1She was angry ............... they hadn’t invited her to their party.
Wrong!
"Because" introduces the reason she was angry.
2............... you don’t deliver the project on time, they will cancel the contract.
Wrong!
"If" introduces the condition for the possible cancellation.
3............... he is lame, he walks with great difficulty.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"As" and "Because" both introduce the reason he walks with difficulty.
4He is neither intelligent ............... hardworking.
Wrong!
"Nor" completes the correlative structure "neither... nor".
5I will not permit this ............... you kill me.
Wrong!
"Even if" introduces a strong hypothetical condition.
6You cannot go ............... you have finished that report.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Unless" and "until" both express the condition that must be met before you can go.
7............... she doesn’t like you, why are you still chasing her?
Wrong!
"If" introduces the condition behind the question.
8............... I worked day and night, I couldn’t meet the deadline.
Wrong!
"Even though" introduces a real contrast with the result.
9She is ............... beautiful that every guy in the neighborhood wants to marry her.
Wrong!
"So" is used before an adjective in the structure "so... that".
10The higher you go, ............... it gets.
Wrong!
"The colder" completes the parallel comparative structure.
11............... she is very beautiful, she has hardly any friends.
Wrong!
"Though" introduces a contrast between her beauty and having few friends.
12This is the house ............... Lincoln was born.
Wrong!
"Where" refers to the place in which Lincoln was born.
Exercise complete
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Answers
- She was angry because they hadn’t invited her to their party.
- If you don’t deliver the project on time, they will cancel the contract.
- As / Because he is lame, he walks with great difficulty.
- He is neither intelligent nor hardworking.
- I will not permit this even if you kill me.
- You cannot go unless / until you have finished that report.
- If she doesn’t like you, why are you still chasing her?
- Even though I worked day and night, I couldn’t meet the deadline.
- She is so beautiful that every guy in the neighborhood wants to marry her.
- The higher you go, the colder it gets.
- Though she is very beautiful, she has hardly any friends.
- This is the house where Lincoln was born.