Fill in the blanks.
1............... you improve your communication skills, you will not get a good job.
Wrong!
"Unless" means "if not" and introduces the condition for not getting a good job.
2............... what you are saying is true, I cannot help you.
Wrong!
"Even if" introduces a condition that does not change the result.
3............... or not we can depend on them is debatable.
Wrong!
"Whether" is used before "or not" to introduce two possible alternatives.
4A lot of things changed ............... we were away.
Wrong!
"While" means during the time that something else was happening.
5I will take care of you ............... you obey me.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"As long as" and "provided that" both mean "if" when giving a condition.
6I trusted him ............... his behavior was suspicious.
Wrong!
"Although" joins two contrasting ideas in one sentence.
7I could not attend the meeting ............... I was ill.
Wrong!
"Because" introduces the reason why the speaker could not attend.
8............... he was innocent, he could not prove it.
Wrong!
"Though" introduces a contrast between being innocent and being unable to prove it.
9............... she had received medical attention, she would not have died.
Wrong!
"If" introduces the unreal past condition in this third conditional sentence.
10............... it was a rainy day, we cancelled the trip.
Wrong!
"As" introduces the reason for cancelling the trip.
11The journey was ............... difficult that we lost the will to continue.
Wrong!
"So" is used before an adjective in the pattern "so difficult that".
12It was ............... a difficult journey that we couldn't continue it.
Wrong!
"Such" is used before an adjective and noun in the pattern "such a difficult journey that".
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.
- Though 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.
