Fill in the blanks.
1. ……………………… she got the message, she started for home.
Correct!
Wrong!
2. …………………….. I was cleaning the attic, I came across this old photo.
Correct!
Wrong!
While can be used to introduce a longer background action that was going on when another action interrupted it.
3. The germ is ……………………… small to be seen with the naked eye.
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Wrong!
4. ………………………. did the hunter raise his gun than the birds flew away.
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Wrong!
No sooner is followed by than.
5. ………………………….. trying his level best, he failed.
Correct!
Wrong!
Despite is a preposition. It is followed by a noun or ing form.
6. If you had learned your lessons, you …………………………… your exam.
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Wrong!
In the third conditional, we use a past perfect in the if clause and would have + past participle in the main clause.
7. I ………………………………. them since I was a child.
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Wrong!
The present perfect is commonly used with the time expressions since and for.
8. ………………………. I had no ticket, I managed to get in.
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Wrong!
9. The faster you run, ………………………… you get exhausted.
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Wrong!
The comparative is used in both clauses with the article the.
10. Accidents will happen ……………………….. carefully you may drive.
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Wrong!
11. The weather ………………………… stormy we cancelled the picnic.
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Wrong!
12. He is ……………………….. to touch the ceiling.
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Wrong!
Enough goes after the adjective or adverb modified by it. It shows sufficiency.
Answers
- 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.
- Despite trying his level best, he failed.
- 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.
