Fill in the blanks using appropriate conjunctions.
1The crow collected stones ............... dropped them into the pot.
Wrong!
Use "and" to connect two actions in sequence by the same subject.
2............... I am quite small, I can swim well.
Wrong!
Use "Even though" to introduce a surprising contrast with the main clause.
3They arrived ............... we had left.
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Use "after" to show that their arrival happened later than our leaving.
4The sun is hot ............... the moon is cold.
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Use "but" to contrast the heat of the sun with the coldness of the moon.
5He sold the car ............... he wanted some money.
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Use "because" to give the reason he sold the car.
6Please meet me ............... you go.
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Use "before" to show that the meeting should happen earlier than your going.
7He must be asleep ............... there is no light in his room.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Because" and "for" can both introduce the reason for the conclusion that he is asleep.
8He will not succeed ............... how hard he tries.
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Use "no matter" before "how" to mean that the result will not change.
9............... you drop the glass, it will break.
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Use "If" to introduce the condition that will make the glass break.
10He held my hand ............... I should fall.
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Use "lest" with "should" to express the purpose of preventing a bad result.
11He studied well, ............... he passed the examination.
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Use "so" to introduce the result of studying well.
12............... you say so, I will believe it.
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Use "Since" to mean "because" at the beginning of the sentence.
13It was bigger ............... I thought.
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Use "than" after a comparative adjective such as "bigger".
Answers
- The crow collected stones and dropped them into the pot.
- Even though I am quite small, I can swim well.
- They arrived after we had left.
- The sun is hot but the moon is cold.
- He sold the car because he wanted some money.
- Please meet me before you go.
- He must be asleep because / for there is no light in his room.
- He will not succeed no matter how hard he tries.
- If you drop the glass, it will break.
- He held my hand lest I should fall.
- He studied well, so he passed the examination.
- Since you say so, I will believe it.
- It was bigger than I thought.