Fill in the blanks.
1Don’t ask his opinion ............... you are ready for a forthright answer.
Wrong!
Use "unless" to mean "if not" in this warning.
2Tell me ............... you think of the idea.
Wrong!
Use "what" to mean "the thing that" in the object clause.
3Don’t be peevish ............... I ask you to do something.
Wrong!
Use "when" to introduce the situation in which something happens. "As" is not natural here because the sentence describes a general, repeated situation.
4He is so cunning that I always wonder ............... I am being cheated.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "if" and "whether" can introduce an indirect yes/no question after "wonder".
5The bomb had a long fuse ............... delayed the explosion.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "which" and "that" can introduce a defining relative clause about "fuse".
6The audience gaped ............... the magician cut the girl in half.
Wrong!
Use "as" to show that the audience reacted while the action was happening.
7Hurry and get home ............... it gets dark.
Wrong!
Use "before" to show that getting home should happen earlier than darkness.
8............... I asked him to hire a taxi, he took the bus.
Wrong!
Use "Although" to introduce a contrast between the advice and what he did.
9No sooner did I go to bed ............... I fell asleep.
Wrong!
Use "than" after the structure "no sooner".
10Mosquitoes are ............... a great nuisance but also carriers of many diseases.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "not only" and "not just" can pair naturally with "but also" to add information.
11............... he consults a good doctor, his condition may get worse.
Wrong!
Use "Unless" to mean "if he does not" in this sentence.
12Stella, ............... we met in the lobby, is a friend of mine.
Wrong!
Use "whom" for Stella as the object of "met" in a non-defining relative clause.
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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 / whether I am being cheated.
- The bomb had a long fuse which / that 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 / not just 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.