XIX. Underline the adverbial clauses and complete them with an appropriate conjunction. In some sentences, more than one conjunction is possible.

1. I’m sorry I wasn’t here earlier but I came as soon as I could.

2. I’m staying in all weekend ………………………I can get my work done.

3. He spoke to me……………………………….….it was all my fault.

4. He didn’t react………………………..I’d hoped; he was actually rather angry.

5. Things are never………………………...bad……………..you think they are.

6. You are growing fast. You’re taller…………………your mother is now.

7. He’d like to be an actor……………..his father would like him to be a lawyer.

8. She’s…………………interested in her work………..she never seems to do anything else.

9. I’ll meet you…………………….you like; I don’t mind where it is.

10. I won’t believe you………….…….I’ve seen it for myself.

11. She seems happy……………………..she can’t find a job.

12. ……………………I didn’t feel very well, we decided to leave early.

13. The money was hidden…………………….no-one could find it.

14. I’ll come with you………………we don’t stay late. I need to be up early tomorrow.

15. …………………………..I like him, I sometimes find him very irritating.

XX. Put an appropriate conjunction before the adverbial clauses. Write the answers in the spaces provided below the text.

The car: is it worth it?

¹… the petrol-fuelled internal combustion engine was first developed by the German engineers Benz and Daimler in 1885, our lives have changed completely. ²… the damaging effects of the motor car are now well-recognized, the number of cars on the road continues to grow every year. In 1950, there were fewer than 50 million cars in use around the world, but ³… cars become widely available and relatively cheaper, this number grew to 500 million by 1999.

We continue to drive cars ⁴… we know how dangerous they are in every respect. People seem to accept the higher number of deaths and injuries as a normal fact of life ⁵… smaller risks in other areas of life seem to generate more publicity and fear. We accept the awful risk ⁶… it is somehow justifiable.⁷… any other activity carried with it such a risk, there would be a huge public reaction.

And what of the pollution? ⁸… research into car emissions started, it has become clearer and clearer how damaging the emissions are to health and the environment. Will we keep on driving our cars ⁹… much damage we do? It seems that people are ¹⁰… attached to their cars that they won’t give them up for anything. To some people, their car is more important to them ¹¹… anything else.

One of the obvious answers to the problem is better public transport. ¹²… we could travel ¹³… we liked on cheap, comfortable public transport, we would be less inclined to use the car. People will not stop using their cars ¹⁴… there is a good alternative. But we need to act now ¹⁵… it is too late. We must change our attitude and our priorities ¹⁶… future generations can live in a cleaner world.

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