1Push the button ............... you want the elevator.
Wrong!
If expresses a condition.
2The prostrate slaves didn’t get up ............... the king left.
Wrong!
Until refers to time. Up to refers to distance or extent.
3He was a proud man ............... resisted his friends’ offers of help.
Wrong!
The relative pronoun who refers to people. It acts as the subject of the verb in the relative clause.
4His rapacious ways made him wealthy ............... friendless.
Wrong!
But is used to connect two contrasting ideas.
5He rarely studied, ............... he passed every exam.
Wrong!
Yet is used to connect two contrasting ideas.
6The witness related ............... he had seen.
Wrong!
What means that which.
7It stormed ............... hard that all the electricity went out.
Wrong!
So...that shows cause and effect.
8He is so tight-lipped that no one knew ............... he enjoyed the party or not.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
9The best tactic is to confess ............... ask her forgiveness.
Wrong!
10The child is unruly ............... he has been spoiled.
Wrong!
Because gives the reason.
11The two men look alike ............... are unrelated.
Wrong!
But is used to connect two contrasting ideas.
12She didn’t understand ............... was happening to her.
Wrong!
Done.
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Answers
- 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.
