Prepositions & Conjunctions
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Q1.Choose correct preposition: "She is good ___ mathematics."
Correct Answer: C
Good at is the correct collocation.
Q2.Choose correct: "He arrived ___ Monday morning."
Correct Answer: C
"On" is used with days and dates.
Q3.Choose correct: "She has been waiting ___ two hours."
Correct Answer: B
"For" is used with a duration of time.
Q4.Choose correct: "I have lived here ___ 2010."
Correct Answer: C
"Since" is used with a point in time.
Q5.Choose correct: "The book is ___ the table."
Correct Answer: B
"On" indicates position on a surface.
Q6.Choose correct: "She is afraid ___ spiders."
Correct Answer: C
"Afraid of" is the correct collocation.
Q7.Choose correct: "He died ___ cancer."
Correct Answer: C
Died of is used for illness/disease.
Q8.Choose correct: "The train arrives ___ 8 PM."
Correct Answer: C
"At" is used with specific times.
Q9.Choose correct: "He is interested ___ cricket."
Correct Answer: B
"Interested in" is the correct collocation.
Q10.Choose correct: "He ran ___ the bridge."
Correct Answer: C
"Across" indicates movement from one side to another.
Q11."Although he was tired, he kept working." — "Although" is a:
Correct Answer: B
"Although" is a subordinating conjunction.
Q12."Both...and" is a ___ conjunction.
Correct Answer: C
"Both...and" is a correlative conjunction.
Q13."He is poor ___ honest."
Correct Answer: A
"Poor but honest" — "but" is the correct coordinating conjunction.
Q14."Either...or" joins:
Correct Answer: B
"Either...or" presents alternatives.
Q15."She worked hard ___ she could pass." — Choose correct:
Correct Answer: B
"So that" expresses purpose.
Q16."For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So" are ___ conjunctions.
Correct Answer: C
These are FANBOYS — the 7 coordinating conjunctions.
Q17.Choose correct: "He failed ___ he was careless."
Correct Answer: B
"Because" introduces a cause.
Q18."No sooner had she arrived ___ it started raining."
Correct Answer: B
"No sooner...than" is the correct correlative pair.
Q19."Unless you study, you ___ fail."
Correct Answer: A
"Unless...will" is correct for first conditional.
Q20."Hardly had he left ___ the phone rang."
Correct Answer: B
"Hardly...when" is the correct pair.