Assignments for self-control

Choose correct conjunctions and prepositions. Check your answers in the keys.

1. You can come to the meeting ______ you don't say anything.

a) so that b) as long as c) while d) until e) as if

2. I'm not leaving ______ I get an apology from you.

a) so that b) as long as c) while d) until e) as if

3. I came her ______ you could give me an explanation.

a) so that b) as long as c) while d) until e) as if

4. Bob is very tall ______ Bill is very short.

a) so that b) as long as c) while d) until e) as if

5. You look ______ you've seen a ghost.

a) so that b) as long as c) while d) until e) as if

6. I refuse to pay anything ______ you do the work properly.

a) so that b) as long as c) while d) until e) as if

7. I'm going shopping for food this evening ______ I don't have to go at the weekend.

a) so that b) as long as c) while d) until e) as if

8. You look ______ you haven't eaten for a week.

a) so that b) as long as c) while d) until e) as if

9. I need an office to myself ______ I can get some work done.

1. so b) so that c) although d) when e) since

10. I'll tell her ______ I see her.

a) so b) so that c) although d) when e) since

11. ______ you left, the atmosphere in the office has not been as nice.

a) so b) so that c) although d) when e) since

12. The job is badly paid ______ I'm looking for another one.

a) so b) so that c) although d) when e) since

13. _____we could fly,______ we could go by train.

a) Both ... and b) Not only ... but also c) Either ... or d) Neither ... nor

14. ______ will she have to study hard, ____ she will______ have to concentrate to do well on the exam.

a) Both ... and b) Not only ... but also c) Either ... or d) Neither ... nor

15. _____pneumonia _____ small pox are dangerous illnesses.

a) Both ... and b) Not only ... but also c) Either ... or d) Neither ... nor

16. Do you think this is something ___ can be learned? a) who b) that c) X

17. Don't go out ___ you've finished your work. a) as b) while c) until

18. Make sure you close all the windows ___ it starts to rain. a) after b) before c) for

19. I think I know ___ he left the job. a) why b) until c) where

20. ___ I had known how much I would disappoint him, I wouldn’t have done it. a) Whether b) When c) If

21. ___ you see me, get in the car. a) As soon as b) While c) Whether

22. My friend John, ___ lives in California, has a car with a New York license. a) whose b) who c) that

23. It's usually quite simple to cross the border between the USA and Canada ___ these two countries have friendly relations. a) yet b) and c) because

24. ___ a university professor returns from a sabbatical leave, he should be better qualified. a) Until b) When c) Even though

25. She's ___ a snobbish person ___ nobody likes to be with her. a) such...that b) such...as c) so...that

26. He must be very popular, ___ everyone in school knows him.

a) for b) so c) since d) when e) as

27. John wanted to stay, ___ his sister persuaded him to go.

a) but b) for c) since d) when

28. ___ the rain, we went to the beach.

a) But b) For c) Despite d) If

29. ___ I got home, my sister had already left.

a) While b) Since c) Till d) When

30. It's too late to go out; ___, it's beginning to rain.

a) whatever b) moreover c) however

31. She wanted to go to the party; ___, she was not invited.

a) whatever b) moreover c) however

32. ___ it was cold, he went out without a sweater.

a) Whatever b) Moreover c) Although

33. John was later blamed ___ the accident.

a) with b) about c) for d) from

34. He reported ___ that matter to me months ago.

a) about b) of c) on d) for

35. The whole room smelled ___ lavender !

a) about b) of c) on d) with

36. The inheritance was divided ___ equal parts.

a) to b) at c) into d) for

37. A good thing we could stop him ___ making that stupid remark !

a) from b) against c) at d) for