Fill in the blanks.
1Her clothes caught fire ............... she was cooking.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"As" and "while" both show that the cooking and the fire happened at the same time.
2Julius Caesar, ............... was a powerful Roman general, came to Britain in 55 BC.
Wrong!
"Who" refers to Julius Caesar in a non-defining relative clause.
3This is the man ............... car was stolen yesterday.
Wrong!
"Whose" shows that the car belonged to the man.
4It was very late ............... I reached home.
Wrong!
"When" introduces the time at which the speaker reached home.
5............... you obey my orders, you will be dismissed.
Wrong!
"Unless" means "if not" and gives the condition for dismissal.
6............... they do not come, we must go there as planned.
Wrong!
"Even if" means the plan will continue whether they come or not.
7............... we get enough rain, the crops will fail.
Wrong!
"Unless" means "if not" and gives the condition for the crops failing.
8You will have an accident ............... you do not drive carefully.
Wrong!
"If" introduces the condition that may lead to an accident.
9............... difficult the problem may be, John can solve it quickly.
Wrong!
"However" before an adjective means "no matter how".
10............... cold it is, he always goes swimming.
Wrong!
"However" before an adjective means "no matter how".
11............... we looked, we saw flowers.
Wrong!
"Wherever" means "in every place where".
12You can come ............... you want.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"When" and "whenever" are both natural time conjunctions in this sentence.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- Her clothes caught fire as / while she was cooking.
- Julius Caesar, who was a powerful Roman general, came to Britain in 55 BC.
- This is the man whose car was stolen yesterday.
- It was very late when I reached home.
- Unless you obey my orders, you will be dismissed.
- Even if they do not come, we must go there as planned.
- Unless we get enough rain, the crops will fail.
- You will have an accident if you do not drive carefully.
- However difficult the problem may be, John can solve it quickly.
- However cold it is, he always goes swimming.
- Wherever we looked, we saw flowers.
- You can come when / whenever you want.