Question

Fill in the blank with the appropriate word:

It's going to start raining. Let's go home before that.

Let's go home _____ it starts raining.

• A. after
• B. when
• C. before
• D. while

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

before

Conjunctions are words that link other words, phrases, or clauses together. Subordinating Conjunctions help to link or connect a dependent clause to an independent one. The commonly seen relationship between the two clauses are cause- and- effect or contrast but it can be any other type as well. When, after, before, until, since, while, once, as and as soon as are subordinating conjunctions which can be used to connect an action or an event to a point in time. Before is used to indicate earlier than the time that: earlier than when. In the given sentence it is inferred that they are to go home earlier than when it starts raining. Thus Option C is correct. While is used to indicate "during the time that something happened”. Thus Option D can be ruled out as the sentence talks about earlier than when it starts raining. Option B can be ruled out as When means "at that time".After—shows "subsequently to the time when".THus Option A can be discarded as it is clearly mentioned that they are to go home before it starts raining.