Fill in the blanks.
1............... she got the message, she started for home.
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Use "As soon as" to mean immediately after something happened.
2............... I was cleaning the attic, I came across this old photo.
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Use "While" to introduce a longer background action in progress.
3The germ is ............... small to be seen with the naked eye.
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Use "too" before an adjective followed by an infinitive to show excess.
4............... did the hunter raise his gun than the birds flew away.
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Use "No sooner" with inversion before a clause followed by than.
5He failed ............... his level best.
Select 2 answers.
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"Despite trying" and "although he tried" both express contrast here.
6If you had learned your lessons, you ............... your exam.
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Use "would not have failed" in the main clause of a third conditional sentence.
7I ............... them since I was a child.
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Use "have known" with since to describe a state continuing to the present.
8............... I had no ticket, I managed to get in.
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Use "Although" before a full clause with a subject and verb.
9The faster you run, ............... you get exhausted.
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Use "the sooner" in the second half of this double comparative structure.
10Accidents will happen ............... carefully you may drive.
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Use "however" before an adverb to mean no matter how.
11The weather ..............., we cancelled the picnic.
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Use "being stormy" in this absolute phrase before the main clause.
12He is ............... to touch the ceiling.
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Use "tall enough" because enough comes after the adjective it modifies.
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- As soon as she got the message, she started for home.
- While I was cleaning the attic, I came across this old photo.
- The germ is too small to be seen with the naked eye.
- No sooner did the hunter raise his gun than the birds flew away.
- He failed despite trying / although he tried his level best.
- If you had learned your lessons, you would not have failed your exam.
- I have known them since I was a child.
- Although I had no ticket, I managed to get in.
- The faster you run, the sooner you get exhausted.
- Accidents will happen however carefully you may drive.
- The weather being stormy, we cancelled the picnic.
- He is tall enough to touch the ceiling.