Question

There are a pair of clauses in each option. Choose the appropriate pair that can be combined with the help of the conjunction 'otherwise' :

• A. Snow began to fall. The roads were blocked.
• B. You must leave early. You will get late for your interview.
• C. It was a cloudy day. It didn't rain.
• D. I gave my interview today. I will wait for the GM to call back.

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

You must leave early. You will get late for your interview.

A compound sentence is made up of two independent clauses, which are complete sentences on their own. Alternative compound sentences express a choice between two alternatives. Option B presents two alternate ideas, where one is the possible outcome of the other, hence 'otherwise' can connect these together and option B is correct. Option A does not present two alternate ideas, but states the events "snow...fall" and "roads...blocked" that happened one after the other, the latter being the result. Hence A is incorrect. Option C expresses two contrasting ideas and Option D contains two unrelated statements, that do not influence one another. Hence C and D are incorrect.