Subordinating Conjunctions worksheet for language learning, featuring fill-in-the-blank exercises.

Let’s go through each sentence one by one and pick the best subordinating conjunction from the word box to make the sentence make sense.

The word box has these options:
even though, before, since, until, because, when, whenever, while

We need to choose the right one for each blank so the two parts of the sentence connect logically.

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1) Samantha is happy ________ she has won the championship.
→ Why is Samantha happy? Because she won. So we use because.
✔ *Samantha is happy because she has won the championship.*

2) Jean cleaned the table ________ her mom did the dishes.
→ Both actions happened at the same time. “While” shows things happening together.
✔ *Jean cleaned the table while her mom did the dishes.*

3) ________ Dan was sick, he went to work.
→ This shows contrast — even though he was sick, he still went. Use Even though.
✔ *Even though Dan was sick, he went to work.*

4) Samantha can’t relax ________ her exams are over.
→ She can’t relax up to the point that her exams finish. That means “until”.
✔ *Samantha can’t relax until her exams are over.*

5) Liza hasn’t seen her aunt ________ she went to New York.
→ The reason she hasn’t seen her aunt is because she moved away. Use since (meaning “from the time that”).
✔ *Liza hasn’t seen her aunt since she went to New York.*

6) Patricia visits the Niagara Falls ________ she goes to Buffalo.
→ Every time she goes to Buffalo, she visits the falls. That’s “whenever”.
✔ *Patricia visits the Niagara Falls whenever she goes to Buffalo.*

7) We put our toys away ________ Mom returns from work.
→ We do this action up to the moment Mom comes home. Again, “until” fits.
✔ *We put our toys away until Mom returns from work.*

8) This is the zoo we went to ________ we were in the Bronx last year.
→ This tells us when we went — during the time we were in the Bronx. Use “when”.
✔ *This is the zoo we went to when we were in the Bronx last year.*

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Final Answer:
1) because
2) while
3) Even though
4) until
5) since
6) whenever
7) until
8) when