Fill in the blanks with an appropriate conjunction or preposition.
1............... you knew the answer, why didn't you tell me?
Wrong!
Use "If" to introduce a real or imagined condition before the result or question.
2I will not go to their party ............... they invite me.
Wrong!
Use "unless" to mean "if not" in this condition.
3............... he mends his ways, he will be in trouble.
Wrong!
Use "Unless" to mean that he will be in trouble if he does not change.
4I will not go ............... him.
Wrong!
Use "without" before a noun or pronoun to mean "not with" someone.
5............... he received the message, he started.
Wrong!
Use "As soon as" to show that one action happened immediately after another.
6............... he is rich, he is not respected.
Wrong!
Use "Although" to connect two contrasting facts.
7............... you forbid me, I will go.
Wrong!
Use "Even if" to show that the result will be the same despite the condition.
8If I help him, it is ............... I like him.
Wrong!
Use "because" to give the reason for helping him.
9............... had he returned than he was off again.
Wrong!
Use "No sooner" with inversion and "than" to show that one action quickly followed another.
10Scarcely had he gone to bed ............... someone knocked at the door.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
After "Scarcely had", both "before" and "when" can introduce the next sudden event.
11He became angry ............... I had said a word.
Wrong!
Use "before" to show that he became angry earlier than the speaker's words.
12This is as good as, ............... not better than, that.
Wrong!
Use "if" in the fixed pattern "as good as, if not better than".
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- If you knew the answer, why didn’t you tell me?
- I will not go to their party unless they invite me.
- Unless he mends his ways, he will be in trouble.
- I will not go without him.
- As soon as he received the message, he started.
- Although he is rich, he is not respected.
- Even if you forbid me, I will go.
- If I help him, it is because I like him.
- No sooner had he returned than he was off again.
- Scarcely had he gone to bed before / when someone knocked at the door.
- He became angry before I had said a word.
- This is as good as, if not better than, that.
