TOEIC Reading 5 Exercisee 197

<span id="docs-internal-guid-af764098-7fff-3df6-04ca-bb26a0f96e25"><p dir="ltr"><span>In this question, the two clauses are connected only with a comma without any coordinating conjunction. This suggests that the question is a complex sentence with an adverb clause placed at the beginning of the sentence. The adverb clause starts with the blank and continues to the word “Toronto,” and the main clause is “there will be an open position at the main office.”&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>Let’s focus on the adverb clause, “______ the marketing head relocates to Toronto.” The blank should be filled with a subordinating conjunction that starts this adverb clause. For this reason, (D) "</span><span>So"</span><span> can be eliminated first because it’s a coordinating conjunction, not a subordinating one.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>(C) "</span><span>That"</span><span> should be eliminated because when the word “that” alone is used as a subordinating conjunction to start an adverb clause, it’s often paired with “so,” and the adverb clause never precedes the main clause as it does in the question.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>(B) "</span><span>Whatever</span><span>" can serve as a subordinating conjunction to start an adverb clause that precedes a main clause, but in a case like this, it means “No matter what,” a meaning that doesn’t fit the context. Thus, the correct answer is (A) "</span><span>If"</span><span>.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>The word “if” fits both the context and the structure of the sentence, which is the first conditional sentence pattern.&nbsp;</span></p><br><div dir="ltr" align="left"><table class="classic-table"><colgroup><col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:0pt"><td><p dir="ltr"><span>If S1 + simple present, S2 + will/ can/ shall/ may + the basic form of a verb.&nbsp;</span></p><p dir="ltr"><span>If S1 + simple present, an imperative sentence.&nbsp;</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></span>