Fill in the blanks with an appropriate word or phrase.
1He died two months ...............
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Use "ago" to count back from the present moment.
2She was clever ............... to solve the puzzle.
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Use "enough" after an adjective to show that someone has the necessary quality.
3I wish you ............... behave like this.
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Use "wouldn't" after wish to complain about someone else's repeated behaviour.
4You ............... be in trouble if she fails to recognize you.
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Use "will" in the main clause of a first conditional sentence.
5We ought to invest in health and education ............... infrastructure.
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Use "rather than" to introduce the option that is not preferred.
6I would rather be a writer ............... a doctor.
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Use "than" after would rather when comparing two choices.
7Tired ............... she was, she went shopping.
Select 2 answers.
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After an adjective, "though" and "as" can both mean although in this structure.
8............... she was tired, she still went shopping.
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Use "Though" to introduce a contrast with the main clause.
9Such was her beauty ............... men from far and near came to woo her.
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Use "that" in the result structure such was her beauty that.
10Strange ............... it may seem, I don't like music of any kind.
Select 2 answers.
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After an adjective, "as" and "though" can both mean although in this structure.
11If you marry me, I will give you ............... freedom as you want.
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Use "as much" before an uncountable noun in the pattern as much freedom as.
12She is as ............... nails.
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Use "hard as" to complete the idiom as hard as nails.
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Answers
- He died two months ago.
- She was clever enough to solve the puzzle.
- I wish you wouldn’t behave like this.
- You will be in trouble if she fails to recognize you.
- We ought to invest in health and education rather than infrastructure.
- I would rather be a writer than a doctor.
- Tired though / as she was, she went shopping.
- Though she was tired, she still went shopping.
- Such was her beauty that men from far and near came to woo her.
- Strange as / though it may seem, I don’t like music of any kind.
- If you marry me, I will give you as much freedom as you want.
- She is as hard as nails.