Unit 7 Quick Quiz

Erin is ___. I wonder what’s the matter with her.

• being unusually quiet today

• unusually today being quiet

• being quite today unusually

• unusually quite being today

He calls his mother ___ before he goes to bed.

• pretty every much evening

• pretty much every evening

• much evening pretty every

• much pretty every evening

She placed the letter on the table ___ manner.

• deliberate

• deliberately

• in a deliberately

• in a deliberate

___ people on the beach, despite the pleasant weather.

• There were curiously

• Were there curiously

• Curiously, there were few

• Were there curiously few

___, Len didn’t offer to play his guitar for us.

• Surprising

• Surprised

• To our surprise

• In a surprising way

___ of water shortages, the swimming pool is closed.

• As

• Seeing

• Since

• As a result

___ you’re not a big fan of electronic music, I don’t think you’ll like techno.

• As of

• Because of

• Since

• Seeing

___ difficulties in the supply chain, many food products have become more expensive.

• Because

• Because of

• Seeing

• Seeing as

___ by the waiter’s lack of courtesy, I made a complaint to the manager.

• Annoy

• Annoyed

• Annoying

• To annoy

___ that you have not handed the form in on time, we will not be able to process your request.

• Because of

• Seeing as

• In light of

• In view of the fact