Practice Questions

Whether you stay ___ go, I am leaving.

A. and
B. nor
C. or ✓
D. but

'Whether' pairs with 'or'.

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No sooner ___ than the teacher entered.

A. did the bell ring
B. the bell did ring
C. the bell rang
D. had the bell rung ✓

Inversion after 'no sooner'.

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Scarcely ___ when the game was interrupted.

A. had the match started ✓
B. the match had started
C. did the match started
D. the match started had

Inversion after 'scarcely' at the start of a sentence.

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Not only ___ but he also works during the weekends.

A. he studies
B. studies he
C. does he study ✓
D. he does study

Inversion occurs after 'not only' when it starts a sentence.

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Neither Ali nor his brothers ___ coming today.

A. is
B. are ✓
C. were
D. has

In 'neither/nor', the verb agrees with the closer subject ('brothers').

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Rather than going home, ___ he went to the library.

A. but
B. and
C. he ✓
D. so

In a correlative structure, the second clause continues logically.

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Just as the rain fell, ___ the wind blew hard.

A. then
B. so ✓
C. but
D. also

'Just as...so' establishes a comparison of similarity.

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He is so weak ___ he cannot walk.

A. that ✓
B. as
C. than
D. but

'So...that' shows cause and effect.

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Such was his strength ___ he lifted the heavy rock.

A. as
B. that ✓
C. than
D. so

'Such...that' is a correlative structure for degree.

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Hardley had they arrived ___ it started to rain.

A. when ✓
B. than
C. then
D. but

'Hardly' is paired with 'when'.

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