Fill in the blanks with suitable phrasal verbs

Fill in the blanks with appropriate conjunctions or relative pronouns.

1.    You will not get the job ——————– you deserve it.

a)    If
b)    Unless
c)    And
d)    Whether

2.    It has been an year ——————- I saw him.

a)    Since
b)    For
c)    Ago
d)    Before

1.    He ——————– diamonds.

a)    Deals in
b)    Deals with
c)    Deals after
d)    Deals for

2.    Marketing executives should know how to ———————– prospective customers.

a)    Deal with
b)    Deal in
c)    Deal at
d)    Deal after

3.    He is ———————— going abroad for higher studies.

Sometimes a group of words containing a plural noun represents a single object. For example, the title of a book or a film may contain a plural noun. In such cases a singular verb is necessary.

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is my favourite book.

Some expressions take singular verbs

Group words, or collective nouns, are followed by singular verbs when we are talking of the group as a whole. They take a plural verb when we are talking about the individual members of the group.

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A conjunction is a word used to join two words or clauses together. Note that a conjunction merely joins one word or clause with another word or clause. It does no other function in a sentence.

When

The conjunction when shows time. It can go in the middle of a sentence. Or it can go at the beginning.

Bring and take

Use bring when something is being moved towards the speaker.

Bring me a glass of water. (Here the water is being moved towards the speaker.)

Use take when something is being moved away from the area of the speaker.

Can and May

Use can to talk about ability to do something. Use may to ask for permission.

May I go to the pictures after lunch? (Here we use may because we are asking for permission.)
May I come in, Sir?
May I have another helping of the pudding?
Can you speak English? (= Are you able to speak English?)
Can you come here and hold the ladder? (= Are you able to come here and hold the ladder?)

Joining two sentences with a present participle

Two sentences can be made into one by using a present participle.

We found the door open. We went inside.
Finding the door open we went inside.

The thieves cut through the padlock. They opened the door.
Cutting through the padlock, the thieves opened the door.

Joining two sentences with who, which and that

Two or more sentences can be made into one by using the joining words who, which and that.

Note that who is used to refer to people. Which is used to refer to things or animals. That can be used to refer to both people and things.