Coordination

Multiple-choice exercise

ELT Concourse: learners' index
Choose the correct answer for each question.

  1. Why is this sentence wrong?
    So she lost her money, she borrowed some from me.
    1.   We need to use 'so that' to connect the ideas
    2.   We need to use 'because' in a sentence like this
    3.   The word 'so' is a coordinator and must come between the ideas
  2. Why doesn't this make sense?
    He was taken to hospital and badly hurt in the accident.
    1.   We need the word 'then' in the sentence
    2.   We use 'and' to show the order of events
    3.   The clauses are in the wrong order
  3. What does 'for' mean in this sentence?
    So she lost her money for she was careless.
    1.   because
    2.   so
    3.   in order that
  4. Why is this sentence wrong?
    She took the train or she did the shopping.
    1.   The ideas must be logically connected
    2.   The coordinator should be 'and'
    3.   The clauses are in the wrong order
  5. Which sentence means the same?
    Tell her that and she'll be furious.
    1.   She will be furious because you told her that
    2.   If you tell her that, she'll be furious
    3.   She will be furious after you tell her that
  6. Which sentence means the same?
    They must have enjoyed the food or they wouldn't have eaten so much.
    1.   They enjoyed the food so they ate a lot of it
    2.   If they hadn't enjoyed the food, they wouldn't have eaten so much
    3.   They enjoyed the food and they ate a lot
  7. Why is this sentence wrong?
    Yet he studied hard he failed the examination.
    1.   We need to use 'but' to connect the ideas
    2.   The word 'yet' is not a conjunction
    3.   The word 'yet' is a coordinator not a subordinator like 'although'
  8. Why is this sentence wrong?
    So that he is very tall he can see over my head.
    1.   We need to use 'so' to connect the ideas
    2.   'so that' is a coordinator not a subordinator like 'because'
    3.   'so that' is not a conjunction
  9. Which statement is true about this sentence?
    He didn't rush into the decision but thought very carefully.
    1.   I am emphasising the fact that he didn't rush
    2.   I'm surprised he thought very carefully
    3.   I am contrasting rushing and thinking
  10. How is 'and' being used in this sentence?
    He saved his money and that's very sensible.
    1.   To connect the action and the thought
    2.   To show that the thought comes after the action
    3.   To comment on the action