Fill in the blanks.
1............... he comes in time, we will not be able to meet him.
Wrong!
"Unless" means "if not" and introduces the condition for not being able to meet him.
2............... on tiptoe, he reached for the mango.
Wrong!
"Standing" is the participle form used to show how he reached for the mango.
3Sam, ............... was my student many years ago, is now an accomplished cardiologist.
Wrong!
"Who" is the subject pronoun in this non-defining relative clause about a person.
4............... a noise, the cat ran away.
Wrong!
"Hearing" is the participle form that links the cat's hearing a noise with running away.
5............... hard you work, you will not be able to finish this job.
Wrong!
"However" means "no matter how" before an adjective or adverb.
6The faster you run, ............... you get tired.
Wrong!
"The sooner" completes the pattern "the" plus comparative, followed by another "the" plus comparative.
7The mangoes ............... I bought yesterday were sour.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Which" and "that" can introduce a defining relative clause referring to things.
8If he had listened to my advice, he ............... in trouble.
Wrong!
"Would not have landed" is the correct main-clause form in this third conditional sentence.
9The more you study, ............... you remember.
Wrong!
"The less" completes the comparative pattern "the more..., the less...".
10Uma, with ............... I went to Beijing, is a rich girl.
Wrong!
"Whom" is used after the preposition "with" to refer to a person.
11............... their best efforts, they could not save her.
Wrong!
"Despite" is followed by a noun phrase and shows contrast.
12............... you are honest, I will trust you.
Wrong!
"Since" introduces the reason why the speaker will trust the person.
Done.
Score: 0/12
Answers
- Unless he comes in time, we will not be able to meet him.
- Standing on tiptoe, he reached for the mango.
- Sam, who was my student many years ago, is now an accomplished cardiologist.
- Hearing a noise, the cat ran away.
- However hard you work, you will not be able to finish this job.
- The faster you run, the sooner you get tired.
- The mangoes which / that I bought yesterday were sour.
- If he had listened to my advice, he would not have landed in trouble.
- The more you study, the less you remember.
- Uma, with whom I went to Beijing, is a rich girl.
- Despite their best efforts, they could not save her.
- Since you are honest, I will trust you.
