Complete the following sentences using an appropriate phrase or clause.
1It is ............... hot to go out.
Wrong!
2You must hurry, ............... you will miss the train.
Wrong!
3............... a noise, the thief ran away.
Wrong!
4The weather ............... fine, we decided to go for a walk.
Wrong!
5If he ............... hard, he would not have failed.
Wrong!
6............... his hard work, he failed to pass the test.
Wrong!
7Whenever he saw a dog, he threw stones ............... it.
Wrong!
8She speaks ............... she knows everything.
Wrong!
9............... I didn’t know anybody at the party, I had a good time.
Wrong!
10I want to know ............... he is absent.
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11She does not know what ............... doing.
Wrong!
12I prefer reading books ............... television.
Wrong!
13............... his illness, he attends office regularly.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
14She was ............... tired that she could not walk.
Wrong!
15This is the house ............... Jack built.
Wrong!
Done.
Score: 0/15
Answers
- It is too hot to go out.
- You must hurry, or else you will miss the train.
- Hearing a noise, the thief ran away.
- The weather being fine, we decided to go for a walk.
- If he had worked hard, he would not have failed.
- Despite his hard work, he failed to pass the test.
- Whenever he saw a dog, he threw stones at it.
- She speaks as if she knows everything.
- Even though I didn’t know anybody at the party, I had a good time.
- I want to know why he is absent.
- She does not know what she is doing.
- I prefer reading books to watching television.
- In spite of/Either could be used here his illness, he attends office regularly.
- She was so tired that she could not walk.
- This is the house that Jack built.

