This is another problem where the key to solving it rests with recognizing the correct use of a conjunction. The correct answer is " . . . but still did poorly" because the word "but" is used to change the direction of a sentence to cause it to mean the opposite. As in "I am tired, but I refuse to go to sleep" or "I am thirsty, but cannot find any water." The answer choice " . . . less hard than him" contains no conjunctions, but simply does not fit the structure of the sentence.

The key to solving this problem is the use of the conjunction "but." This suggests that even though the speaker is thirsty he cannot actually have a drink. The correct answer is therefore " . . . I cannot find anything to drink." Most of the other answer choices would make sense if the conjunction was "and" instead of "but."

The key to solving this problem is the pronoun "their" this tells you that there has to be more than one subject of the sentence. If it was "My mother" then it would be "her/our" family; if it was "The father" then it would be "his" family. The correct answer is therefore "The mother and father . . . " because this reflects the plurality of "their."

The use of the phrase "but it was worth it" suggests that there must have been some cost or sacrifice involved. Only one of these answer choices reflects something costly that might still be worth it - "The dinner is expensive . . . "

To begin with "thrive" means do well. So, which of these answer choices fits best with " . . . to survive and thrive"? The correct answer is "People need clean water . . . " All the other answer choices do not fit with the structure of the sentence and some of them would cause the sentence to feel incomplete.

The conjunction "whilst" means the same thing as "while," both words are used to describe something that is happening at the same time as something else is happening. For example, "I went to the store, while she cooked dinner." So, the correct answer of this sentence must reflect something that could be done whilst the children played in the park. The correct answer is therefore " . . . their mothers chatted." This problem could have been a little tricky because some of the answer choices seem correct until you notice that they are in the incorrect tense. The sentence is in the past tense, but some of the answer choices are in the present or future tense.

You likely will have noticed that all of these answer choices are quite similar. The key to solving this problem is simply to recognize which conjunction matches correctly with the context of the sentence. Also "unbearable" means impossible to endure, hard to cope with, hard to deal with. So, if the pain was "unbearable" it makes sense that the speaker would feel "hopeless" (without hope). The conjunctions "but" and "although" would only make sense if they related to the speaker actually feeling okay about their "unbearable" pain.

To solve this problem you need to be careful of conjunctions and pick the answer that best reflects what might happen to someone who did not practice for a music "recital" (performance, show). The correct answer is " . . . and performed poorly." The correct answer cannot contain the word "because." She did not practice as a result of playing poorly, it was the other way around. 

To solve this problem you need to determine which of these answer choices best represents a reason why someone might not be allowed to swim. You also have to pay attention to the conjunctions being used. The answer choices that contain the conjunctions "although" or "however" cannot be correct because these words cause the sentence to mean the opposite. The correct answer is " . . . because the waves are too big" because this contains the correct conjunction and explains why someone might not be allowed to swim. Additionally, "dreadful" means terrible, very bad; "competent" means capable, able, good enough.

The second part of the sentence indicates that the two friends knew that they couldn't pay too much attention to each other's faults. When we do not focus on something, we "overlook" it. This means that we ignore it, at least as much as we can.