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Connecting Words Exercise

January 29, 2022 - pdf

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate connecting word.

1. She is both pretty …………………….. intelligent.

Correct! Wrong!

The correct conjunction is both...and...

2. ……………………. his illness, he attends office regularly.

Correct! Wrong!

In spite of is the correct preposition.

3. She is not perfect; …………………………, I can’t help liking her.

Correct! Wrong!

4. You cannot go ……………………… you have finished the task.

Please select 2 correct answers

Correct! Wrong!

Either until or till is possible here.

5. ……………………….. you do not take the prescribed tablets, you won’t get better.

Correct! Wrong!

6. Something must have happened to them ………………………. they haven’t returned yet.

Correct! Wrong!

7. ……………………….. he lacks formal education, he is one of the most intelligent persons I know.

Correct! Wrong!

Though is used to connect two contrasting ideas.

8. ………………………. it was a good offer, I accepted it.

Correct! Wrong!

9. …………………….. she had seen you, you would have been in trouble.

Correct! Wrong!

If is used to connect two contrasting ideas.

10. She became angry …………………….. I said a word.

Correct! Wrong!

11. I haven’t seen him ………………………… he moved to the US.

Correct! Wrong!

12. She smiled …………………………. she knew everything.

Please select 2 correct answers

Correct! Wrong!

Either as if or as though is possible here.

Answers

  1. She is both pretty and intelligent.
  2. In spite of his illness, he attends office regularly.
  3. She is not perfect; however, I can’t help liking her.
  4. You cannot go until you have finished the task.
  5. If you do not take the prescribed tablets, you won’t get better.
  6. Something must have happened to them for they haven’t returned yet.
  7. Though he lacks formal education, he is one of the most intelligent persons I know.
  8. As it was a good offer, I accepted it.
  9. If she had seen you, you would have been in trouble.
  10. She became angry before I said a word.
  11. I haven’t seen him since he moved to the US.
  12. She smiled as if / as though she knew everything.
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