1............... you take it or leave it.
Wrong!
Use "Either" with "or" to show a choice between two alternatives.
2The doctor must come soon, ............... the patient will die.
Wrong!
Use "or" to show the bad result if the first action does not happen.
3............... the doctor does not arrive soon, the patient will die.
Wrong!
Use "If" to introduce the condition that may lead to the result.
4I can't meet you tomorrow, ............... I have an important appointment.
Wrong!
Use "for" to give a reason in a formal style.
5............... they played well, they could not win.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "Though" and "Even though" introduce a contrast with the main clause.
6I don't know ............... I will have time or not.
Wrong!
Use "whether" before "or not" in an indirect yes/no question.
7We started early ............... we would not get stuck in traffic.
Wrong!
Use "so that" to introduce the purpose of an action.
8I shall lend you my camera ............... you return it tomorrow.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "provided that" and "on condition that" introduce a condition for the action.
9The passengers got off the bus ............... it stopped.
Wrong!
Use "as soon as" to mean immediately after something happens.
10He speaks ............... he is a genius.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "as if" and "as though" introduce the way something appears or seems.
11............... I become a millionaire, I will always be a socialist.
Wrong!
Use "Even if" for an imagined condition that does not change the result.
12............... breaking his arm, he hurt his leg.
Select 3 answers.
Wrong!
"As well as", "In addition to", and "Besides" all add another fact to the sentence.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Either you take it or leave it.
- The doctor must come soon, or the patient will die.
- If the doctor does not arrive soon, the patient will die.
- I can’t meet you tomorrow, for I have an important appointment.
- Though / Even though they played well, they could not win.
- I don’t know whether I will have time or not.
- We started early so that we would not get stuck in traffic.
- I shall lend you my camera provided that / on condition that you return it tomorrow.
- The passengers got off the bus as soon as it stopped.
- He speaks as if / as though he is a genius.
- Even if I become a millionaire, I will always be a socialist.
- As well as / In addition to / Besides breaking his arm, he hurt his leg.
