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TOEFL GRAMMAR: CONJUNCTIONS

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.


It looked dark and heavy _____ it was going to rain.

a)

although

b)

as if

c)

unless

d)

whereas

2.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.


_____ I get your call, I will leave.

a)

As soon as

b)

By the time

c)

As though

d)

Now that

3.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.


_____ he had read the instructions several times, he knew what to do.

a)

Whereas

b)

Until

c)

After

d)

While

4.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.


_____ he cannot afford a car, he rides a bicycle.

a)

Unless

b)

Though

c)

Whereas

d)

Because

5.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.


_____ the cities do not provide better and cheaper mass transport, the traffic problem will get worse.

a)

So that

b)

If

c)

Even though

d)

Before

6.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.


_____ you go to Canada, you should visit Toronto.

a)

When

b)

Since

c)

As

d)

Before

7.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.


_____ riding a bicycle is good leg exercise, it does not use up a lot of calories.

a)

As

b)

Because

c)

Although

d)

So that

8.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.


She turned off the record player _____ she could study.

a)

now that

b)

even if

c)

in case

d)

so that

9.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.


Although thunder and lightening are produced at the same time, light waves travel faster _____, so we see the lightening before we hear the thunder.

a)

than sound waves do

b)

than sound waves are

c)

do sound waves

d)

sound waves

10.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.


In its pure state antimony has no important uses, but _____ with other substances, it is extremely useful metal.

a)

when combined physically or chemically

b)

combined when physically or chemically

c)

the physical and chemical combination

d)

it is combined physically and chemically

11.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.


Beginning in the Middle Ages, composers of Western music used a system of notating their compositions _____ be performed by musicians.

a)

will

b)

that

c)

and when to

d)

so they could

12.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.


Because it was so closely related to communication, _____ art form to develop.

a)

drawing was probably the earliest

b)

to draw early was probably

c)

early drawing probably

d)

the earliest draw

13.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.


Halley's Comet had its first documented sighting in 240 B.C. in China and _____ it has been seen from the Earth 29 times.

a)

after

b)

because of

c)

since then

d)

that is

14.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.


_____ rainfall in the desert is low, it is one of the most important climatic factors in the formation of desert erosion features.

a)

Although

b)

Why

c)

Despite

d)

due to

15.

Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.


_____ stem from the everyday life of common people, the most popular themes are love, jealousy, revenge, disaster, and adventure.

a)

Because folk ballads

b)

There are folk ballads

c)

With folk ballads

d)

Folk ballads to