Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction.
1............... you obey my orders or quit.
Wrong!
2I will ............... obey you nor resign my job.
Wrong!
3She would neither agree to my suggestion ............... leave me alone.
Wrong!
4I can’t meet you tomorrow ............... I have an important appointment.
Wrong!
All of these are possible here.
5Something must have fallen ............... I heard a thud.
Wrong!
6The doctor must come soon ............... the patient will die.
Wrong!
7They not only abused him ............... threatened him with dire consequences.
Wrong!
8She is both pretty ............... intelligent.
Wrong!
9............... he practices every day, he still has to improve his game.
Wrong!
10I don’t care ............... you leave or stay.
Wrong!
Either if or whether can introduce an indirect question.
11The manager ............... his wife was present at the party.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Either as well as or along with is possible here. When we connect two singular nouns with and, the verb should be plural.
12The students started talking ............... the teacher left the classroom.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Either you obey my orders or quit.
- I will neither obey you nor resign my job.
- She would neither agree to my suggestion nor leave me alone.
- I can’t meet you tomorrow All of these I have an important appointment.
- Something must have fallen for I heard a thud.
- The doctor must come soon or the patient will die.
- They not only abused him but also threatened him with dire consequences.
- She is both pretty and intelligent.
- Though he practices every day, he still has to improve his game.
- I don’t care Either could be used here you leave or stay.
- The manager as well as/along with his wife was present at the party.
- The students started talking as soon as the teacher left the classroom.
