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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