Conjunctions Exercise For Grade 6 CBSE With Answers

Conjunctions are connecting words. We can use a conjunction to connect two words, two phrases or two clauses. Note that we use only one conjunction to connect two clauses.

Fill in the blanks with appropriate conjunctions. Choose your answers from the options given below.
(as, because, so, and, but, though, if, although, when, before, until, unless)

Exercise 1

1. ……………………… he is late we will go without him.

2. ………………………… he apologises he will not be taken back.

3. ……………………….. she is intelligent she is not very studious.

4. He was upset …………………………. he had not been invited.

5. …………………………… it was raining, we didn’t go out.

6. The last bus has gone ……………………….. we will have to walk.

7. She opened the book ………………………….. started reading.

8. I called him many times ………………………….. he didn’t answer the phone.

9. ………………………… it was an expensive watch, I decided to buy it.

10. His uncle took care of him ………………………… he got a good job.

11. Nobody was there ………………………….. this happened.

12. She had left ………………………….. I reached her place.

Answers

1. As he is late we will go without him.

2. Unless he apologises he will not be taken back.

3. Though / Although she is intelligent she is not very studious.

4. He was upset because he had not been invited.

5. As it was raining, we didn’t go out.

6. The last bus has gone so we will have to walk.

7. She opened the book and started reading.

8. I called him many times but he didn’t answer the phone.

9. Though / Although it was an expensive watch, I decided to buy it.

10. His uncle took care of him until he got a good job.

11. Nobody was there when this happened.

12. She had left before I reached her place.

Exercise 2

Fill in the blanks using an appropriate conjunction. Choose your answers from the given options. The same conjunction can be used more than once.

(if, when, while, after, until, unless, whether, so, as if, as soon as)

1. ……………………… you are ready, give me a call.

2. She lost her memory ……………………….. she suffered a massive head injury.

3. Don’t disturb him ………………………. he is working.

4. She sat there motionless ………………………. she was dead.

5. ………………………. you don’t revise your lessons thoroughly, you will not get good marks.

6. …………………….. you start now, you will be there before noon.

7. What will you do ………………………. you lose your job?

8. He failed the test ………………………… he didn’t get the job.

9. I will try ………………………. I succeed.

10. She asked me ……………………….. I wanted to go.

11. We will start …………………….. he arrives.

12. …………………… you try, you cannot succeed.

Answers

1. When you are ready, give me a call.

2. She lost her memory after she suffered a massive head injury.

3. Don’t disturb him while he is working.

4. She sat there motionless as if she was dead.

5. If you don’t revise your lessons thoroughly, you will not get good marks.

6. If you start now, you will be there before noon.

7. What will you do if you lose your job? (The conjunction if is used to express a condition.)

8. He failed the test so he didn’t get the job. (The conjunction so shows effect.)

9. I will try until I succeed.

10. She asked me if / whether I wanted to go. (We use the conjunction if or whether to introduce an indirect yes/no question.)

11. We will start as soon as he arrives. (We use the conjunction as soon as to mean that one action quickly follows another action.)

12. Unless you try, you cannot succeed. (Unless means if not. We can also write: If you do not try, you cannot succeed.)