Adding Connecting Words

EXERCISE 21.3 Adding connecting words

Fill each blank in the following paragraph with the appropriate connecting word: a preposition, a subordinating conjunction, or a coordinating conjunction. Consult the lists on p. 193 and above if you need help.

Example: A Trojan priest warned, “Beware ______Greeks bearing gifts.” (preposition)

A Trojan priest warned, “Beware of Greeks bearing gifts.”

1 Just about everyone has heard the story ______the Trojan Horse. (preposition) 2 This incident happened at the city of Troy ______was planned by the Greeks. (coordinating conjunction) 3 The Greeks built a huge wooden horse; ______it was a hollow space big enough to hold many men. (preposition) 4 At night, they rolled the horse to the gate of Troy ______left it there before sailing their ships out to sea. (coordinating conjunction) 5 ______the morning, the Trojans were surprised to see the enormous horse. (preposition) 6 ______they were amazed when they saw that the Greeks were gone. (coordinating conjunction) 7 ______they were curious to examine this gift from the Greeks, they dragged the horse into the city and left it outside the temple. (subordinating conjunction) 8 In the middle of the night, the hidden Greeks emerged ______the horse and began setting fires all over town. (preposition) 9 ______the Trojan soldiers awoke and came out of their houses, the Greeks killed them one by one. (subordinating conjunction) 10 By the next morning, the Trojan men were dead ______the women were slaves to the Greeks. (coordinating conjunction)