Fill in the blanks.
1. …………………. I was searching for a book, I came across this old photograph.
While shows time. It is used to talk about two actions or situations that happen simultaneously.
2. They live ……………………. the climate is good.
Where is a relative adverb indicating place. It can connect two clauses.
3. This is the hotel …………………. our meetings used to take place.
Where means in which or at which.
4. The boy ……………………. watch had been stolen complained to the police.
Whose is a possessive word.
5. The weather …………………….. fine we went out for a walk.
6. The germ is ………………….. small to be seen with the naked eye.
Note the pattern too...to...
7. …………………… his poor health, he attends the office regularly.
In spite of is a preposition. It is used before a noun.
8. ……………………. on tip-toe, he reached for the apple.
9. …………………….. she got the message, she started for home.
10. ……………………….. he is working, he should not be disturbed.
All of these words show reason.
11. No sooner had Venu arrived ……………………. his mother followed.
No sooner is a comparative expression; use than after it.
12. He tip-toed into the room ……………………. he should disturb the class.
Answers
1. While I was searching for a book, I came across this old photograph.
2. They live where the climate is good.
3. This is the hotel where our meetings used to take place.
4. The boy whose watch had been stolen complained to the police.
5. The weather being fine we went out for a walk.
6. The germ is too small to be seen with the naked eye.
7. In spite of his poor health, he attends the office regularly.
8. Standing on tip-toe, he reached for the apple.
9. As soon as she got the message, she started for home.
10. As /Since / Because he is working, he should not be disturbed.
11. No sooner had Venu arrived than his mother followed.
12. He tip-toed into the room lest he should disturb the class.
