Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction.
1............... her conduct does not improve, the school may expel her.
Wrong!
Use "If" to introduce a possible condition.
2He will continue his fast ............... his demands are met.
Wrong!
Use "until" to mean up to the time when his demands are met.
3The book is ............... fascinating that I can’t put it down.
Wrong!
Use "so" before an adjective in the structure so + adjective + that.
4Only her friends knew ............... she had a fatal illness.
Wrong!
Use "that" to introduce the content of what her friends knew.
5She practiced the speech ............... her delivery was faultless.
Wrong!
Use "until" to show that she continued practicing up to the point when her delivery was faultless.
6These days he looks fitter ............... I have ever seen him.
Wrong!
Use "than" after the comparative adjective "fitter".
7They want me to apologize, ............... I would shoot myself first.
Wrong!
Use "but" to contrast apologizing with refusing strongly.
8The plastic was poured into the mold ............... left to set.
Wrong!
Use "and" to join the two passive actions "poured" and "left".
9The medicine made me feel giddy, ............... I had to sit down.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "and" and "so" can link the result to feeling giddy in this sentence.
10I can’t think of an instance ............... she was unfair.
Wrong!
Use "when" to refer to a particular instance or occasion.
11............... he got hit by the truck, his death was instantaneous.
Wrong!
Use "When" to introduce the time of the accident.
Done.
Score: 0/11
Answers
- If her conduct does not improve, the school may expel her.
- He will continue his fast until his demands are met.
- The book is so fascinating that I can’t put it down.
- Only her friends knew that she had a fatal illness.
- She practiced the speech until her delivery was faultless.
- These days he looks fitter than I have ever seen him.
- They want me to apologize, but I would shoot myself first.
- The plastic was poured into the mold and left to set.
- The medicine made me feel giddy, and / so I had to sit down.
- I can’t think of an instance when she was unfair.
- When he got hit by the truck, his death was instantaneous.
