Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction or preposition.
Answers
1. She couldn’t qualify for the race in spite of having trained very hard.
2. He couldn’t pass the exam although he worked very hard.
3. She sat facing / opposite me across the table.
4. No sooner did he start going out with her than she fell in love with another guy.
5. I was hardly inside the house when / before the lights went out.
6. Scarcely / hardly had I closed my eyes when the dog started barking.
7. She has been a go-getter since / from her childhood.
8. The shop was open from the morning.
9. We had to cancel the picnic due to / owing to / because of bad weather.
10. He doesn’t care about his appearance.
11. She is at the Harvard School of Business.
12. I won’t be leaving until / before Friday.
