Fill in the blanks.
1She was sweating profusely ............... she had been running.
Wrong!
Because shows the reason.
2............... her health condition does not improve, she will not be able to travel.
Wrong!
3............... he became rich, he started dropping his old friends.
Wrong!
4You will enjoy good health ............... you watch your diet.
Wrong!
5I will help you ............... you tell me everything.
Wrong!
Provided that expresses a condition.
6............... you miss another deadline, you will lose the job.
Wrong!
7He is confident ............... he will win.
Wrong!
8He learned English ............... he would get a better job.
Wrong!
So that expresses the purpose of doing something.
9............... he lacks formal schooling, he is clever and industrious.
Wrong!
Though is used to connect two contrasting ideas.
10We don’t know ............... we can help.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Either if or whether can introduce an yes/no question.
11He limped ............... his leg was broken.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Either as if or as though is possible here. These expressions are used to say how a situation seems like.
12............... she is employed, she can pay off her debts.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- She was sweating profusely because she had been running.
- If her health condition does not improve, she will not be able to travel.
- As soon as he became rich, he started dropping his old friends.
- You will enjoy good health as long as you watch your diet.
- I will help you provided that you tell me everything.
- If you miss another deadline, you will lose the job.
- He is confident that he will win.
- He learned English so that he would get a better job.
- Though he lacks formal schooling, he is clever and industrious.
- We don’t know whether/if we can help.
- He limped as if/as though his leg was broken.
- Now that she is employed, she can pay off her debts.
