Connecting Words Exercise

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate connecting word.

1. I want to know …………………………………. you are angry with me.

2. She asked me ……………………………. I had been the previous week.

3. They took him to hospital ………………………………… they could not save him.

4. ………………………….. you don’t know how to conduct yourself at a social gathering, it is better to stay home.

5. ……………………………… he apologizes, we will not take him back.

6. You could tell me …………………………… you weren’t coming.

7. She worked hard ……………………………… she wanted to get good marks.

8. She talks …………………………… she knows everything.

9. I asked him ………………………….. he would help me.

10. ………………………. It was a cold evening, I went for a walk.

11. ………………………. he was ill, I could not talk to him.

Answers

1. I want to know why you are angry with me.

2. She asked me where I had been the previous week.

3. They took him to hospital but they could not save him.

4. If you don’t know how to conduct yourself at a social gathering, it is better to stay home.

5. Unless he apologizes, we will not take him back.

6. You could tell me that you weren’t coming.

7. She worked hard because she wanted to get good marks.

8. She talks as if she knows everything.

9. I asked him whether he would help me.

10. Though it was a cold evening, I went for a walk.

11. As he was ill, I could not talk to him.