Select the most appropriate temporal conjunction to fill in the blank. Choose…
2023
Select the most appropriate temporal conjunction to fill in the blank. Choose the word that marks the time up to which the lack of appreciation continues.
Sometimes a person's intelligence is not fully appreciated _______ he or she gets an opportunity to demonstrate it.
Answer: C. until — ConceptA subordinating conjunction links a dependent clause to a main clause and identifies the relationship between them. “Until” marks the temporal endpoint…
- A.
upto
- B.
later
- C.
until
- D.
unless
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Correct answer: C
Concept
A subordinating conjunction links a dependent clause to a main clause and identifies the relationship between them.
“Until” marks the temporal endpoint up to which a state continues; “unless” introduces a condition meaning “except if.”
Application
The instruction asks for a temporal conjunction and states that the lack of appreciation continues up to the time the person receives an opportunity. Inserting “until” gives: “Sometimes a person’s intelligence is not fully appreciated until he or she gets an opportunity to demonstrate it.”
Contrast
"Upto" functions as a prepositional phrase that precedes a noun phrase, rather than introducing the following dependent clause.
“Later” is an adverb meaning “at a subsequent time”; it does not introduce the following clause.
“Until” introduces a clause that sets the endpoint of the preceding state of non-appreciation.
“Unless” introduces an exception or condition, not the explicitly requested temporal endpoint.
Cross-check
Paraphrasing the completed sentence as “The intelligence may remain unappreciated up to the time the person gets an opportunity” preserves the same temporal relationship.
Therefore, the appropriate word is “until.”