Fill in the blanks.
1. …………………………… you improve your communication skills, you will not get a good job.
Wrong!
Unless means if not.
2. …………………………. what you are saying is true, I cannot help you.
Wrong!
3. …………………………… or not we can depend on them is debatable.
Wrong!
4. A lot of things changed ………………………… we were away.
Wrong!
While is used to talk about two actions or situations that change simultaneously.
5. I will take care of you …………………………… you obey me.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Either as long as or provided that is possible here.
6. I trusted him …………………………….. his behavior was suspicious.
Wrong!
Although is used to connect two contrasting ideas.
7. I could not attend the meeting …………………………… I was ill.
Wrong!
Because shows the reason.
8. …………………………. he was innocent, he could not prove it.
Wrong!
9. ……………………………… she had received medical attention, she would not have died.
Wrong!
If expresses a condition.
10. ……………………….. it was a rainy day, we cancelled the trip.
Wrong!
As shows the reason.
11. The journey was …………………………… difficult that we lost the will to continue.
Wrong!
Use so before an adjective; use such before adjective + noun.
12. It was ……………………………… a difficult journey that we couldn’t continue it.
Wrong!
Use such before adjective + noun.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Unless you improve your communication skills, you will not get a good job.
- Even if what you are saying is true, I cannot help you.
- Whether or not we can depend on them is debatable.
- A lot of things changed while we were away.
- I will take care of you as long as / provided that you obey me.
- I trusted him although his behavior was suspicious.
- I could not attend the meeting because I was ill.
- Although he was innocent, he could not prove it.
- If she had received medical attention, she would not have died.
- As it was a rainy day, we cancelled the trip.
- The journey was so difficult that we lost the will to continue.
- It was such a difficult journey that we couldn’t continue it.
