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CORELATIVE CONJUNCTION

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Both the blue ___ the red shirt are mine.

A. or
B. and
C. nor
D. but

'Both' pairs with 'and'.

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Not only the students but also the teacher ___ tired.

A. were
B. is
C. have
D. are

'But also' pairs with 'not only'; verb agrees with the closer subject ('teacher').

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Hardly ___ when the news reached us.

A. we had arrived
B. had we arrived
C. did we arrived
D. we arrived

Inversion after 'hardly'.

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Such was his anger ___ everyone kept silent.

A. that
B. as
C. than
D. so

'Such...that' correlative.

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Neither of them ___ invited to the party.

A. were
B. was
C. are
D. have

'Neither' is singular; it takes a singular verb.

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Either she or her friends ___ going to attend.

A. are
B. is
C. has
D. was

'Or' pairs with 'either'; verb agrees with 'friends' (plural).

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Not only ___ but she also sang beautifully.

A. she danced
B. did she dance
C. danced she
D. she did dance

Inversion after 'not only' at the start of a clause.

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Hardly had he started his speech ___ he was interrupted.

A. than
B. when
C. then
D. but

'Hardly' always pairs with 'when'.

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Just as the rain fell, ___ the wind blew hard.

A. then
B. so
C. but
D. also

'Just as...so' establishes a comparison of similarity.

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Rather than going home, ___ he went to the library.

A. but
B. and
C. he
D. so

In a correlative structure, the second clause continues logically.

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Neither Ali nor his brothers ___ coming today.

A. is
B. are
C. were
D. has

In 'neither/nor', the verb agrees with the closer subject ('brothers').

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Not only ___ but he also works during the weekends.

A. he studies
B. studies he
C. does he study
D. he does study

Inversion occurs after 'not only' when it starts a sentence.

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Neither the teacher ___ the students were present in the hall.

A. or
B. nor
C. but
D. and

'Neither' is always paired with 'nor'.

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Not only did he pass the exam, ___ he topped the class.

A. but also
B. and also
C. but
D. yet

'Not only' is paired with 'but also'.

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She is both intelligent ___ hardworking.

A. and
B. as well as
C. or
D. nor

'Both' is paired with 'and'.

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Either you apologize ___ you leave this house immediately.

A. or
B. nor
C. but
D. and

'Either' is paired with 'or'.

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Whether he likes it ___ not, he must attend.

A. and
B. but
C. or
D. nor

'Whether' is paired with 'or'.

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No sooner had I reached the station ___ the train left.

A. then
B. than
C. when
D. but

'No sooner' is followed by 'than'.

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Scarcely had she finished her meal ___ the doorbell rang.

A. when
B. then
C. than
D. but

'Scarcely' is paired with 'when'.

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