’t want to keep her old friends.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- Either you accept me for who I am or you leave me alone.
- She must be taken to the hospital immediately or she will die.
- If she doesn’t receive emergency healthcare, she will die.
- I can’t walk for I have broken my leg.
- Even if you drive carefully, accidents can still happen.
- I don’t know whether he would recognize me.
- I fed the kitten so that he wouldn’t starve.
- You can stay with me provided that / on condition that you don’t give me trouble.
- They rushed out as soon as the alarm went off.
- No sooner had I sat down to rest, than the door bell rang.
- Even though / Though the watch was expensive, I bought it.
- Now that she is rich and famous, she doesn’t want to keep her old friends.
- He speaks as if / as though he is a genius.
- Even if I become a millionaire, I will always be a socialist.
- As well as breaking his arm, he hurt his leg.
