Fill in the blanks.
1. Peter as well as his brothers ……………………… guilty.
Correct!
Wrong!
When we connect two nouns with as well as, the verb agrees with the former in number and person.
2. He spoke loudly …………………………. I was deaf.
Correct!
Wrong!
3. ……………………….. he felt tired, he did not go to office.
Correct!
Wrong!
As shows the reason.
4. We had some free time ……………………….. we decided to do a little bit of shopping.
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Wrong!
So shows the result or effect.
5. …………………………. the servant was honest, his master trusted him.
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Wrong!
6. The room is …………………………. to accommodate all the guests.
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Wrong!
Enough goes after the adjective or adverb modified by it.
7. He is ……………………… old to work.
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Wrong!
8. The famine was ………………………. severe that thousands of people perished.
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Wrong!
Note the pattern so...that...
9. It was ……………………….. a hot night that I couldn’t sleep at all.
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Wrong!
Use so before an adjective. Use such before adjective + noun.
10. ………………………. you want more money, you have to do more work.
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Wrong!
11. If he ………………………… me about his arrival, I would have gone to the airport to receive him.
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Wrong!
In the third conditional, use a past perfect tense in the if-clause and would have + past participle in the main clause.
12. I enjoyed the movie ………………………… having a headache.
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Wrong!
Despite is a preposition. It is followed by a noun or ing form.
Answers
- Peter as well as his brothers is guilty.
- He spoke loudly as if I was deaf.
- As he felt tired, he did not go to office.
- We had some free time so we decided to do a little bit of shopping.
- As the servant was honest, his master trusted him.
- The room is spacious enough to accommodate all the guests.
- He is too old to work.
- The famine was so severe that thousands of people perished.
- It was such a hot night that I couldn’t sleep at all.
- If you want more money, you have to do more work.
- If he had told me about his arrival, I would have gone to the airport to receive him.
- I enjoyed the movie despite having a headache.
