Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate conjunction:
Sonali prepares delicious food _____ she does not garnish it well.
A. And
B. But
C. But also
D. Also

Answer 1

Hint: Conjunction is a part of speech that connects words, phrases or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause. For example: but, and, yet, because, nor, although, since, unless and etc.

Complete step by step answer:
Delicious food is loved by all. 'Garnished' is an adjective used to describe food which is decorated and presented well. The given sentence states that 'Sonali prepares delicious food'. However, the food is not presented well. Hence, two contradicting or opposing things about the food prepared by Sonali are described in the given sentence.
Option A) And – is an incorrect answer because conjunction and indicates addition. “AND” is used to connect two statements or clauses, which are similar. It cannot be used to connect two clauses which contradict or contrast each other. Hence, this is an incorrect option.
Option B) But – is the correct answer because the conjunction, 'but' is used to introduce a phrase or clause which contrasts something which has already been mentioned. Hence, option B is the most appropriate conjunction to be used.
Option C) But also – is an incorrect answer because “not only” and “but also” are always used together and are called correlative conjunctions. They connect two statements which belong to the same part of speech. As the conjunction, 'not only' is not used in the sentence, the conjunction, 'but also' cannot be used. Hence, option C is incorrect.
Option D) Also - is an incorrect answer because “ALSO” indicates addition. “ALSO” is used to connect two statements or clauses, which are similar. It cannot be used to connect two clauses which contradict or contrast each other. Hence, this is an incorrect option.
Sonali prepares delicious food but she does not garnish it well.

So, the correct answer is “Option B”.

Note:
In such types of sentences it is very important to understand what the conjunction are, how they are used and why they are used. Like in this question conjunctions are used and they function or work as a connectors between two sentences, clauses, words or phrases. When we start any sentence, conjunctions can be effectively used. Examples of such are: ‘He bought a shirt and a book’, ‘if they were older, they could go to the party’. So here ‘and’ ‘if’ are conjunctions and they work to join words.