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