Fill in the blanks with a conjunction or a relative pronoun.
1. He is neither clever ................................ ambitious.
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Wrong!
We use the correlative conjunction neither/nor here.
2. ............................... being physically challenged, he has great enthusiasm for life.
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Wrong!
Despite is a preposition. It is followed by a noun or an ing form.
3. ..................................... working hard, we could not succeed.
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Wrong!
It should be despite or in spite of.
4. The doctors tried their best; .............................., they could not save her.
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Wrong!
However does not connect two clauses. It follows a full stop or a semicolon.
5. ................................. you start behaving, you will be in trouble.
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Wrong!
6. The cat must have been somewhere around ................................ I couldn't find her.
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Wrong!
But is used to connect two contrasting ideas.
7. .................................... he is educated, he lacks common sense.
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Wrong!
Though is used to connect two contrasting ideas. Despite is not a conjunction.
8. .................................. you had invested your money in real estate, you would have become richer today.
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Wrong!
9. I don't know ................................. they will recognize me after all these years.
Please select 2 correct answers
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Wrong!
We can use if or whether to introduce an indirect yes/no question.
10. This is the town ..................................... he spent his childhood.
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Wrong!
Where means in which.
11. It has been several weeks, ................................. I heard anything from her.
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12. .................................. cannot be cured must be endured.
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What means that which.
Answers
- He is neither clever nor ambitious.
- Despite being physically challenged, he has great enthusiasm for life.
- In spite of working hard, we could not succeed.
- The doctors tried their best; however, they could not save her.
- Unless you start behaving, you will be in trouble.
- The cat must have been somewhere around but I couldn’t find her.
- Though he is educated, he lacks common sense.
- If you had invested your money in real estate, you would have become richer today.
- I don’t know whether /if they will recognize me after all these years.
- This is the town where he spent his childhood.
- It has been several weeks, since I heard anything from her.
- What cannot be cured must be endured.
