Choose the correct option to make one complete sentence without using and, but or so.
He began late. He finished first.
Topic: Synthesis — clause of contrast
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Pick an option and check your answer. The full worked answer is below either way.
Answer
(d) Though he began late, he finished first..
The relationship is CONTRAST — he started late and YET finished first — so THOUGH is correct, and both halves must keep their original facts.
This question is a test of careful reading rather than grammar, because three of the four options quietly swap "late" and "first": (a) uses "and", which the instruction forbids. (b) says he began FIRST and finished LATE — both halves reversed. (c) says he finished LATE and began FIRST — both halves reversed again. (d) keeps both as in the original.
THE HABIT TO FORM: read the two original sentences twice and note which word goes with which clause BEFORE looking at the options. In this question type the distractors change meaning, not grammar.
Though he began late, he finished first..