Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction.

1. He started …………………. he received the message. (no sooner / as soon as / as long as)

2. I fell asleep …………………… I hit the sack. (as soon as / no sooner / as long as)

3. He is …………………. intelligent …………… hard working. (neither/nor / either/or)

4. ………………… he is fat, he is quite agile. (As / Though / If)

5. ………………… he is fat, he cannot run fast. (As / Though / If)

6. If you …………………. me, I would do something about it. (told / tell / have told)

7. …………………. he is intelligent, he always gets good marks. (Because / If / Though)

8. He speaks ………………… fast that I cannot follow him. (so / too)

9. He had hardly left …………………. his friend came. (than / when / before)

10. You will be in trouble …………………. you listen to him. (unless / until)

Answers

1. He started as soon as he received the message.

2. I fell asleep as soon as I hit the sack.

3. He is neither intelligent nor hard working.

4. Though he is fat, he is quite agile.

5. As he is fat, he cannot run fast.

6. If you told me, I would do something about it.

7. Because he is intelligent, he always gets good marks.

8. He speaks so fast that I cannot follow him.

9. He had hardly left before / when his friend came.

10. You will be in trouble unless you listen to him.