1She wouldn’t have lost her job ............... she had met her targets.
Wrong!
Use "if" to introduce the condition that would have prevented her from losing her job.
2............... she arrives now, we will have to go without her.
Wrong!
Use "Unless" to mean "if not" in this warning about leaving without her.
3I don’t know ............... I will have time.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "if" and "whether" can introduce an indirect yes/no question after "I don’t know."
4............... she invited me, I would not go to her party.
Wrong!
Use "Even if" to show that the result would be the same in that possible situation.
5I will do it ............... you like it or not.
Wrong!
Use "whether" in the fixed expression "whether you like it or not."
6I admired him ............... people said that he was a traitor.
Wrong!
Use "though" to connect the admiration with the contrasting opinion people had of him.
7She missed school ............... she was ill.
Wrong!
Use "because" to introduce the reason she missed school.
8She was sacked ............... the manager was not happy with her performance.
Wrong!
Use "because" to introduce the reason she was sacked.
9............... she gets good treatment, she will not survive.
Wrong!
Use "Unless" to mean "if she does not get good treatment."
10............... it was a holiday, I spent the whole day in bed.
Wrong!
Use "As" to introduce the reason for spending the whole day in bed.
11She was so beautiful ............... everybody admired her.
Wrong!
Use "that" to complete the result structure "so beautiful that."
12I went home ............... I was bored.
Wrong!
Use "because" to introduce the reason for going home.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- She wouldn’t have lost her job if she had met her targets.
- Unless she arrives now, we will have to go without her.
- I don’t know if / whether I will have time.
- Even if she invited me, I would not go to her party.
- I will do it whether you like it or not.
- I admired him though people said that he was a traitor.
- She missed school because she was ill.
- She was sacked because the manager was not happy with her performance.
- Unless she gets good treatment, she will not survive.
- As it was a holiday, I spent the whole day in bed.
- She was so beautiful that everybody admired her.
- I went home because I was bored.