1Will you wait here ............... I return?
Wrong!
Use "until" to mean up to the time that I return.
2I visit my grandparents ............... I can.
Wrong!
Use "whenever" to mean at any time that I can.
3I will be home ............... 8 o'clock.
Wrong!
Use "by" to mean not later than 8 o'clock.
4I was relieved ............... it finished.
Wrong!
Use "when" for the specific time that it finished.
5You must finish the job ............... you leave.
Wrong!
Use "before" to show that finishing the job happens earlier than leaving.
6I injure my ankle ............... I play football.
Wrong!
Use "whenever" to mean every time I play football.
7I injured my knee ............... playing football yesterday.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "when" or "while" to introduce the activity during which the injury happened.
8I told her the news ............... she arrived.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "the moment" or "as soon as" to mean immediately after she arrived.
9I will buy it only ............... you reduce the price.
Wrong!
Use "if" to introduce the condition for buying it.
10............... I was sleepy, I sat through the lecture.
Wrong!
Use "Though" to show a contrast between being sleepy and staying for the lecture.
11I was tired, ............... I didn't go.
Wrong!
Use "so" to link the reason with the result.
12............... art does not offer good career prospects, few people are interested in pursuing it.
Wrong!
Use "Since" to give the reason why few people are interested in pursuing art.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- Will you wait here until I return?
- I visit my grandparents whenever I can.
- I will be home by 8 o’clock.
- I was relieved when it finished.
- You must finish the job before you leave.
- I injure my ankle whenever I play football.
- I injured my knee when / while playing football yesterday.
- I told her the news the moment / as soon as she arrived.
- I will buy it only if you reduce the price.
- Though I was sleepy, I sat through the lecture.
- I was tired, so I didn’t go.
- Since art does not offer good career prospects, few people are interested in pursuing it.