Fill in the blanks with appropriate conjunctions.
1. Don’t forget to signal ……………………. turning right.
It is possible to leave out subject + be after when or while. The above sentence can also be written as: Don’t forget to signal when you are turning right.
2. I decided to stop and rest ……………………. I was feeling tired.
For can be used to give the reason for something. It is more common in a formal style.
3. …………………….. I was feeling hungry, I decided to have lunch.
A for clause can never come at the beginning of a sentence.
4. She was acting …………………….. she was the boss.
As if and as though mean the same. They are used to say what a situation seems like.
5. You look …………………… you know each other.
We use as though to say what a situation seems like.
6. It seems ……………………… it is going to rain.
Like is possible here in an informal style.
7. I will remember that experience ………………………… I live.
8. You can stay in my home …………………….. you do not disturb me.
All of these expressions can be used to express a condition.
9. There was a big argument about …………………… we should close the shop.
Only whether is possible after prepositions.
10. I am not sure ……………………… I will be able to come.
Both whether and if can be used to introduce indirect Yes/No questions.
11. I can’t decide ………………………. to wait or leave.
Only whether is possible before a to-infinitive.
12. …………………… I will come I am not sure at the moment.
When an indirect question comes at the beginning of the sentence, we use whether.
Answers
1. Don’t forget to signal when / while turning right.
2. I decided to stop and rest because / for I was feeling tired.
3. Because I was feeling hungry, I decided to have lunch.
4. She was acting as if / as though she was the boss.
5. You look as though you know each other.
6. It seems as if / as though / like it is going to rain.
7. I will remember that experience as long as I live.
8. You can stay in my home as long as / so long as / on condition that you do not disturb me.
9. There was a big argument about whether we should close the shop.
10. I am not sure if / whether I will be able to come.
11. I can’t decide whether to wait or leave.
12. Whether I will come I am not sure at the moment.
