Fill in the blanks with a conjunction or a preposition.
1............... we start now, we will miss our bus.
Wrong!
Use "Unless" to mean "if we do not start now."
2............... he did not want to tell me the truth, I found it out anyway.
Wrong!
Use "Although" before a clause to introduce a contrast.
3The basket was heavy, ............... I could not lift it.
Wrong!
Use "so" to introduce the result of the basket being heavy.
4............... we do not finish our work a little early today, we will not be able to attend the function.
Wrong!
Use "If" to introduce the condition for missing the function.
5How can you write if you have got ...............?
Wrong!
Use "neither a pen nor a pencil" to mean that you have no writing tool.
6............... his popularity, he cannot be called a great writer.
Wrong!
Use "In spite of" before a noun phrase such as "his popularity."
7I am glad ............... you liked my idea.
Wrong!
Use "that" after "glad" before a clause.
8............... tomorrow is a holiday, we can watch a movie.
Select 3 answers.
Wrong!
Use "Since", "As", or "Because" to introduce the reason for watching a movie.
9The thief was ............... cunning that no one could catch him.
Wrong!
Use "so" in the result pattern "so + adjective + that."
10The proposal fell through ............... no one supported it.
Wrong!
Use "since" to introduce the reason the proposal failed.
11All the blessings ............... we enjoy come from God.
Wrong!
Use "that" as a relative pronoun referring to "the blessings."
12............... you are mistaken or I am.
Wrong!
Use "Either" to begin the correlative pair "either... or."
Answers
- Unless we start now, we will miss our bus.
- Although he did not want to tell me the truth, I found it out anyway.
- The basket was heavy, so I could not lift it.
- If we do not finish our work a little early today, we will not be able to attend the function.
- How can you write if you have got neither a pen nor a pencil?
- In spite of his popularity, he cannot be called a great writer.
- I am glad that you liked my idea.
- Since / As / Because tomorrow is a holiday, we can watch a movie.
- The thief was so cunning that no one could catch him.
- The proposal fell through since no one supported it.
- All the blessings that we enjoy come from God.
- Either you are mistaken or I am.