Directions: Encircle the conjunction in the parenthesis that fits the sentences below.
1. (Not only, Whether ) the Spanish flu in 1918 killed many lives and destroyed the economy of
many countries, but also, or ) the COVID-19 pandemic that we experience nowadays.
2. COVID-19 spread in the Philippines and other countries (after, before ) its outbreak in Wuhan,
China in December 2019.
3. The president ( and, or ) the local government are trying their best to help the people by
sustaining their basic needs especially during the months of lockdown.
4. It is not safe to go out and students can't go to school due to the pandemic, ( because , so ) the
Department of Education came up with the blended learning approach.
5. Life will come back to the way it was used to be, little by little, (once , therefore ) the vaccine to
cure this pandemic is invented.​