Coordination

Multiple-choice exercise

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

  1. Why is this sentence wrong?
    She took the train or she did the shopping.
    1.   The coordinator should be 'and'
    2.   The clauses are in the wrong order
    3.   The ideas must be logically connected
  2. 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 not a conjunction
    3.   'so that' is a coordinator not a subordinator like 'because'
  3. Which sentence means the same?
    Tell her that and she'll be furious.
    1.   If you tell her that, she'll be furious
    2.   She will be furious because you told her that
    3.   She will be furious after you tell her that
  4. How is 'and' being used in this sentence?
    He saved his money and that's very sensible.
    1.   To show that the thought comes after the action
    2.   To connect the action and the thought
    3.   To comment on the action
  5. 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 am contrasting rushing and thinking
    3.   I'm surprised he thought very carefully
  6. What does 'for' mean in this sentence?
    So she lost her money for she was careless.
    1.   in order that
    2.   because
    3.   so
  7. 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
  8. Why is this sentence wrong?
    Yet he studied hard he failed the examination.
    1.   The word 'yet' is not a conjunction
    2.   The word 'yet' is a coordinator not a subordinator like 'although'
    3.   We need to use 'but' to connect the ideas
  9. 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.   We need the word 'then' in the sentence
    3.   The clauses are in the wrong order
  10. Why is this sentence wrong?
    So she lost her money, she borrowed some from me.
    1.   We need to use 'because' in a sentence like this
    2.   We need to use 'so that' to connect the ideas
    3.   The word 'so' is a coordinator and must come between the ideas