Fill in the blanks.
1. You will miss the train ……………………… you don’t hurry up.
Correct!
Wrong!
If expresses a condition.
2. ………………………. she finds another job, she will be in trouble.
Correct!
Wrong!
Unless is similar to if...not...
3. I will not quit …………………………….. they ask me to.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. ………………………. you like it or not, I am not coming with you.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. We haven’t decided the question of …………………………. we should buy another car.
Correct!
Wrong!
6. I trusted him …………………………. his behavior was suspicious.
Correct!
Wrong!
Although is a conjunction used to connect two contrasting ideas. Despite and however are not conjunctions.
7. We enjoyed the picnic ………………………. the rain.
Correct!
Wrong!
Despite is a preposition. It is followed by a noun.
8. …………………….. she does not have a lot of money, she always buys nice little gifts for her friends and family.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. ………………………… we finish our work a little early today, we can watch a movie.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. ……………………….. you have a pass, you can enter the hall
Please select 2 correct answers
Correct!
Wrong!
Either if or as is possible here.
11. ……………………….. the basket was heavy, he lifted it without much difficulty.
Correct!
Wrong!
12. She was promoted …………………………. she never missed a deadline.
Correct!
Wrong!
Because gives the reason.
Answers
- You will miss the train if you don’t hurry up.
- Unless she finds another job, she will be in trouble.
- I will not quit even if they ask me to.
- Whether you like it or not, I am not coming with you.
- We haven’t decided the question of whether we should buy another car.
- I trusted him although his behavior was suspicious.
- We enjoyed the picnic despite the rain.
- Although she does not have a lot of money, she always buys nice little gifts for her friends and family.
- If we finish our work a little early today, we can watch a movie.
- If / As you have a pass, you can enter the hall
- Although the basket was heavy, he lifted it without much difficulty.
- She was promoted because she never missed a deadline.
