Fill in the blanks.
1............... the gunshot, the birds flew away.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Hearing" and "Having heard" can both introduce the action that made the birds fly away.
2............... you try, you will not succeed.
Wrong!
"Even if" means the result will be the same whether the person tries or not.
3............... she is younger than I am, I always listen to her advice.
Wrong!
"Although" introduces a contrast between her age and the speaker's trust in her advice.
4............... being ill, he goes to work regularly.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"In spite of" and "Despite" are followed by a noun or gerund phrase and show contrast.
5Rahim, ............... was my classmate at university, is now an engineer.
Wrong!
"Who" refers to Rahim as a person in this non-defining relative clause.
6............... hard you may try, you will not succeed.
Wrong!
"However" means "no matter how" before the adjective "hard".
7The movie ............... I watched yesterday was interesting.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"That" and "which" can both refer to a thing in a defining relative clause.
8The weather ............... fine, we went for a swim in the sea.
Wrong!
"Being" forms the absolute phrase "the weather being fine".
9Janet, with ............... I share my room, is a student from Miami.
Wrong!
"Whom" is the object form used after the preposition "with".
10I don't know ............... I should cry or laugh.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"If" and "whether" can both introduce this indirect question between two alternatives.
11............... all my children are grown up, I have more free time.
Wrong!
"Now that" introduces the present reason for having more free time.
12He is a senior lawyer; ..............., he doesn't have many clients.
Wrong!
"However" is a linking adverb that shows contrast after a semicolon.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Hearing / Having heard the gunshot, the birds flew away.
- Even if you try, you will not succeed.
- Although she is younger than I am, I always listen to her advice.
- In spite of / Despite being ill, he goes to work regularly.
- Rahim, who was my classmate at university, is now an engineer.
- However hard you may try, you will not succeed.
- The movie that / which I watched yesterday was interesting.
- The weather being fine, we went for a swim in the sea.
- Janet, with whom I share my room, is a student from Miami.
- I don’t know if / whether I should cry or laugh.
- Now that all my children are grown up, I have more free time.
- He is a senior lawyer; however, he doesn’t have many clients.
