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  Multiple Choice
Connectors: conjunctions vs free connectors & prepositions
Focus Grammar
Description In this activity you must distinguish among conjunctions, free connectors and prepositions.
Instructions Choose the option that best answers or completes the question or sentence.
 
We couldn't go out BECAUSE OF the rain
A- CONJUNCTION
B- FREE CONNECTOR
C- PREPOSITION
I need a rest BECAUSE I'm so tired
A- CONJUNCTION
B- FREE CONNECTOR
C- PREPOSITION
I had a shower AFTER lunch
A- CONJUNCTION
B- FREE CONNECTOR
C- PREPOSITION
I had a shower AFTER I woke up
A- CONJUNCTION
B- FREE CONNECTOR
C- PREPOSITION
That looks really nice BUT it's too expensive
A- CONJUNCTION
B- FREE CONNECTOR
C- PREPOSITION
He is much taller THAN me
A- CONJUNCTION
B- FREE CONNECTOR
C- PREPOSITION
Everything was quiet. SUDDENLY, there was an explosion.
A- CONJUNCTION
B- FREE CONNECTOR
C- PREPOSITION
The boy WHO is dancing over there is Richard's son
A- CONJUNCTION
B- FREE CONNECTOR
C- PREPOSITION
He arrived late. THEREFORE, he missed the bus.
A- CONJUNCTION
B- FREE CONNECTOR
C- PREPOSITION
He got famous when he was on Television. BEFORE, nobody knew him.
A- CONJUNCTION
B- FREE CONNECTOR
C- PREPOSITION
He's very nice. NEVERTHELESS, he talks too much.
A- CONJUNCTION
B- FREE CONNECTOR
C- PREPOSITION
IF you want to come, just send me a message
A- CONJUNCTION
B- FREE CONNECTOR
C- PREPOSITION
I woke up. THEN, I had a shower
A- CONJUNCTION
B- FREE CONNECTOR
C- PREPOSITION
It was too late, SO we decided to go back home
A- CONJUNCTION
B- FREE CONNECTOR
C- PREPOSITION
We had a wonderful day in the countryside IN SPITE OF the cold weather
A- CONJUNCTION
B- FREE CONNECTOR
C- PREPOSITION
Total number of items: 15
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KINDS OF CONNECTORS
 
There are two kinds of connectors: conjunctions and free connectors
 
CONJUNCTIONS are part of the subordinated clause. They take two simple sentences and make one complex sentence:
 
    She fell down after you turned off the light
    I like it although it's very expensive
    He was reading while she was watching TV
 
FREE CONNECTORS also connect two different sentences but they are not part of any of them. They connect two simple sentences but don't join them. Grammatically speaking, both sentences stay simple, but the relationship between them is the same as in a compound sentence. Free connectors are separated from both sentences by commas or a stop and a comma
 
     I turned off the light. Afterwards, she fell down
     I like it. Nevertheless, it's very expensive
     He was reading. Meanwhile, she was watching TV
 
Some prepositons can express the same idea as a connector, but prepositions work inside just one simple sentence (only one verb):
 
      I'm late because there was a lot of traffic   (connector, two sentences)
      I'm late because of the traffic   (preposition, one sentence)