1............... a loud noise, the thief ran away.
Wrong!
"Hearing" is correct because it introduces the action that happened before the thief ran away.
2He is ............... fat to run fast.
Wrong!
"Too" is correct in the pattern "too + adjective + to + verb."
3............... he left home early, he reached school late.
Wrong!
"Although" is correct because it introduces a contrast between leaving early and arriving late.
4Vicky, ............... was once my student, is now an acclaimed writer.
Wrong!
"Who" is correct for a person in a non-defining relative clause.
5............... being faster, the hare could not beat the tortoise in the race.
Wrong!
"Despite" is correct because it can be followed by the gerund phrase "being faster."
6............... hard you may work, you cannot beat him.
Wrong!
"However" is correct because "however hard" means "no matter how hard."
7............... his poor health, he still goes to work regularly.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"In spite of" and "Despite" are correct because both can come before the noun phrase "his poor health."
8............... you hurry up, you will miss the train.
Wrong!
"Unless" is correct because it means "if you do not" in this warning.
9The faster you run, ............... you get tired.
Wrong!
"The sooner" is correct because this structure uses "the + comparative" in both clauses.
10The apples ............... I bought yesterday are very good.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Which" and "that" are correct for a defining relative clause about things.
11The weather ............... fine, we went for a walk.
Wrong!
"Being" is correct in the absolute phrase "The weather being fine."
12............... he was suffering from fever, he could not attend the class.
Wrong!
"As" is correct because it gives the reason he could not attend the class.
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- Hearing a loud noise, the thief ran away.
- He is too fat to run fast.
- Although he left home early, he reached school late.
- Vicky, who was once my student, is now an acclaimed writer.
- Despite being faster, the hare could not beat the tortoise in the race.
- However hard you may work, you cannot beat him.
- In spite of / Despite his poor health, he still goes to work regularly.
- Unless you hurry up, you will miss the train.
- The faster you run, the sooner you get tired.
- The apples which / that I bought yesterday are very good.
- The weather being fine, we went for a walk.
- As he was suffering from fever, he could not attend the class.