Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
He broke his leg ________ he was skiing.

• A. as soon as
• B. after
• C. when
• D. before

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

when

A conjunction is a word used to connect words, clauses or phrases.

'After' is used to consider what happened in the past.

'Before' is used to state 'previously to the time when.

'When' is used to mean 'at the time that'. The given sentence is talking about the accident which happened when he was skiing.

'As soon as' is used to show that something happens immediately, i.e. ‘at the very moment another action is completed’, or ‘shortly after another action is completed'.

Thus, option C is the correct answer.