Improving Style by
Using Subordinating Conjunctions
Directions:
Underline the word that correctly completes each sentence
below.
Example:
Arthur wanted to go back home (because, that) two
cats crossed the street in front of his car.
1.
(After, Than) the Hong Kong stock exchange’s trading floor was
completely computerized in 1986, traders no longer needed to shout or wave their
arms.
2.
Although Boyd has photographed poisonous snakes, mountain gorillas, and
New York cab drivers, photographing bears in Alaska scared him more (than,
which) any of his other assignments.
3.
(If, Though) Verlyn is good at the technical side of astronomy, he is
less interested in improving telescopes than I studying the sky with the
equipment he has.
4.
(Unless, Why) Tara calls me, I’ll be home all evening.
5.
Janeen was considered shy (because, until) she became involved in
community theater presentations.
6.
Greta has not seen her father (since, whenever) she was five years old.
7.
(Unless, While) David finished making the minestrone, Edna frosted the
birthday cake.
8.
Jerry recently spent a week on the farm (if, where) he had worked as a
teenager.
9.
A book louse is an insect (that, which) eats mold and mildew, not books.
10. English,
Spanish, French, and Italian are the languages (that, where) are spoken most
widely in North America.
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