Practical Exercises in English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 193 pages of information about Practical Exercises in English.

Practical Exercises in English eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 193 pages of information about Practical Exercises in English.

Insert the proper conjunction in each blank, if a conjunction is needed.  Do not confine your choice to those mentioned above:—­

1.  Roland was mild and modest, ——­ Charles was coarse and boastful. 2. ——­ they were without provisions, they thought they should starve. 3.  In Addison’s day innumerable vices were prevalent, ——­ chief among them
   was the custom of drinking.
4.  Charles was a large, brawny fellow, ——­ Orlando was a slender youth. 5.  When the barn was full of people, the doors were suddenly shut and
   bolted ——­ the barn was set on fire.
6.  Hereward’s men wanted booty, ——­ Hereward took them to the Golden
   Borough.
7.  He read a short ——­ interesting account of “Theobald’s.” 8.  Longfellow received a good education ——­ he was not a poor boy. 9.  He was disappointed in the speed of his yacht, ——­ he had expected her
   to be very fast.
10.  The man said “to sell” was not needed on the sign ——­ no one would
    expect the hats to be given away.
11.  There is no doubt ——­ the earth is spherical. 12.  I know very little about the “Arabian Nights” ——­ I have never read
    that book.
13.  When Gulliver began to pull, the ships would not move ——­ their
    anchors held them.
14.  He had to be cautious in using his Bible ——­ at that time reading it
    was prohibited; ——­ he fastened it with tapes on the underside of
    a stool.
15.  The Liberal Arts Building at Chicago had twice as much iron in its
    frame ——­ the Brooklyn Bridge.
16.  The lumbermen must keep open a road to the railroad, ——­ all their
    provisions must be brought from the city.
17.  Scarcely had I thrown in my line ——­ I felt a nibble. 18.  The fly seems to have been created for no other purpose ——­ to purify
    the air.
19.  At first you wonder where the boats are, ——­ on entering the grove you
    can see only a small cabin.
20.  I do not doubt ——­ he will succeed. 21.  I cannot deny ——­ he is honest. 22.  He was dismissed, not so much because he was too young ——­ because he
    was indolent.
23.  The land is equally adapted to farming ——­ to pasturage. 24.  Proportion is ——­ simple ——­ compound. 25.  I wonder ——­ he will come. 26.  The last of the horses had scarcely crossed the bridge ——­ the head of
    the third battalion appeared on the other side.
27.  He looked as ——­ he could play football. 28. ——­ I saw her, she was young ——­ beautiful. 29.  Bruce spoke of himself as being neither Scotch ——­ English. 30.  I could ——­ buy ——­ borrow it. 31.  He has no love ——­ veneration for his superiors. 32.  There was no place so hidden ——­ so remote ——­ the plague did
    not find it.
33.  We need not, ——­ do not, complain of our lot. 34.  He could not deny ——­ he had borrowed money. 35.  There is no question ——­ the universe has bounds. 36.  A corrupt government is nothing else ——­ a reigning sin. 37.  She thinks, I regret to say,

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