For each question, choose the best answer from the options given.

Here are the answers to the exercise:

1. The correct option is B. "Both Idowu and Alaba are friends of mine." Both...and is a correlative conjunction used to connect two similar items.

2. The correct option is B. "I was fast asleep when the telephone rang." When is used to indicate a specific time or event that occurred while something else was happening.

3. The correct option is C. "My neighbour is strict but she is kind." But is used to introduce a contrast or something that is contrary to what has just been mentioned.

4. The correct option is B. "I will ask either Kubra or Ruqayyah to give me a lift home today." Either...or is a correlative conjunction used to present a choice between two options.

5. The correct option is B. "Neither Asabe nor Ladi is in school today." Neither...nor is a correlative conjunction used to indicate that two or more things are not true or not happening.

6. The correct option is A. "The children were extremely rude, so they were punished." So is used to indicate a result or consequence.

7. The correct option is D. "I went home early today because I was not feeling well." Because is used to state the reason for something.