Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction.
1............... you obey my orders or quit.
Wrong!
Use "Either" with "or" to present two alternatives.
2I will ............... obey you nor resign my job.
Wrong!
Use "neither" with "nor" to connect two negative alternatives.
3She would neither agree to my suggestion ............... leave me alone.
Wrong!
Use "nor" after "neither" to introduce the second negative alternative.
4I can't meet you tomorrow, ............... I have an important appointment.
Select 3 answers.
Wrong!
"For", "as", and "because" can introduce the reason for not meeting tomorrow.
5Something must have fallen, ............... I heard a thud.
Wrong!
Use "for" to give the reason for the speaker's conclusion.
6The doctor must come soon, ............... the patient will die.
Wrong!
Use "or" to show the bad result if the doctor does not come soon.
7They not only abused him ............... threatened him with dire consequences.
Wrong!
Use "but also" to complete the correlative conjunction "not only... but also".
8She is both pretty ............... intelligent.
Wrong!
Use "and" to complete the correlative conjunction "both... and".
9............... he practices every day, he still has to improve his game.
Wrong!
Use "Though" to introduce a contrast with the main clause.
10I don't care ............... you leave or stay.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"If" and "whether" can introduce this indirect alternative question.
11The manager ............... his wife was present at the party.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"As well as" and "along with" add extra information without making the singular subject plural.
12The students started talking ............... the teacher left the classroom.
Wrong!
Use "as soon as" to mean immediately after the teacher left.
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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, for / as / because 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 if / whether 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.