Fill in the blanks.
1............... cleaning the attic, I came across some old photos.
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"While" introduces an action happening at the same time as another action.
2Do you know any shops ............... I can buy used laptops?
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"Where" introduces a relative clause referring to a place.
3This is the café ............... we used to spend our evenings.
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"Where" refers to the place in which an activity happened.
4The woman ............... child was missing seemed hysterical.
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"Whose" shows possession and connects the woman with her child.
5............... it was a small town, we couldn’t find any hotels there.
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"As" introduces the reason why we could not find any hotels.
6She speaks ............... she knows everything.
Select 2 answers.
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"As if" and "as though" introduce the way something seems.
7............... she performed well, she was denied promotion.
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"Though" introduces a contrast between performing well and being denied promotion.
8............... she is very old, she is quite capable of taking care of herself.
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"Though" introduces a contrast between her age and her ability.
9............... she got the message, she started.
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"As soon as" means immediately after something happened.
10............... she started at 6, she should be here soon.
Select 2 answers.
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"As" and "If" are both possible because the sentence can give a reason or a condition.
11You can stay with me ............... you want.
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"As long as" means for the whole time that something continues.
12It was a question ............... no one could answer.
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"That" is the relative pronoun referring to "a question" as the object of "answer".
Exercise complete
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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.
- As / If 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.