Starters and Connectors Practice Test 1 – Free Online MCQs with Answers

The definition of although is 'regardless of a fact' or' despite a fact that'. To start a family generally means getting married and having children. But when using 'although', we must also provide with a statement that says 'even though the children were wanted…'. Statement II & III can fulfil this criterion.

New statement: Although she had always wanted children, this wasn't the way she had intended to start a family.

We use "therefore" to express a conclusion or a result. It is used to express a consequence.

Sentence III although related to bank cannot be joined to the other two sentences with the given word. It mentions the cause behind the failure of the banks. Sentence I mentions a certain incidence related to bank failure while sentence II mentions the effect or result of the incident. Thus, the sentence can be joined by the given word where sentence I acts as the main event and sentence II is a result of the event.

New Sentence: The failed banks had a lot of capital locked up in them and therefore, the capital was not available for the wage earners.

The second sentence mentions ‘there is no day’, which is similar in meaning to ‘hardly any day goes’. No other option but this can connect the two sentences appropriately. “Sparred” means fought, and can be eliminated.

‘The revised sentence would be: ‘Hardly any day goes by when I do not look at someone’s wedding invitation or garage sale pamphlet, mission statements or emotional social media statuses’.

The first part mentions the goal of the Paris Agreement. The latter part talks about effort to limit the increasing temperature. Thus, ‘setting a’ is the correct option. ‘To limit the’ is incorrect as we are not given as to what we need to limit the increase to. ‘Since’ would signify that a reason is being stated, but because this is not a case, alternative B can be eliminated.

New Sentence: Setting a goal to keep temperatures well below 2 degree Celsius, the Paris Agreement also for the first time agrees to pursue efforts to limit the increase in temperatures to 1.5 degree Celsius.

We use "in addition to" to express an extra that is added to already existing things.

Sentence I is a statement that is being made about board members. It is a statement regarding how board members should react. But it is unclear if it is related to the salary issue mentioned in sentences II and III.

Sentences II and III can be joined by the given word as it is clear that the allowance mentioned in sentence III is addition to the earning from the shares.

New Sentence: The board members earn from their shareholdings and in addition a small allowance is also paid to the them.

We use "on the other hand" when we say something that contrasts with what has just been said. Both the statements II & III could follow statement I. Also, statements II & III convey the opposite meaning, if statement I is taken as a base condition. So, all three of them could be combined.

New Sentence: Extending the lockdown is good as it will contain the disease, on the other hand, it will create economic pressure.

Sentence III cannot be a part of the joined sentence as it talks about shoes while the other sentences talk about dresses.

‘However’ is used to express contrast. Sentences I and II can be joined by it as they talk about contrasting thoughts regarding a dress.

New Sentence – I like the quality of the dress, however, it only comes in one colour.

'Whereas' is used to provide a comparison between the two stated facts. Sentences I and III can be combined using 'whereas' to imply that even the city spent over $1 billion on its museums and stadium, it failed to look after its schools.

The combined sentence will be 'Whereas the city spent over $1 billion on its museums and stadium, it failed to look after its schools'.