Fill in the blanks.
1. ………………………. cleaning the attic, I came across some old photos.
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Wrong!
While indicates time.
2. Do you know any shops ……………………… I can buy used laptops?
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Wrong!
Where can mean at which or in which.
3. This is the café ………………………. we used to spend our evenings.
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Wrong!
4. The woman …………………………. child was missing seemed hysterical.
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Wrong!
5. ………………….. it was a small town, we couldn’t find any hotels there.
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Wrong!
As indicates the reason.
6. She speaks ………………………. she knows everything.
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
Either as if or as though can be used here.
7. …………………………. she performed well, she was denied promotion.
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Wrong!
Though is used to connect two contrasting ideas.
8. ……………………….. she is very old, she is quite capable of taking care of herself.
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Wrong!
Though is used to connect two contrasting ideas.
9. ………………………… she got the message, she started.
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Wrong!
No sooner is used in comparative expressions.
10. ………………………….. she started at 6, she should be here soon.
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Wrong!
Either if or as is possible here. If expresses a condition and as expresses the reason.
11. You can stay with me ………………………….. you want.
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Wrong!
12. It was a question ……………………….. no one could answer.
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Wrong!
Answers
- While cleaning the attic, I came across some old photos.
- Do you know any shops where I can buy used laptops?
- This is the café where we used to spend our evenings.
- The woman whose child was missing seemed hysterical.
- As it was a small town, we couldn’t find any hotels there.
- She speaks as if / as though she knows everything.
- Though she performed well, she was denied promotion.
- Though she is very old, she is quite capable of taking care of herself.
- As soon as she got the message, she started.
- If / As she started at 6, she should be here soon.
- You can stay with me as long as you want.
- It was a question that no one could answer.
