Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction or relative pronoun.
1The carpenter let out a scream ............... he hit his thumb with the hammer.
Wrong!
"When" shows the time at which the carpenter hit his thumb.
2An obedient child does ............... he is told.
Wrong!
"What" means "the thing that" after the verb "does."
3The boy is ............... obese that he cannot take part in sports.
Wrong!
"So" is used with "that" to show a result.
4The jury must decide ............... the movie is obscene.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Whether" and "if" can both introduce an indirect yes/no question here.
5It snowed occasionally ............... not enough for skiing.
Wrong!
"But" contrasts the fact that it snowed with the amount of snow.
6It didn’t occur to me ............... you would object.
Wrong!
"That" introduces the idea that did not occur to the speaker.
7............... he is old, he still does a full day’s work.
Wrong!
"Though" introduces a contrast with the main clause.
8It may be a new dress, ............... it looks old-fashioned to me.
Wrong!
"But" contrasts the new dress with its old-fashioned appearance.
9The car comes with a heater, ............... air conditioning is optional.
Wrong!
"But" contrasts the included heater with the optional air conditioning.
10The dog obeys both oral commands ............... hand gestures.
Wrong!
"And" completes the paired conjunction "both... and."
11Such a lie is an outrage to anyone ............... loves the truth.
Wrong!
"Who" refers to a person as the subject of "loves."
12He is ............... arrogant that no one wants to work for him.
Wrong!
"So" is used with "that" to show a result.
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- The carpenter let out a scream when he hit his thumb with the hammer.
- An obedient child does what he is told.
- The boy is so obese that he cannot take part in sports.
- The jury must decide whether / if the movie is obscene.
- It snowed occasionally but not enough for skiing.
- It didn’t occur to me that you would object.
- Though he is old, he still does a full day’s work.
- It may be a new dress, but it looks old-fashioned to me.
- The car comes with a heater, but air conditioning is optional.
- The dog obeys both oral commands and hand gestures.
- Such a lie is an outrage to anyone who loves the truth.
- He is so arrogant that no one wants to work for him.