Question

Join the following sentences to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so.
Mona has been ill for a month. She stood first in the class.

Answer 1

Hint: Conjunctions are words which are used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause or sentence. Example: and, if, but, so etc.

Complete step by step answer:

Conjunction are words which are used to connect two or more words, clauses or sentences.
 And is used to connect words of the same part of speech, clauses or sentences and provide a meaning jointly. Example: bread and butter

But is used to introduce a phrase or clause which contrasts with what has already been mentioned. Example: He stumbled but didn’t fall.

So is used to add a phrase to indicate for this reason or therefore. Example: It was still painful so I went to see a specialist.

Here the sentence that is to be connected provides a contrasting fact to what is presented in the first sentence. Hence so, but and and cannot be used to connect them. The conjunction that will be used here is despite. It is used to introduce a noun clause. It is a type of subordinating conjunction and implies that one condition depends on another.

The sentence will be: Despite being ill for a month, Mona stood first in the class.


Note: Here the conjunction will be added in front of the primary sentence to connect or link both the sentences to create a meaningful sentence. We can also use although in place of despite.