Fill in the blanks.
1Peter, as well as his brothers, ............... guilty.
Wrong!
With "as well as", the verb agrees with the first subject, so "is" is correct.
2He spoke loudly ............... I was deaf.
Wrong!
Use "as if" to describe how something seems from someone's action.
3............... he felt tired, he did not go to the office.
Wrong!
"As" gives the reason why he did not go to the office.
4We had some free time, ............... we decided to do a little bit of shopping.
Wrong!
"So" introduces the result of having some free time.
5............... the servant was honest, his master trusted him.
Wrong!
"As" gives the reason why his master trusted him.
6The room is ............... to accommodate all the guests.
Wrong!
"Spacious enough" is correct because "enough" comes after the adjective.
7He is ............... old to work.
Wrong!
"Too" means more than is possible or suitable before "to work".
8The famine was ............... severe that thousands of people perished.
Wrong!
"So" is used before an adjective in the pattern "so... that".
9It was ............... a hot night that I couldn't sleep at all.
Wrong!
"Such" is used before an adjective plus a noun in the pattern "such... that".
10............... you want more money, you have to do more work.
Wrong!
"If" introduces the condition for needing to do more work.
11If he ............... me about his arrival, I would have gone to the airport to receive him.
Wrong!
In a third conditional sentence, the if-clause uses "had told".
12I enjoyed the movie ............... having a headache.
Wrong!
"Despite" is a preposition that can be followed by a gerund phrase.
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 the 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.
