Conjunctions exercise
1. People ran for shelter, …………………… the storm broke out.
when
as
because
as
because
2. The audience left the hall ……………… the performance was over. (time)
when
as
since
as
since
3. Go …………………… you like. (place)
where
there
Either could be used here
there
Either could be used here
4. The accident occurred ……………….. the four roads meet. (place)
where
there
when
there
when
5. The train cannot start …………………. the signal is given.
when
after
before
after
before
6. His wife fainted ………………….. she heard the news. (time)
when
as
while
as
while
7. We eat ………………… we may live.
that
so
such that
so
such that
8. He wore a coat ………………… that he may not catch cold.
such that
so that
in order that
Either ‘so that’ or ‘in order that’
so that
in order that
Either ‘so that’ or ‘in order that’
9. ……………………. I finish this book, I will begin another.
no sooner
as soon as
hardly
as soon as
hardly
10. I wouldn’t do it ………………… it were possible.
if
even if
even though
even if
even though
11. He looks …………………… he were on the brink of a nervous breakdown.
as if
as though
even though
Either ‘as if’ or ‘as though’
as though
even though
Either ‘as if’ or ‘as though’
Answers
1. People ran for shelter, when the storm broke out.
2. The audience left the hall when the performance was over.
3. Go where you like.
4. The accident occurred where the four roads meet.
5. The train cannot start before the signal is given.
6. His wife fainted when she heard the news.
7. We eat that we may live.
8. He wore a coat so that / in order that he may not catch cold.
9. As soon as I finish this book, I will begin another.
10. I wouldn’t do it even if it were possible.
11. He looks as if / as though he were on the brink of a nervous breakdown.
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