1Push the button ............... you want the elevator.
Wrong!
Use "if" to introduce a condition.
2The prostrate slaves didn’t get up ............... the king left.
Wrong!
Use "until" to mean up to the time when something happens.
3He was a proud man ............... resisted his friends’ offers of help.
Wrong!
Use "who" as the subject of a relative clause about a person.
4His rapacious ways made him wealthy ............... friendless.
Wrong!
Use "but" to connect contrasting ideas.
5He rarely studied, ............... he passed every exam.
Wrong!
Use "yet" to show contrast with an unexpected result.
6The witness related ............... he had seen.
Wrong!
Use "what" to mean the thing that in this noun clause.
7It stormed ............... hard that all the electricity went out.
Wrong!
Use "so" before an adjective or adverb in the pattern so... that.
8He is so tight-lipped that no one knew ............... he enjoyed the party or not.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "whether" and "if" can introduce this indirect yes/no question.
9The best tactic is to confess ............... ask her forgiveness.
Wrong!
Use "and" to join two actions in the same plan.
10The child is unruly ............... he has been spoiled.
Wrong!
Use "because" to introduce the reason for the child’s behavior.
11The two men look alike ............... are unrelated.
Wrong!
Use "but" to contrast looking alike with being unrelated.
12She didn’t understand ............... was happening to her.
Wrong!
Use "what" to mean the thing that in this noun clause.
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- Push the button if you want the elevator.
- The prostrate slaves didn’t get up until the king left.
- He was a proud man who resisted his friends’ offers of help.
- His rapacious ways made him wealthy but friendless.
- He rarely studied, yet he passed every exam.
- The witness related what he had seen.
- It stormed so hard that all the electricity went out.
- He is so tight-lipped that no one knew whether / if he enjoyed the party or not.
- The best tactic is to confess and ask her forgiveness.
- The child is unruly because he has been spoiled.
- The two men look alike but are unrelated.
- She didn’t understand what was happening to her.