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Conjunctions Or Prepositions

February 28, 2018 - pdf

Fill in the blanks with a conjunction or a preposition.

1. …………………….. we start now, we will miss our bus.

Correct! Wrong!

Unless means if not.

2. ……………………… he did not want to tell me the truth, I found it out anyway.

Correct! Wrong!

Although is a conjunction. We use although to connect two contrasting ideas.

3. The basket was heavy ……………………………. I could not lift it.

Correct! Wrong!

So indicates the result/effect. As and since indicate the reason.

4. ………………………….. we do not finish our work a little early today, we will not be able to attend the function.

Correct! Wrong!

We use if to express a condition – something which must happen first so that something else can happen.

5. How can you write if you have got …………………………. a pen ………………………… a pencil?

Correct! Wrong!

6. ………………………….. his popularity, he cannot be called a great writer.

Correct! Wrong!

In spite of is a preposition. It is followed by a noun or pronoun.

7. I am glad …………………………. you liked my idea.

Correct! Wrong!

We can use the conjunction that to introduce an adverb clause of reason.

8. …………………………. tomorrow is a holiday, we can watch a movie.

Correct! Wrong!

As, since and because can all be used to introduce the reason.

9. The thief was ……………………… cunning that no one could catch him.

Correct! Wrong!

We can use ‘so…that’ to introduce an adverb clause of result.

10. The proposal fell through …………………………. no one supported it.

Correct! Wrong!

We use since to express the reason. All the other words are used to show the effect.

11. All the blessings …………………………… we enjoy come from God.

Correct! Wrong!

The relative pronoun ‘that’ can be used to refer to both people and things.

12. ……………………….. you are mistaken or I am.

Correct! Wrong!

Answers

1. Unless we start now, we will miss our bus.
2. Although he did not want to tell me the truth, I found it out anyway.
3. The basket was heavy so I could not lift it.
4. If we do not finish our work a little early today, we will not be able to attend the function.
5. How can you write if you have got neither a pen nor a pencil?
6. In spite of his popularity, he cannot be called a great writer.
7. I am glad that you liked my idea.
8. As / since / because tomorrow is a holiday, we can watch a movie.
9. The thief was so cunning that no one could catch him.
10. The proposal fell through since no one supported it.
11. All the blessings that we enjoy come from God.
12. Either you are mistaken or I am.

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