Fill in the blanks.
1............... standing at the gate, I saw something strange.
Wrong!
Use "While" to introduce an action happening at the same time as the main action.
2I know a shop ............... they repair old watches.
Wrong!
Use "where" to mean "in which" for a place.
3This is the park ............... we used to meet.
Wrong!
Use "where" to refer to the place in which something happened.
4The man ............... mother was seriously ill urged the doctors to save her life.
Wrong!
Use "whose" to show possession in a relative clause.
5............... it was an old town, we couldn’t find any good accommodation.
Wrong!
Use "As" to give the reason for the result in the main clause.
6She is ............... old to walk without support.
Wrong!
Use "too" before an adjective followed by "to" to show excess.
7............... her good performance, she was denied promotion.
Wrong!
Use "In spite of" before a noun phrase to show contrast.
8............... she is very old, she is still very much on her own.
Wrong!
Use "Though" to introduce a contrasting idea.
9............... did she get the message than she started for home.
Wrong!
Use "No sooner" with inversion and "than" to show one action followed another immediately.
10............... he was the most deserving candidate, he had no difficulty getting the job.
Wrong!
Use "As" to introduce the reason for an easy result.
11You can stay with me ............... you take care of your expenses.
Select 3 answers.
Wrong!
Use "as long as", "provided that", or "so long as" to introduce a condition.
12He asked a question ............... no one could answer.
Wrong!
Use "that" as a relative pronoun for the thing being answered.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- While standing at the gate, I saw something strange.
- I know a shop where they repair old watches.
- This is the park where we used to meet.
- The man whose mother was seriously ill urged the doctors to save her life.
- As it was an old town, we couldn’t find any good accommodation.
- She is too old to walk without support.
- In spite of her good performance, she was denied promotion.
- Though she is very old, she is still very much on her own.
- No sooner did she get the message than she started for home.
- As he was the most deserving candidate, he had no difficulty getting the job.
- You can stay with me as long as / provided that / so long as you take care of your expenses.
- He asked a question that no one could answer.
