Question

Join each of the following pairs of sentences without using ‘and’.
A. He passed the examination. He won the scholarship.
B. The referee has arrived. They should get ready for the match.
C. My friend is not a judge. He is not a lawyer.
D. He has high fever. He cannot take part in games.

Answer 1

Hint: Two or more independent sentences are joined with the help of a joining word which is called a coordinating conjunction. Some coordinating conjunctions are: for, and, not, but, or, yet etc. We will use such coordinating conjunctions to join the given sentences except ’and’.

Complete answer:
Let us analyse each option individually in detail to figure out the correct answer with the help of the above stated hint.
A. He passed the examination. He won the scholarship: The second sentence here is the result of the first sentence. Therefore, we can join this pair of sentences as: “He passed the examination, so he won the scholarship”.

B. The referee has arrived. They should get ready for the match: Here, the second sentence should be followed after the action of the first sentence. We can join this pair of sentences as: “ The referee has arrived, therefore they should get ready for the match”.

C. My friend is not a judge. He is not a lawyer: This pair of sentences disagree on two things. Therefore, we can join this as: “My friend is neither a lawyer nor a judge “.

D. He has high fever. He cannot take part in games: Here, the second sentence should be followed after the action of the first sentence. We can join this pair of sentences as: “He has high fever, therefore, he cannot take part in games”.

Note: We can also use subordinating conjunctions like because, since, although, while to combine sentences when the dependent clause contains information that is less important than the independent clause (main clause).