Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction.
1. She was …………………………… frightened ………………………… she could not even move.
Correct!
Wrong!
So..that.... shows cause and effect.
2. ………………………….. she is rich and influential, she is never rude to anyone.
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Wrong!
Though is used to connect two contrasting ideas.
3. …………………………. we burned the midnight oil, we could not meet the deadline.
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Wrong!
Despite and however are not conjunctions. They cannot connect clauses.
4. She is ill, ……………………….. she is cheerful.
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Wrong!
Yet is a conjunction. It can connect clauses. However cannot connect two clauses.
5. I must obey ………………………… I have no other option.
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Wrong!
For can mean because in a very formal or literary style.
6. The doorbell rang …………………………. I sat down to rest.
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Wrong!
7. She is industrious ………………………… her brother is lazy.
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Wrong!
8. I moved to a big city …………………………. I might find a better job.
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Wrong!
So that indicates purpose.
9. It was ………………………… a brilliant performance that the applause lasted at least 10 minutes.
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Wrong!
Use such before a noun with an adjective; use so before an adjective.
10. ……………………………… I didn’t have enough money, I could not buy the tickets.
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Wrong!
As gives the reason.
11. ………………………….. I was driving down the road, I saw Rahul walking his dog.
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Wrong!
As can indicate time. It can introduce a longer background action that was going on when another action took place.
12. They will have to abandon the project ……………………………. you do not support them.
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Wrong!
If indicates a condition.
Answers
- She was so frightened that she could not even move.
- Though she is rich and influential, she is never rude to anyone.
- Although we burned the midnight oil, we could not meet the deadline.
- She is ill, yet she is cheerful.
- I must obey for / because I have no other option.
- The doorbell rang as soon as I sat down to rest.
- She is industrious but / whereas her brother is lazy.
- I moved to a big city so that I might find a better job.
- It was such a brilliant performance that the applause lasted at least 10 minutes.
- As I didn’t have enough money, I could not buy the tickets.
- As I was driving down the road, I saw Rahul walking his dog.
- They will have to abandon the project if you do not support them.
