Complete the following sentences using an appropriate phrase or clause.
1It is ............... hot to go out.
Wrong!
"Too" means the heat is more than is suitable for going out.
2You must hurry, ............... you will miss the train.
Wrong!
"Or else" introduces the negative result if you do not hurry.
3............... a noise, the thief ran away.
Wrong!
"Hearing" is the present participle used to show the action that made the thief run away.
4The weather ............... fine, we decided to go for a walk.
Wrong!
"Being" forms an absolute phrase meaning that the weather was fine.
5If he ............... hard, he would not have failed.
Wrong!
"Had worked" is used in the if-clause of a third conditional sentence.
6............... his hard work, he failed to pass the test.
Wrong!
"Despite" is followed directly by the noun phrase "his hard work" to show contrast.
7Whenever he saw a dog, he threw stones ............... it.
Wrong!
"At" is the correct preposition in the phrase "threw stones at it".
8She speaks ............... she knows everything.
Wrong!
"As if" introduces the idea that her manner suggests she knows everything.
9............... I didn't know anybody at the party, I had a good time.
Wrong!
"Even though" introduces a real contrast with having a good time.
10I want to know ............... he is absent.
Wrong!
"Why" asks for the reason he is absent.
11She does not know what ............... doing.
Wrong!
"She is" uses statement word order after "what" in an indirect question.
12I prefer reading books ............... television.
Wrong!
"To watching" completes the structure "prefer A to B".
13............... his illness, he goes to the office regularly.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"In spite of" and "Despite" both show contrast before the noun phrase "his illness".
14She was ............... tired that she could not walk.
Wrong!
"So" completes the result structure "so tired that".
15This is the house ............... Jack built.
Wrong!
"That" is a relative pronoun referring to "the house".
Done.
Score: 0/15
Answers
- It is too hot to go out.
- You must hurry, or else you will miss the train.
- Hearing a noise, the thief ran away.
- The weather being fine, we decided to go for a walk.
- If he had worked hard, he would not have failed.
- Despite his hard work, he failed to pass the test.
- Whenever he saw a dog, he threw stones at it.
- She speaks as if she knows everything.
- Even though I didn’t know anybody at the party, I had a good time.
- I want to know why he is absent.
- She does not know what she is doing.
- I prefer reading books to watching television.
- In spite of / Despite his illness, he goes to the office regularly.
- She was so tired that she could not walk.
- This is the house that Jack built.
