Fill in the blanks with an appropriate coordinating or correlative conjunction.
1He is ............... intelligent ……………………….. hard working.
Wrong!
Either could be used here with totally different meanings.
2They need ............... food ………………………… shelter.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
The correct options are both...and... and not only...but also....
3She works hard ............... she is struggling to make ends meet.
Wrong!
Yet is used to connect two contrasting ideas.
4I want ............... this ………………………. that
Wrong!
5He got up ............... rushed towards the door.
Wrong!
6I tried my best ............... I could not solve the puzzle.
Wrong!
7She was the most deserving candidate ............... she got the job.
Wrong!
And is not wrong here. So is more correct.
8I don’t like cricket, ............... does my husband.
Wrong!
9Not a man ............... a boy was spared.
Wrong!
10She seemed ............... surprised …………………………. worried.
Wrong!
11He is ............... a rogue or a lunatic.
Wrong!
12They will win ............... they are well trained.
Wrong!
For can mean because in a formal or literary style.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- He is Either could be used here intelligent ……………………….. hard working.
- They need both, and/not only, but also food ………………………… shelter.
- She works hard yet she is struggling to make ends meet.
- I want neither, nor this ………………………. that
- He got up and rushed towards the door.
- I tried my best Either could be used here I could not solve the puzzle.
- She was the most deserving candidate so she got the job.
- I don’t like cricket, nor does my husband.
- Not a man nor a boy was spared.
- She seemed neither, nor surprised …………………………. worried.
- He is either a rogue or a lunatic.
- They will win for they are well trained.
