Question

Given below are a pair of clauses in each option, choose the appropriate pair which can be joined together by the adversative conjunction 'whereas':

• A. You must obey me. You must resign.
• B. She is kind and helpful. Her sister is the opposite.
• C. Tanya will join us for the movie. Tanya will join us for dinner.
• D. She is studying hard. She will pass with distinction.

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

She is kind and helpful. Her sister is the opposite.

A compound sentence is made up of two independent clauses, which are complete sentences on their own. Adversative compound sentences contain two ideas that contrast each other in meaning. The conjunctions used in such sentences include but, yet, still, whereas and so on. Option B contains two contrasting ideas, one sister is "kind and helpful", the other "is the opposite", hence B is the most suitable option.

Option A contains a choice between two alternatives, hence it isn't the correct option. Option C contains two sentences that are not connected by meaning, hence they are not adversative in nature and it's incorrect. Option D expresses inference, where one idea seems to be deduced from another, hence D is also incorrect.