Fill in the blanks.
1. Sam as well as his friends ...................... studying.
When two nouns are connected by as well as, the verb agrees with the former subject.
2. ........................ I was annoyed, I kept quiet.
Please select 2 correct answers
Either although or even though is possible here. Even though is more emphatic than although.
3. When I was a child I ....................... to be an astronaut.
The simple past is the most normal tense for talking about past states or actions.
4. The cow as well as the goat ....................... us milk.
When we connect two singular nouns with as well as, the verb is singular.
5. The beggar lay on the ground ......................... he were dead.
Please select 2 correct answers
Either as if or as though is possible here. As if and as though are used to talk about how a situation seems.
6. ....................... she was a generous woman, everyone liked her.
As gives the reason; though is similar to but.
7. He is ....................... to buy a mansion.
8. He was ......................... weak to even sit up.
Note the pattern too...to. It is also possible to write 'He was so weak that he could not even sit up.'
9. The place was ......................... quiet that he decided to stay there.
So...that gives the cause and effect.
10. It was ......................... a hot day that I felt lethargic.
Such is used before adjective + noun.
11. If I won the lottery, I ........................ a home.
In the second conditional, use a simple past in the if-clause and would + first form of the verb in the main clause.
12. If you ....................... the glass, it will break.
In the first conditional, use a simple present in the if-clause and will + first form of the verb in the main clause.
Answers
1. Sam as well as his friends is studying.
2. Although I was annoyed, I kept quiet.
3. When I was a child, I wanted to be an astronaut.
4. The cow as well as the goat gives us milk.
5. The beggar lay on the ground as if / as though he were dead.
6. As she was a generous woman, everyone liked her.
7. He is rich enough to buy a mansion.
8. He was too weak to even sit up.
9. The place was so quiet that he decided to stay there.
10. It was such a hot day that I felt lethargic.
11. If I won the lottery, I would buy a home.
12. If you drop the glass, it will break.
