1............... I was searching for a book, I came across this old photograph.
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Use "While" to show that two actions happened at the same time.
2They live ............... the climate is good.
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Use "where" to introduce a clause about a place.
3This is the hotel ............... our meetings used to take place.
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Use "where" to mean "in which" or "at which" for a place.
4The boy ............... watch had been stolen complained to the police.
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Use "whose" to show possession before a noun.
5The weather ............... fine, we went out for a walk.
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Use "being" in the absolute phrase "The weather being fine."
6The germ is ............... small to be seen with the naked eye.
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Use "too" in the pattern "too + adjective + to."
7............... his poor health, he attends the office regularly.
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Use "In spite of" before a noun phrase to show contrast.
8............... on tiptoe, he reached for the apple.
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Use "Standing" to introduce the action that helped him reach the apple.
9............... she got the message, she started for home.
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Use "As soon as" to show that one action happened immediately after another.
10............... he is working, he should not be disturbed.
Select 2 answers.
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"Since" and "Because" both give the reason he should not be disturbed.
11No sooner had Venu arrived ............... his mother followed.
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Use "than" after "No sooner."
12He tiptoed into the room ............... he should disturb the class.
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Use "lest" to mean "so that he would not."
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- While I was searching for a book, I came across this old photograph.
- They live where the climate is good.
- This is the hotel where our meetings used to take place.
- The boy whose watch had been stolen complained to the police.
- The weather being fine, we went out for a walk.
- The germ is too small to be seen with the naked eye.
- In spite of his poor health, he attends the office regularly.
- Standing on tiptoe, he reached for the apple.
- As soon as she got the message, she started for home.
- Since / Because he is working, he should not be disturbed.
- No sooner had Venu arrived than his mother followed.
- He tiptoed into the room lest he should disturb the class.