Fill in the blanks.
1............... they live near me, I see them very often.
Wrong!
"As" introduces the reason why I see them very often.
2............... I knew the reason, I would tell you.
Wrong!
"If" introduces an unreal condition in this second conditional sentence.
3............... I got home, I sat down to eat something.
Wrong!
"When" introduces the time when I got home.
4She slipped ............... she was getting off the train.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"As" and "while" both show that the slipping happened during another action.
5............... I was walking down the street, I saw Joe driving his Porsche.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"As" and "While" both introduce the background action in progress.
6I couldn't contact him ............... he was on holiday.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"As" and "because" both introduce the reason why I could not contact him.
7............... the patient had lost a lot of blood, the doctors could not revive him.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"As" and "Because" both introduce the reason why the doctors could not revive him.
8Just ............... I sat down, the doorbell rang.
Wrong!
"As" completes the time expression "just as" for two actions that happened at the same moment.
9She got married ............... she was twenty.
Wrong!
"When" introduces the age at which she got married.
10I had an accident ............... I was in Frankfurt.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"When" and "while" can both introduce the time period during which the accident happened.
11We decided to order food ............... we hadn't cooked anything.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Because" and "as" both introduce the reason for ordering food.
12............... it was a holiday, I stayed in bed until afternoon.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"As" and "Because" both introduce the reason why I stayed in bed.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- As they live near me, I see them very often.
- If I knew the reason, I would tell you.
- When I got home, I sat down to eat something.
- She slipped as / while she was getting off the train.
- As / While I was walking down the street, I saw Joe driving his Porsche.
- I couldn’t contact him as / because he was on holiday.
- As / Because the patient had lost a lot of blood, the doctors could not revive him.
- Just as I sat down, the doorbell rang.
- She got married when she was twenty.
- I had an accident when / while I was in Frankfurt.
- We decided to order food because / as we hadn’t cooked anything.
- As / Because it was a holiday, I stayed in bed until afternoon.
