Logic conjunctions exercise 1

1. [Multiple choice]

I’ll go and live in Galloway ………………… I don’t get a work permit.

(Even if indicates that one situation would not affect another)

Answers for Quiz [1].

• 1. although
• 2. even if (correct)
• 3. so

2. [Multiple choice]

He won’t give up eating so much …………………… you stop cooking such big meals.

(Unless means if you do not stop cooking…… – he will not do one thing if you do not do something else.)

Answers for Quiz [2].

• 1. in spite of
• 2. because
• 3. unless (correct)

3. [Multiple choice]

I’ll talk to him about our working conditions ………………… you think he’d listen to me.

Answers for Quiz [3].

• 1. as long as (correct)
• 2. so
• 3. although

4. [Multiple choice]

The game continued ……………………… the heat.

(in spite of, despite and in case of are followed by a noun or noun clause – the other two conjunctions require a clause. In case would not be logical here, even if it was followed by of.)

Answers for Quiz [4].

• 1. even
• 2. in case
• 3. in spite of (correct)

5. [Multiple choice]

………………… I was going past the library I took my books back.

Answers for Quiz [5].

• 1. Provided that
• 2. As (correct)
• 3. Although

6. [Multiple choice]

……………………… the disruptions at the airports, Geoff got home without any delay whatsoever.

(Despite indicates some surprise that something has happened; it is followed by a noun or noun phrase, unlike the other two conjunctions here.)

Answers for Quiz [6].

• 1. as long as
• 2. despite (correct)
• 3. unless

7. [Multiple choice]

Take a tent with you ……………………… you fancy camping out overnight.

(‘You fancy camping out’ is a clause, so ‘in case’ is correct here – ‘in case of’ is used before a noun or noun phrase)

Answers for Quiz [7].

• 1. so
• 2. in case of
• 3. in case (correct)