Fill in the blanks.
1............... a noise, the thief ran away.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "Hearing" and "Having heard" are correct: the thief heard the noise and then ran away. "Having been heard" is passive and would mean the thief was heard.
2He is ............... fat to walk fast.
Wrong!
"Too" completes the pattern too + adjective + to-infinitive.
3............... he left home early, he was late for school.
Wrong!
"Although" introduces a contrast between leaving early and being late.
4Sam, ............... was my student many years ago, is now an accomplished architect.
Wrong!
"Who" is the subject relative pronoun for a person in this non-defining relative clause.
5He is ............... lazy that he cannot succeed in life.
Wrong!
"So" completes the pattern so + adjective + that-clause.
6............... you arrive on time, you will not be able to meet him.
Wrong!
"Unless" means if not in this conditional sentence.
7............... hard you work, you cannot please him.
Wrong!
"However" means no matter how before an adjective or adverb.
8............... his poor health, he attends the office regularly.
Wrong!
"In spite of" is followed by the noun phrase his poor health.
9Hurry up, ............... you will be late to work.
Wrong!
"Or else" introduces the negative result if the listener does not hurry.
10The faster you run, ...............
Wrong!
"The sooner you get tired" completes the parallel comparative pattern.
11The older I become, ...............
Wrong!
"The happier I am" completes the parallel comparative pattern.
12............... it rains, we will get wet.
Wrong!
"If" introduces the condition for getting wet.
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Answers
- Hearing / Having heard a noise, the thief ran away.
- He is too fat to walk fast.
- Although he left home early, he was late for school.
- Sam, who was my student many years ago, is now an accomplished architect.
- He is so lazy that he cannot succeed in life.
- Unless you arrive on time, you will not be able to meet him.
- However hard you work, you cannot please him.
- In spite of his poor health, he attends the office regularly.
- Hurry up, or else you will be late to work.
- The faster you run, the sooner you get tired.
- The older I become, the happier I am.
- If it rains, we will get wet.