Fill in the blanks with an approximate word or phrase.
1............... the thief, they handed him over to the police.
Wrong!
"Having caught" shows that catching the thief happened before handing him over to the police.
2............... a noise, the thief ran away.
Wrong!
"Hearing" is the correct participle form to show the reason the thief ran away.
3He is ............... fat to walk fast.
Wrong!
"Too" is used before an adjective with an infinitive to mean more than is possible or suitable.
4She was ............... tired that she could not stand up.
Wrong!
"So" works with "that" to introduce the result clause.
5............... she left home at 4, she hasn't arrived yet.
Wrong!
"Although" introduces a contrast between leaving home and not arriving yet.
6............... the tortoise was slow, he beat the hare in the race.
Wrong!
"Though" introduces a contrast between the tortoise being slow and winning the race.
7............... you reach there before 3 p.m., you will not be able to meet him.
Wrong!
"Unless" means "if not" in this conditional sentence.
8............... hard you may work, you cannot please him.
Wrong!
"However" before an adverb means "no matter how."
9............... his illness, he attends the office regularly.
Wrong!
"In spite of" is followed by the noun phrase "his illness."
10The apples ............... I bought yesterday were good.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"That" and "which" can both introduce a relative clause referring to "the apples."
Answers
- Having caught the thief, they handed him over to the police.
- Hearing a noise, the thief ran away.
- He is too fat to walk fast.
- She was so tired that she could not stand up.
- Although she left home at 4, she hasn’t arrived yet.
- Though the tortoise was slow, he beat the hare in the race.
- Unless you reach there before 3 p.m., you will not be able to meet him.
- However hard you may work, you cannot please him.
- In spite of his illness, he attends the office regularly.
- The apples that / which I bought yesterday were good.