Fill in the blanks.
1............... I was cleaning the attic, I came across this old album.
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Use "While" to show that two actions happened at the same time.
2I know a stall ............... they sell ginger tea.
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Use "where" for a place in which something happens.
3This is the school ............... I studied.
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Use "where" to refer to the place at which someone studied.
4Sam, ............... parents work abroad, lives with his grandmother.
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Use "whose" to show possession in a relative clause.
5It ............... a rainy day, I didn’t go out.
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Use "being" in this absolute construction to give the reason.
6He is ............... frail to walk without support.
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Use "too" before an adjective followed by "to" to mean more than is possible or suitable.
7............... his poor health, he is always in high spirits.
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Use "Despite" before a noun phrase to show contrast.
8............... arduously, we reached the top of the hill.
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Use "Climbing" as a participle phrase to connect the action with the main clause.
9You can stay with me ............... you don’t interfere in my life.
Select 2 answers.
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Use "as long as" or "provided that" to introduce a condition.
10............... it was a holiday, most shops were not open.
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Use "As" to introduce the reason for the main clause.
11No sooner had Dad arrived ............... Mom followed.
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Use "than" after "no sooner" in this inversion structure.
12He hid in the basement ............... he was afraid.
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Use "because" to give the reason for an action.
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- While I was cleaning the attic, I came across this old album.
- I know a stall where they sell ginger tea.
- This is the school where I studied.
- Sam, whose parents work abroad, lives with his grandmother.
- It being a rainy day, I didn’t go out.
- He is too frail to walk without support.
- Despite his poor health, he is always in high spirits.
- Climbing arduously, we reached the top of the hill.
- You can stay with me as long as / provided that you don’t interfere in my life.
- As it was a holiday, most shops were not open.
- No sooner had Dad arrived than Mom followed.
- He hid in the basement because he was afraid.