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Join the following sentences
using suitable conjunctions. You may make changes where
necessary but do not change the meaning of the sentence |
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I was hungry. I had
eaten nothing since the night before.
I was hungry
because I had eaten nothing
since the night before. |
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She was ill. She did not go to the
office. She went to see a doctor. |
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He ran fast. He wanted to catch the
train. He was too late. The train had already gone. |
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She washed the clothes. She hung
them out to dry. She took them back again. She saw dark clouds
gathering in the sky. |
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I have not seen your book. I have
not borrowed it. Perhaps it is in your bag. |
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He did not want to go home. He was
in disgrace. He had done something very wrong. |
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The wind was strong. Rain fell
heavily. We managed to come. It was to take part in the
competition. |
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That boy did not complete his work.
He was lazy. The teacher punished him. He refused to let him go
home. |
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You must hurry up. You will be late
for school. You will be reprimanded by the discipline master. |
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The river was flooded. The roads
were flooded too. It had been raining for many days. |
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I dare not go into the jungle. It
is dark. It is eerie. It is the home of many wild animals and
poisonous insects. |
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Pauline ran fast. Margaret ran
fast, too. Jane ran faster. She won the first prize. |
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The two men were weary. They were
thirsty. They had walked under the hot desert sun for a long
time. They had lost contact with the main party. |
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He was offered a bribe of ten
thousand dollars. He did not take it. He was a man of high
principles. |
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The flood was over. People returned
to their homes. They found that everything had been destroyed. |
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Peter did not see it. Thomas did
not see it. There must be someone who had seen it. |
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He did not switch on the fan. It
was very hot. He wanted to save electricity. |
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That girl speaks English. She
speaks German. She speaks many other foreign languages. She is
an outstanding student. |
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We must do something quickly. She
will fall into the river. The current is very strong there. |
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That teacher is strict. the
students like him. He has been teaching at the school for a long
time. |
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She reads fast. I can never read so
fast. |
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Answers |
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Since/As she was ill, she did not
go to the office but went to see a doctor instead. / She was ill
so she did not go to the office but went to see a doctor
instead. |
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He ran fast because/for/as he
wanted to catch the train, but he was too late as/for the train
had already gone. |
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After she had washed the clothes,
she hung them out to dry, but she took them back again when she
saw dark clouds gathering in the sky. |
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I have neither seen nor borrowed
your book; however, it may be in your bag. |
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He did not want to go home
as/because/for he was in disgrace for having done something very
wrong. |
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Even though/Although/Though the
wind was strong and rain fell heavily, we managed to come and
take part in the competition. / The wind was strong and rain
fell heavily, but we managed to come and take part in the
competition. |
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The boy did not complete his work
as/because/for he was lazy so the teacher punished him and
refused to let him go home. |
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You must hurry up or you will be
late for school. and be reprimanded by the discipline master. |
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The river was as well as/ and the
roads were flooded as/because/for it had been raining for many
days. |
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I dare not go into the jungle
as/because/for it is dark and eerie and the home of many wild
animals and poisonous insects. |
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Pauline ran as fast as Margaret,
but Jane ran faster and she won the first prize. / Pauline and
Margaret ran fast, but Jane ran faster and she won the first
prize. |
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The two men were weary and
thirsty as/because/for they had walked under the hot desert sun for a long
time after they had lost contact with the main party. |
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He was offered a bribe of ten
thousand dollars but he did not take it as/because/for he was a man of high
principles. |
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When the flood was over, people returned
to their homes and found that everything had been destroyed. |
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Neither Peter nor Thomas saw it,
nevertheless/but there must be someone who had seen it. |
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He did not switch on the fan even
though/although/though it
was very hot because/as/for he wanted to save electricity. |
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That girl speaks not only English
and German but also many other foreign languages so she is
an outstanding student. |
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We must do something quickly or she
will fall into the river and the current is very strong there. |
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Although/Though/Even though that teacher is strict, the
students like him as/because/for he has been teaching at the school for a long
time. / That teacher is strict but the students like him
as/because/for he had been teaching at the school for a long
time. |
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I can never read as fast as she
can. |
