This practice quiz asks you to choose the correct connector from 3 kinds:
conjunctions, prepositions, and transition adverbs.
Be careful to think about the meaning, the grammar, and the punctuation in
order to figure out each correct answer.
If you choose a wrong answer, you'll see an
explanation to help you learn from your mistake.
__ I am in level 6, I have to take the Research class.
Even if
Due to
Now that
__ Ginnie was sleeping, her little sister came into her bedroom and tickled her face with a feather.
While [meaning same time]
While [meaning contrast]
As soon as
My brother Mark got a speeding ticket from the mean policeman __ he had a good excuse: he was rushing his pregnant wife to the hospital to have their first baby.
even if
in spite of the fact that
in spite of
It often rains a lot in April. __, Chris decided to schedule her wedding outdoors in her favorite park on April 21st.
but
Therefore
Nonetheless
Chris ordered a giant party tent for her outdoor wedding, so they can have it outdoors in a park __ it rains.
even if
even though
only if
Yahoo’s outlook is improving in 2014, __ Microsoft’s is declining.
nevertheless
whereas
nonetheless
__ I return to my country with my PhD, I will have been away from home for five years!
By the time
As soon as
By a time
__ Edward Lewis bought the 1-billion-dollar shipbuilding company, he turned around and sold it in 17 pieces to various other companies for a total of over 3 billion dollars!
While
As
As soon as
__ every iPhone comes with the battery sealed inside it, you have to return your phone to Apple if you need to get the battery replaced.
Since [meaning starting time]
Since [meaning 'because']
Now that
__ John’s entreaties and endless begging, the girl of his dreams refused again and again to go on a date with him.
Despite of
In spite of the fact that
In spite of
__ Barack Obama has won a second term as President of the United States, he cannot run again because of the two-term limit law in the American Constitution.
Now that
While
Due to
Some parts of the United States – like Seattle – get lots of rain every year, __ other parts get hardly any – like the Great Basin desert in Nevada.
while [meaning same time]
while [meaning contrast]
because
In this case, A equals B, and B equals C. __, by the transitive law of logic, A must also equal C.
However
Nonetheless
Thus
Mainly __ Abraham Lincoln kept the United States together and won the Civil War, he is known as one of the greatest American Presidents.
due to the fact that
due to
even though
You can go on the school ski/snowboard trip in two weeks __ you pay your $80 to the front office by this Friday.
