1I will not come ............... you need me.
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Use "unless" to mean "if not" before a clause.
2I will not go ............... you do.
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Use "unless" before a clause meaning "if not".
3She looks ............... her mother.
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Use "like" before a noun to compare appearance.
4Do ............... I say.
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Use "as" before a clause to mean "in the way that".
5............... I received the message, I started.
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Use "As soon as" to show that one action happened immediately after another.
6I take no more ............... I give.
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Use "than" after a comparative expression such as "no more".
7Scarcely had he gone ............... his friends arrived.
Select 2 answers.
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After "scarcely", both "when" and "before" can introduce the next event.
8He lost not only his ticket ............... his passport.
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The usual partner for "not only" is "but also".
9He washed ............... his hands nor his mouth.
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Use "neither" with "nor" to join two negative alternatives.
10I will not go ............... you.
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Use "without" before a noun or pronoun.
11He succeeded ............... his hard work.
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Use "because of" before a noun phrase to give a reason.
12............... his hard work, he could not succeed.
Select 2 answers.
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Use "In spite of" or "Despite" before a noun phrase to show contrast.
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- I will not come unless you need me.
- I will not go unless you do.
- She looks like her mother.
- Do as I say.
- As soon as I received the message, I started.
- I take no more than I give.
- Scarcely had he gone when / before his friends arrived.
- He lost not only his ticket but also his passport.
- He washed neither his hands nor his mouth.
- I will not go without you.
- He succeeded because of his hard work.
- In spite of / Despite his hard work, he could not succeed.