Fill in the blanks.
1She was sweating profusely ............... she had been running.
Wrong!
Use "because" to give the reason for her sweating.
2............... her health condition does not improve, she will not be able to travel.
Wrong!
Use "If" to introduce a real condition.
3............... he became rich, he started dropping his old friends.
Wrong!
Use "As soon as" to mean immediately after something happened.
4You will enjoy good health ............... you watch your diet.
Wrong!
Use "as long as" to mean provided that a condition is met.
5I will help you ............... you tell me everything.
Wrong!
Use "provided that" to introduce the condition for helping.
6............... you miss another deadline, you will lose the job.
Wrong!
Use "If" to introduce the possible condition and its result.
7He is confident ............... he will win.
Wrong!
Use "that" after confident to introduce the content of the belief.
8He learned English ............... he would get a better job.
Wrong!
Use "so that" before a clause to express purpose.
9............... he lacks formal schooling, he is clever and industrious.
Wrong!
Use "Though" to contrast his lack of formal schooling with his abilities.
10We don’t know ............... we can help.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "whether" or "if" to introduce an indirect yes/no question.
11He limped ............... his leg was broken.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Use "as if" or "as though" to describe how the situation seemed.
12............... she is employed, she can pay off her debts.
Wrong!
Use "Now that" to mean because the situation is now true.
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- 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.