Linker : Examples for testing
Ex. 1) The Prince of Monaco remained with a monopoly of the
gaming business. _________ now everyone who wants to gamble go to Monaco. Whether they win _______ lose, the
prince gains by it. You can’t earn stone palaces by honest labour, _____ the proverb says;
_______ the king of Monaco knows it a dirty business.
( and , as, or, so )
Ex 2) ‘I dare say the prince would not mind,’ replied the man, ‘_______ I have nowhere to go. What can I do? You have ruined my character by your sentence_______ people will turn their backs on me . _________ , I have got out of the way of working. In the first place, __________ once you sentenced me to death you ought to have executed.
( and, besides, when, but )
Ex 3) The only way to get rid of him was to offer him a
pension. _________ they reported to the
Prince. The sum fixed was 600 Francs,
_______ this was announced to the prisoner. “Well” he said, “ I do not
mind_________ you undertake to pay it regularly. _____ the matter was settled.
( and, and
so, so, So long as, )
Ex 4) The special revenue comes from a gaming house, _______
people play roulette. Some of the German sovereigns used to keep the gaming
houses of the same kind, _______ some years ago
they were forbidden to do so. The reason they were stopped was ______
these gaming houses did so much harm . as man would come _______ try his
luck there.
( where, because, but, and )
Ex 5) The French government is republican, _______ they have no
proper respect for king; ______ the king of Italy was a brother monarch, and
might be induced to do the thing cheaper. _______ the letter was written. A
prompt reply was received ____________ the letter reached Italy.
( as soon
as, but, and, so, )
Ex 6) You did not execute me. That is one thing. I did not
complain about that. ______ you sentenced me to imprisonment for life ________
put a guard to bring me my food, ______ after a time you took him away again
and I had to fetch my food. ________ I did not complain.
( again, and, then, but, )
Ex 7) _______ it were woman’s way, ‘The Silver Maiden was not of that disposition. My friend awaited for news for days, months, a year _______ no letter came. One day , just _____ the first stars were appearing, she was seen to leave the house towards the beach, the beach ______ her beloved had risked his life.
( where, even if, as, and)
Ex 8) The plantation expanded. ________ the owner became
lethargic ______ shied away from hard work. His wife found it hard to decide
whether the old man’s arrival was for the better ______ for the worse. Her
husband’s wealth and social prestige had risen higher. _____ he had precious
little to do, his life became crowded with colourful events.
( and,
even, though, but, )
Ex 9) Their farm which was merely ten acres, had grown beyond their imagination. That was fine _______ their life also was gradually getting out of hand. _______ she was in a fix like this, , one day, the old man met her _____ behaved ____________ he knew all about her plight.
( but, as though When, and,)
Ex 10) Basavaiah shrunk
in humiliation. _____________ he started filling his life with all kinds of material
wealth. ______ his house looked dull ______ empty ________ Tammanna’s books
were not there.
( and, but, because, nevertheless )
Ex 11) Health is wealth. You may sing, you may write ballads,
_________ Tammanna started suffering from disease, _______ his own spirits his
own spirits would be revived. ____________ by this time Tammanna had thought of
yet another method of punishing Basavaiah. That was death. ________ he continued
at the level of body, Basavaiah would go on offering a stiff competition.
( surely, but if, if, However, )
Ex 12) People who live on hopelessly overcrowded island have to
respect one another’s privacy- __________ would have to if they had any
privacy. _________ they don’t. ________ courtesy has a double function: it is
courtesy ______ it is substitute privacy.
(
so, but, and, or rather)
Ex13) The instrument is situated on a table _____ on a counter.
you conduct your most confidential matters in public; ____ in perfect privacy.
Anybody could listen in,_______ nobody does. _____, a man’s telephone –receiver
is his castle.
(So,
or, yet, but)
Ex 14) Bowing is ______less_____ more silly than shaking
hands____ kissing the cheek, _____it is quainter, more formal.
( or, neither, but, nor )
Ex 15) Complaints are universal: hardly anyone can afford a car.
_____ this only means ______the number of motor vehicles is growing by leaps
and bounds, almost______ cars were distributed free of charge. _____ the
pedestrian’s life is becoming more hazardous every day.
(
as if, yet, that, Thus )
Milan Tomic
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