1I will not come ............... he invites me.
Wrong!
Use "unless" to mean "if he does not invite me."
2Put everything ............... the vase in the box.
Wrong!
Use "except" to mean that the vase is excluded from the group.
3I will not go ............... you do.
Wrong!
Use "unless" to mean "if you do not go."
4He walks ............... his father does.
Wrong!
Use "as" before a clause with a subject and verb.
5............... he had gone, the police knocked at the door.
Wrong!
Use "As soon as" to mean immediately after the first action happened.
6............... had he gone when someone knocked at the door.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "Scarcely" or "Hardly" with inversion before "when."
7No sooner had he returned from the city ............... he started feeling ill.
Wrong!
Use "than" after "no sooner" in this correlative structure.
8He was buried in the village ............... he was born.
Wrong!
Use "where" to introduce a relative clause referring to a place.
9He washed ............... his hands nor his face.
Wrong!
Use "neither" before the first of two negative alternatives joined by "nor."
10I waited ............... he arrived.
Wrong!
Use "till" before a clause to mean up to the time that something happened.
11I have eaten nothing ............... I left home.
Wrong!
Use "since" for the starting point of a situation continuing to the present.
12I went ............... him.
Wrong!
Use "without" to mean not accompanied by that person.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- I will not come unless he invites me.
- Put everything except the vase in the box.
- I will not go unless you do.
- He walks as his father does.
- As soon as he had gone, the police knocked at the door.
- Scarcely / Hardly had he gone when someone knocked at the door.
- No sooner had he returned from the city than he started feeling ill.
- He was buried in the village where he was born.
- He washed neither his hands nor his face.
- I waited till he arrived.
- I have eaten nothing since I left home.
- I went without him.