Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase.<\/p>\n
1. —————— I fired at the lion, my brother shook my arm.<\/p>\n
a) as<\/p>\n
b) because<\/p>\n
c) since<\/p>\n
d) for<\/p>\n
2. Arranged marriages are rather unusual in the West. ——————–, they are very common in many Asian countries.<\/p>\n
a) But<\/p>\n
b) On the other hand<\/p>\n
c) Similarly<\/p>\n
d) In spite of this<\/p>\n
3. The car broke down on the way. —————– I managed to reach on time.<\/p>\n
a) In spite of this<\/p>\n
b) Additionally<\/p>\n
c) Similarly<\/p>\n
d) Due to this<\/p>\n
4. The British may have benefited India in some ways. —————– colonialism is basically bad.<\/p>\n
a) Even so<\/p>\n
b) Even as<\/p>\n
c) Similarly<\/p>\n
d) In the same way<\/p>\n
5. ————— I am satisfied with life.<\/p>\n
a) In general<\/p>\n
b) As for<\/p>\n
c) As far as<\/p>\n
d) Apart from<\/p>\n
6. The refugees are short of food and water. —————– they urgently need medicines.<\/p>\n
a) Similarly<\/p>\n
b) In addition<\/p>\n
c) Any how<\/p>\n
d) For instance<\/p>\n
7. ———- James, everyone seemed to be happy.<\/p>\n
a) Except for<\/p>\n
b) In particular<\/p>\n
c) For instance<\/p>\n
d) In addition to<\/p>\n
8. ——————– people will be nice to you if you are nice to them.<\/p>\n
a) In most cases<\/p>\n
b) In the same way<\/p>\n
c) Apart from<\/p>\n
d) For instance<\/p>\n
9. —————– a child\u2019s character is shaped by the circumstances at home.<\/p>\n
a) Consequently<\/p>\n
b) Similarly<\/p>\n
c) To a great extent<\/p>\n
d) For one thing<\/p>\n
10. ———————— nursed are overworked and underpaid.<\/p>\n
a) For instance<\/p>\n
b) Broadly speaking<\/p>\n
c) Except for<\/p>\n
d) In particular<\/p>\n
Answers<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. As I fired at the lion, my brother shook my arm.<\/p>\n 2. Arranged marriages are rather unusual in the West. On the other hand, they are very common in many Asian countries.<\/p>\n 3. The car broke down on the way. In spite of this I managed to reach on time.<\/p>\n 4. The British may have benefited India in some ways. Even so colonialism is basically bad.<\/p>\n 5. In general I am satisfied with life.<\/p>\n 6. The refugees are short of food and water. In addition, they urgently need medicines.<\/p>\n 7. Except for James, everyone seemed to be happy.<\/p>\n 8. In most cases people will be nice to you if you are nice to them.<\/p>\n 9. To a great extent a child\u2019s character is shaped by the circumstances at home.<\/p>\n 10. Broadly speaking nursed are overworked and underpaid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Complete the following sentences using an appropriate word or phrase. 1. —————— I fired at the lion, my brother shook my arm. a) as b) because c) since d) for 2. Arranged marriages are...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar-exercises","tag-grammar-exercise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819","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=819"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":820,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819\/revisions\/820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perfectyourenglish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}