Exercise 5
Choose the word or phrase that will correctly complete the
conversation.
1. Although
a
bit discouraging, she decided to take the job anyway.
a. her mother’ s attitude was
b. her mother was attitude
c. was her mother’ s attitude
d. attitude was her mother
2.
since
the beginning of the season, the villagers are expecting good crops.
a. the favorable weather
b. The favorable weather has been
c. the weather has been favorable
d. As the weather has been favorable
3. All the residents of our street rushed to their windows or
balconies last night to see what was happening,
a tremendous
noise just in the middle of the night.
a. for there was
b. there was for
c. so there was
d. there was so
4. A good many people just combine smoking although
to cause cancer.
a. it knows
b. it is known
c. does it know
d. it is knowing
5. He turned off his cellphone
disturbed during the film.
a. he wouldn’t be
b. so that he wouldn’t be
c. he wouldn’t be so
d. he wouldn’t be so that
6. They’re talking out a special insurance policy so that their
possessions will be covered
.
a. while they are overseas
b. overseas they are
c. they are overseas
d. they are while overseas
7.
it
quite clearly, only a few of the students understood the subject well.
a. As explained the teacher
b. Although the teacher explained
c. Despite the teacher explained
d. In spite of the teacher explained
8.
rather
heavy, we decided to take the back roads to work.
a. So the traffic was
b. As if the traffic was
c. In order that the traffic was
d. Seeing that the traffic was
9. The professor has taken a break from lecturing this semester
some research for her
book.
a. so can she do
b. she can do
c. so that she can do
d. she can do so
10. It was such a wonderful film that
the cinema with
tears in my eyes.
a. I left
b. to leave
c. when I left
d. I left when
11. We keep our bread in the fridge,
it
doesn't go bad.
a. although
b. so that
c. since
d. after
12. The five-cent coin looks very Canadian,
it has a picture of a beaver on it.
a. since
b. after
c. though
d. before
13.
Volkswagen
cars are cheap, they last a long time.
a. because
b. in order that
c. although
d. after
14. You should give the iron time to heat up
you iron your
clothes.
a. since
b. so that
c. before
d. until
15. You need proper shoes to go hiking in the mountains,
the ground is
rough and hard.
a. because
b. even though
c. so that
d. before
16. Hockey players wear lots of protective clothing
they don't get
hurt.
a. whereas
b. in order that
c. though
d. after
17. You will have to pay higher insurance
you buy a sports
car.
a. if
b. so that
c. although
d. before
18. You shouldn't drive
drinking alcohol.
a. even though
b. in order that
c. if
d. after
19.
the dolphin lives in the sea, it is
not a fish -- it's a mammal.
a. whether
b. so that
c. although
d. after
20. You may get malaria
you
are bitten by a mosquito.
a. if
b. after
c. while
d. before
Keys
Exercise 5
1. a 2. d 3. a 4. b
5. b
6. a 7. b 8. d 9. c
10. a
11. b 12. a 13. c
14. c 15. a
16. b 17. a 18. d
19. c 20. a
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