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Complete the following sentences using a coordinating conjunction.<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Tom \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. John qualified for the finals.<\/p>\n

a) as well as
\nb) as well
\nc) also<\/p>\n

2. God made the country \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. man made the town.<\/p>\n

a) also
\nb) and
\nc) hence
\nd) but<\/p>\n

3. He was not only praised \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. rewarded.<\/p>\n

a) but also
\nb) also
\nc) but as well<\/p>\n

4. He will make a profit, \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. he is a prudent investor<\/p>\n

a) because
\nb) for
\nc) so<\/p>\n

5. He does not smoke, \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 does he drink.<\/p>\n

a) neither
\nb) nor
\nc) Both options given above can be used here<\/p>\n

6. He has been working hard \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. he will pass.<\/p>\n

a) so
\nb) for
\nc) Either could be used here<\/p>\n

7. He will \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. spend his money nor invest it.<\/p>\n

a) either
\nb) neither
\nc) not<\/p>\n

8. Tom is ambitious \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 his brother is very laid-back.<\/p>\n

a) whereas
\nb) while
\nc) nevertheless
\nd) Either \u2018whereas\u2019 or \u2018while\u2019<\/p>\n

9. He is intelligent \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 he does not work hard.<\/p>\n

a) and
\nb) but
\nc) or<\/p>\n

10. The manager ill-treats the clerk, \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 the clerk obeys him.<\/p>\n

a) and
\nb) yet
\nc) so<\/p>\n

Answers<\/h3>\n

1. Tom as well as<\/strong> John qualified for the finals.<\/p>\n

2. God made the country and<\/strong> man made the town.<\/p>\n

3. He was not only praised but also<\/strong> rewarded.<\/p>\n

4. He will make a profit, for<\/strong> he is a prudent investor. (Because is possible here but it is not a coordinating conjunction.)<\/p>\n

5. He does not smoke, neither\/nor<\/strong> does he drink.<\/p>\n

6. He has been working hard so<\/strong> he will pass.<\/p>\n

7. He will neither<\/strong> spend his money nor<\/strong> invest it.<\/p>\n

8. Tom is ambitious whereas\/while<\/strong> his brother is very laid-back.<\/p>\n

9. He is intelligent but<\/strong> he does not work hard.<\/p>\n

10. The manager ill-treats the clerk, yet<\/strong> the clerk obeys him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Complete the following sentences using a coordinating conjunction. 1. Tom \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. John qualified for the finals. a) as well as b) as well c) also 2. God made the country \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. man made the...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[89],"class_list":["post-423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cbse-grammar-worksheets-2","tag-conjunctions-exercise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":424,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423\/revisions\/424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}