THE CONJUNCTION

1. Fill in the blanks with the missing conjunctions: but, so, as, and, where, since, not only …
but, as if, as:
1. You are not … energetic … you used to be. 2. The flowers were picked …
arranged by Helen. 3. My grandfather was taken to the hospital … he died. 4. He
hasn’t written him any letter … he left. 5. I am not sure I will be able to come, …
I’ll do my best to be there. 6. Everything is settled, … whatever you say will make
no difference. 7. … does she play well, … she is a good composer, too. 8. I
remember very well … we first met. 9. Be a good boy … tell me what happened.
10. We can’t pay a visit to him … we don’t know where he lives. 11. You are
telling the story … everything happened to you. 12. He is intelligent … not as
quick as his brother.

2. Insert the appropriate conjunctions:

1. It was late, … everybody felt very well. 2. … she was speaking on the phone, I
was reading. 3. Here is the key to my room, … you may borrow any of my books
… I am absent. 4. I did not read the book to the end … it was not interesting. 5.
You can’t eat your cake … have it (proverb). 6. She had enough money … she
bought the book. 7. He looks … he were ill. 8. I arrived … I heard of it. 9. I am
not going now … it is raining. 10. The day was dark … rainy. 11. Let us go to the
seaside … the mountains. 12. I left early … I might catch the train.

3. Insert the correlative conjunctions: either … or, neither … nor, not only … but also, both
… and:
1. He spoke … in favour … against it. 2. I couldn’t find an answer to my question
… in the lecture … in the book. 3. … Helen … John are students. 4. You can have
… red … white wine, whichever you prefer. 5. He is … clever … hard working.
6. When we reached home she was … hungry … thirsty. 7. The lesson is … long
… dificult. 8. On my summer holidays I will go … to the seaside … to the
mountains. 9. … was he late at school … he dad left his copybook at home, too.
10. Can you … write … speak English?

4. Join the two sentences using the suitable conjuctions:

1. He’s ready. I’m ready. 2. He smiled. He refused. 3. Shall we meet again at six?
Shall we meet at seven? 4. They can speak French. They can understand French.
5. Did she give him a ring? Did she write him a note? 6. It’s on the floor. It’s near
the window. 7. I know Jim. I don’t know Paul. 8. It is cold outside. It is sunny. 9.
Maybe seven people came. Maybe eight came. 10. He is poor. He is happy.

5. Supply if or whether in the following sentences:

1. I wonder … they will come in time. 2. I would accept his offer … I were you.
3. We shall go out … the rain stops. 4. The teacher asked the pupils … they
understood his explanation. 5. He wanted to know … she was going to invite him
 to her birthday party. 6. He would have told you … your brother had ring you up.
7. We have to ask them … they agree to our decision. 8. The match will be
postponed … the weather is unfavourable. 9. She wonders … he will pass the
examination. 10. He will pass the examination … he works hard.

6. Fill in the blanks with the right conjuction:

1. Early to bed … early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy … wise. 2. Actions
speak louder … words. 3. Prevention is better … cure. 4. Think today … speak
tomorrow. 5. Hear twice … you speak once. 6. Better late … never. 7. Strike the
iron … it is hot. 8. … you make your bed, … you must lie on it. 9. An empty
vessel gives a greater sound … a full barrel.

7. Translate into English, paying attention to the use of conjuctions:

1. Atât fratele meu cât şi prietenul lui au plecat în excursie. 2. Shelley n-a fost
numai poet, ci şi revoluţionar. 3. Nu-ţi poţi cumpăra cartea dacă nu ai bani la tine.
4. Dacă nu te-ai fi grăbit, n-ai fi prins trenul. 5. Nu ai voie să te duci la cinema,
dacă nu ţi-ai făcut temele. 6. Mă interesează atât muzica cât şi pictura. 7. Nu-mi
place să călătoresc nici cu trenul, nici cu maşina. 8. Dacă nu pleci acum, vei
întârzia din nou. 9. Nimeni nu cunoştea adevărul, aşa cum îl ştiam eu. 10. Trebuie
să stai în pat până te însănătoşeşti. 11. Niciodată nu plec dimineaţa până nu iau
micul dejun. 12. Fie John, fie Jane trebuia să rezolve această problemă. 13.
Întrucât suntem obosiţi, ne vom opri aici. 14. El a răspuns ca şi cum nu ştia regula
aceasta.

8. Fill in the blanks with suitable conjuctions:

A man was knocked down by a taxi cab in the street. He was taken to hospital.
His wife was standing by his bed … said to the doctor:
“I think … he is very ill”.
“I am afraid … he is dead”, said the doctor.
Hearing this, the man moved his head … said:
“I am not dead, I am still alive”.
“Be quiet” said the wife, “the doctor knows better … you”.