Fill in the blanks.
1. Don’t ask his opinion …………………… you are ready for a forthright answer.
Correct!
Wrong!
2. Tell me ………………………… you think of the idea.
Correct!
Wrong!
3. Don’t be peevish ……………………….. I ask you to do something.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. He is so cunning that I always wonder ………………………. I am being cheated.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. The bomb had a long fuse ………………………….. delayed the explosion.
Correct!
Wrong!
6. The audience gaped ………………………… the magician cut the girl in half.
Correct!
Wrong!
As can be used to connect two simultaneous events.
7. Hurry and get home ……………………….. it gets dark.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. …………………………. I asked him to hire a taxi, he took the bus.
Correct!
Wrong!
Although is used to connect two contrasting ideas.
9. No sooner did I go to bed ……………………….. I fell asleep.
Correct!
Wrong!
No sooner is a comparative expression. It should be followed by than.
10. Mosquitoes are ………………………… a great nuisance but also carriers of many diseases.
Correct!
Wrong!
Note the pattern not only / but also.
11. ………………………… he consults a good doctor, his condition may get worse.
Correct!
Wrong!
Unless means if not.
12. Stella, …………………………. we met in the lobby, is a friend of mine.
Correct!
Wrong!
That cannot be used in non-identifying relative clauses.
Answers
- Don’t ask his opinion unless you are ready for a forthright answer.
- Tell me what you think of the idea.
- Don’t be peevish when I ask you to do something.
- He is so cunning that I always wonder if I am being cheated.
- The bomb had a long fuse that / which delayed the explosion.
- The audience gaped as the magician cut the girl in half.
- Hurry and get home before it gets dark.
- Although I asked him to hire a taxi, he took the bus.
- No sooner did I go to bed than I fell asleep.
- Mosquitoes are not only a great nuisance but also carriers of many diseases.
- Unless he consults a good doctor, his condition may get worse.
- Stella whom we met in the lobby is a friend of mine.
