Fill in the blanks with an appropriate subordinating conjunction.
1I don’t know ............... he is innocent.
Wrong!
Use "whether" to introduce this indirect yes/no question.
2............... she will come, I am not sure at the moment.
Wrong!
Use "Whether" when the indirect yes/no question comes before the main clause.
3I asked ............... she had met me before.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "whether" and "if" can introduce an indirect yes/no question after "asked".
4This is the closet ............... she keeps her things.
Wrong!
Use "where" to introduce a relative clause referring to a place.
5The consequence of his stupidity was ............... he soon lost his money.
Wrong!
Use "that" to introduce the clause explaining the consequence.
6She is beautiful. She is equally intelligent. That means she is as beautiful as ...............
Wrong!
Use "she is intelligent" to complete the comparison with a full clause after "as".
7A cottager and his wife had a hen ............... laid a golden egg every day.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "which" and "that" can refer to the hen in this defining relative clause.
8He ran so quickly ............... he soon overtook me.
Wrong!
Use "that" to complete the result structure "so quickly that".
9He spoke in ............... a low voice that nobody could hear him.
Wrong!
Use "such" before the noun phrase in the result structure "such a low voice that".
10Tell me what ............... done.
Wrong!
Use "you have" because an indirect question has statement word order.
11............... you are drunk aggravates your offence.
Wrong!
Use "The fact that" to introduce a that-clause used as the subject.
12They paid no attention to ............... she was depressed.
Wrong!
Use "the fact that" before a that-clause after the preposition "to".
Answers
- I don’t know whether he is innocent.
- Whether she will come, I am not sure at the moment.
- I asked whether / if she had met me before.
- This is the closet where she keeps her things.
- The consequence of his stupidity was that he soon lost his money.
- She is beautiful. She is equally intelligent. That means she is as beautiful as she is intelligent.
- A cottager and his wife had a hen which / that laid a golden egg every day.
- He ran so quickly that he soon overtook me.
- He spoke in such a low voice that nobody could hear him.
- Tell me what you have done.
- The fact that you are drunk aggravates your offence.
- They paid no attention to the fact that she was depressed.