Conjunctions and linking words
Index
Fill the gaps using the words given. Use each word only once.
ANSWERS
unfortunately | and | because | however | although | so | as | despite | but | if
The Quarrel
About a year ago I had a bad quarrel with my father. Since then we have hardly spoken to each other. I would apologise
(1)
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I felt that the quarrel was my fault. But I don't think it was. It all began
(2)
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he criticised the man I was going out with
(3)
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I told him he had no right to interfere in my personal life. This made him very angry. A few months after the quarrel, I discovered my boyfriend was having an affair with another woman
(4)
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we broke up. But I still haven't told my father what happened
(5)
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I phoned him recently to wish him a happy birthday. He sounded very cool and I didn't feel like continuing the conversation.
(6)
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, I need a new car,
(7)
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my old one has broken down and can't be repaired. But I am rather short of money. I know my father would lend me if I asked him,
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I don't want him to think this is the only reason I have contacted him again.
(9)
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, if he finds out that I have borrowed the money from a bank before asking him, he will probably never forgive me. Life must go on,
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the events I have lived through.
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Answers
1)
if
used when you are talking about possibilities
2)
because
for that reason that
3)
and
a word used to join two things, statements
etc
.
4)
so
used to show the reason for something
5)
although
in spite of the fact that
6)
unfortunately
in a regrettable, unlucky, or unsuitable manner
7)
as
because
8)
but
used to connect two statements or phrases
9)
however
used when adding a fact or piece of information
10)
despite
without being prevented by (something)
