Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into a complex sentence, using the conjunction given in brackets.
We will hire a car. We may not get the bus. (If)
We will hire a car if we do not get the bus.
How will we cope? Dad may lose his job. (If)
How will we cope if dad loses his job?
He gets angry. There may be a minor change in his schedule. (Even if)
He gets angry evenif there is a minor change in his schedule.
We will buy the car. You have to lower the price. (Provided)
We will buy the car provided that you lower the price.
Exercise
Complete the following sentences with a conjunction.
1............... he was tired, he completed the work.
Wrong!
Use "Although" to introduce a contrast clause with a subject and verb.
2............... hard he may try, he will not succeed.
Wrong!
Use "However" before an adjective or adverb to mean "no matter how."
3He talked about the Prime Minister ............... he had known him for years.
Wrong!
Use "as if" to compare a situation with an imagined or unreal situation.
4Some people speak ............... they knew everything.
Wrong!
Use "as if" to describe the way someone speaks when the idea is not treated as real.
5............... or not you like it, we are going ahead with the plan.
Wrong!
Use "Whether" with "or not" to show that the result is the same in either case.
6............... you won a lottery, what would you do with the money?
Wrong!
Use "Supposing" to introduce an imaginary condition.
7............... you give the respect due to others, you will not get respect.
Wrong!
Use "Unless" to mean "if not" in this negative condition.
Answers
- Although he was tired, he completed the work.
- However hard he may try, he will not succeed.
- He talked about the Prime Minister as if he had known him for years.
- Some people speak as if they knew everything.
- Whether or not you like it, we are going ahead with the plan.
- Supposing you won a lottery, what would you do with the money?
- Unless you give the respect due to others, you will not get respect.
