Coordination

Multiple-choice exercise

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

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