OOPT - Oxford Online Placement Prepositions and Conjunctions Flashcards
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Which conjunction correctly completes: '___ you leave now, you will miss the bus.'
Answer: Unless
'Unless' introduces a conditional exception, meaning 'if you do not leave now, you will miss the bus.'
Choose the correct preposition: 'She apologized ___ being late.'
Answer: for
'Apologize for' is the standard collocation in English when stating the reason for an apology.
Choose the correct option: 'The project must be completed ___ Friday.'
Answer: by
'By Friday' means no later than Friday; 'until Friday' would mean the activity continues up to that point.
Which sentence uses 'both…and' correctly?
Answer: Both she and he attended the conference.
Subject pronouns ('she' and 'he') must be used when the paired nouns are subjects of the sentence.
Choose the correct conjunction: 'I will go to the gym ___ I finish work.'
Answer: after
'After' shows that the gym visit will happen following the completion of work.
Which option correctly uses a preposition of manner: 'She completed the task ___ ease.'
Answer: with
'With ease' is the correct idiomatic prepositional phrase meaning without difficulty.