Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction.
1. They found the boy …………………….. he was almost dead.
Correct!
Wrong!
2. She said that she wouldn’t come, ……………………. I waited patiently.
Correct!
Wrong!
Still expresses contrast.
3. …………………… he is intelligent, he is not very enterprising.
Correct!
Wrong!
Though is used to connect two contrating ideas.
4. He ……………………… spends his money nor invests it.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. ……………………. did they abuse him but they also beat him up.
Correct!
Wrong!
6. ………………………. I went to his home yesterday, I couldn’t meet him.
Correct!
Wrong!
Though is used to connect two contrasting ideas.
7. The students began to talk ………………………….. the teacher left the classroom.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. He spoke ……………………….. he was a scholar.
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
Either as if or as though is possible here. Both expressions are used to say what a situation seems like.
9. I cannot reveal any more details ……………………….. you are my close friend.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. I will give you the money ……………………….. you return it next month.
Correct!
Wrong!
Provided that expresses a condition.
11. ……………………….. it was raining, we couldn’t go out.
Correct!
Wrong!
As shows the reason.
12. She began to cry ………………………….. she had lost her necklace.
Correct!
Wrong!
Because shows the reason.
Answers
- They found the boy but he was almost dead.
- She said that she wouldn’t come, still I waited patiently.
- Though he is intelligent, he is not very enterprising.
- He neither spends his money nor invests it.
- Not only did they abuse him but they also beat him up.
- Though I went to his home yesterday, I couldn’t meet him.
- The students began to talk as soon as the teacher left the classroom.
- He spoke as if he was a scholar.
- I cannot reveal any more details even though you are my close friend.
- I will give you the money provided that you return it next month.
- As it was raining, we couldn’t go out.
- She began to cry because she had lost her necklace.
