Conjunctions Exercise -2
Choose the word that correctly completes each sentence below.
#1. My car’s heater is noisy ……… it heats very poorly.
#2. A foot-pound is used to measure energy, ……… a pound-foot is used to measure torque.
#3. Rocky Mountain National Park contains 355 miles of trails, …….. visitors can hike as far and as high as they wish.
#4. At about eighteen miles into a race, marathons runners often feel that they cannot go on, …….. they usually get a second wind and finish the race.
#5. Stanley, a black cat, won Friday’s contest, ……… he failed to win the contest on Saturday.
#6. One of the largest jigsaw puzzles ever completed contained 10,000 pieces, …….. it took 2,500 hours to complete.
#7. The Murrays plan to move, ………. they have outgrown their one-room apartment.
#8. Psychologists report that having one or more friends is important to a child’s development, ……… being popular is not.
#9. Incandescent bulbs neither use as little electricity as fluorescent bulbs, …….. do they last as long.
Conjunctions Exercise-2
Conjunctions Exercise-2Choose the word that correctly completes each sentence below. |
Stanley, a black cat, won Friday’s contest, (but, for) he failed to win the contest on Saturday.
but |
The Murrays plan to move, (for, yet) they have outgrown their one-room apartment.
for |
My car’s heater is noisy (and, nor) it heats very poorly.
and |
Psychologists report that having one or more friends is important to a child’s development, (but, for) being popular is not.
but |
A foot-pound is used to measure energy, (but, for) a pound-foot is used to measure torque.
but |
One of the largest jigsaw puzzles ever completed contained 10,000 pieces, (and, or) it took 2,500 hours to complete.
and |
At about eighteen miles into a race, marathons runners often feel that they cannot go on, (for, yet) they usually get a second wind and finish the race.
yet |
Rocky Mountain National Park contains 355 miles of trails, (nor, so) visitors can hike as far and as high as they wish.
so |
Incandescent bulbs neither use as little electricity as fluorescent bulbs, (nor, yet) do they last as long.
nor |
Conjunctions Exercise -2
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