Fill in the blanks with an appropriate subordinating conjunction.
1............... the rain had stopped, the sun came out again.
Wrong!
Use "After" to show that the sun came out later than the rain stopped.
2............... it is a best-selling book, it does not have much substance.
Wrong!
Use "Although" to introduce a contrast with the main clause.
3............... he was not there, I left a message with his sister.
Wrong!
Use "As" to give the reason for leaving a message.
4He ran away ............... he was afraid of getting caught.
Wrong!
Use "because" to introduce the reason he ran away.
5You will get the job ............... you deserve it.
Wrong!
Use "if" to introduce the condition for getting the job.
6Walk carefully ............... you should fall.
Wrong!
Use "lest" to mean "so that you do not" in this formal warning.
7............... you say so, I must believe it.
Wrong!
Use "As" to mean "since" when accepting what someone says as the reason.
8He was the first to arrive ............... he started late.
Wrong!
Use "though" to introduce a surprising contrast.
9He will not obey ............... he is threatened.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "unless" and "even if" can complete the sentence, but they give different meanings.
10............... I was a child, I used to dream of becoming a pilot.
Wrong!
Use "When" to refer to the period in the past (childhood) when the dreaming regularly happened.
11I don’t know ............... he left us so suddenly.
Wrong!
Use "why" to introduce an indirect question about the reason.
12I don’t understand ............... it happened.
Wrong!
Use "how" to introduce an indirect question about the way something happened.
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- After the rain had stopped, the sun came out again.
- Although it is a best-selling book, it does not have much substance.
- As he was not there, I left a message with his sister.
- He ran away because he was afraid of getting caught.
- You will get the job if you deserve it.
- Walk carefully lest you should fall.
- As you say so, I must believe it.
- He was the first to arrive though he started late.
- He will not obey unless / even if he is threatened.
- When I was a child, I used to dream of becoming a pilot.
- I don’t know why he left us so suddenly.
- I don’t understand how it happened.