Fill in the blanks.
1. …………………. fast, I managed to catch up with him.
2. He is …………………… loyal to cheat on her.
This sentence means the same as 'He is so loyal that he will not / cannot cheat on her.'
3. ………………….. the doctors tried their best, they could not save the patient.
Although is a conjunction connecting two contrasting ideas.
4. James, ………………………. works abroad, is coming home next week.
That cannot be used to refer people in non-identifying relative clauses.
5. ………………… their best efforts, they could not save him.
Despite is a preposition; use it before a noun or ing form.
6. The higher you go, ………………………… it gets.
7. They fought to the finish; …………………………, they could not win.
However is a transitional adverb; it does not connect two clauses.
8. If the manager finds out, we ………………………… in trouble.
In the first conditional, use a simple present tense in the if-clause and will + first form of the verb in the main clause.
9. I would rather you ………………….. me alone.
After would rather, we use a simple past with present or future meaning.
10. You had better not …………………. him up.
Use the bare infinitive after had better.
11. I am not ………………………….. so hard.
12. It is time she ……………………… her mistake.
Use a simple past after it is time.
Answers
1. Running fast, I managed to catch up with him.
2. He is too loyal to cheat on her.
3. Although the doctors tried their best, they could not save the patient.
4. James, who works abroad, is coming home next week.
5. Despite their best efforts, they could not save him.
6. The higher you go, the colder it gets.
7. They fought to the finish; however, they could not win.
8. If the manager finds out, we will be in trouble.
9. I would rather you left me alone.
10. You had better not wake him up
11. I am not used to working so hard.
12. It is time she realized her mistake.
