Read each sentence with its instructions. Choose the correct answer from the options provided beneath each.

1. Our secret plan has been discovered.

2. They won the match, so I congratulated them. 

3. You must not be late or you will be fined.

4. We must listen to his words.

5. As soon as I arrived, I had a sandwich.

6. Mohan will not resign unless he is compelled.

7. In spite of being fat, he runs very fast.

8. Rita is sometimes careless.

9. Sumit was driving very fast and could not stop at once.

10.  As soon as we reached the station, the train left.

11. But for the heavy rain, they could have had a good picnic.

12. As one grows older, one becomes wiser.

13. My coat was not returned until it had been dry cleaned.

14. He not only advised me but also helped me.

15. He was playing the flute.

16.        He was too tall to enter through the small cottage door.

17.        No sooner did the whistle blow than the train left the station.

18.        Hardly had I opened the door when I found him standing in front of me. 

19.        As soon as the bell rang, Mathew started running out of his classroom.  

20.         If Rajesh does not check his habits he will land into trouble soon.

Fill the blanks by choosing the appropriate word from the options.

1.    She was rewarded ____all her hard works.

2.    He slipped a coat____ his shirt.

3.    Don't pretend that you know much _____the subject.

4. Speak _____ injustice.

5.    His pride forced him ___ suffer a lot.

6.    Superstition still prevails ____ certain section of people in society.

7.    We are ___ the process of buying a new car.

8.    The man was puffing_____ smoke from his mouth.

9.    There should be punishment _______ people who are involved in corruption.

10.    The meeting was called ______ the purpose of selecting the chairman.

11.    At the hospital, they asked me ____ my family’s health history.

12.    As the maps did not detail out small streets, we had to ask ____ for directions.

13.    Jon thinks his larynx is acting ____ again.

14.    The college authorities finally decided to act ____ the barrage of complaints they had received on the noise pollution.

15.    The costume change in the middle of the performance was a last minute add ____.

16.    All the metrics shown on the screen, did not add ____ a hundred percent.

17.    We needed to allow____ a gap of a couple of hours between the flights.

18.    At the start of the meeting, I asked everyone ____ a moment to think about the objectives.

19.    When we added ____the individual flight and hotel costs, it turned out to be far cheaper than what we had been quoted.

20.    I have been taking the medicine _____ July.