Open Cloze — grammar under pressure
Eight new one-word gaps focused on the structures Part 2 tests most often.
One word only per gap. Contractions count as two words. Decide what kind of word the grammar needs before you guess.
Need a quick explanation? Cohesion devices and inversion in the Grammar Bank →- 1
Not ______ had the results been published than the criticism began.
Hint: Inversion pattern - 2
The proposal, ______ ambitious, was rejected on cost grounds.
Hint: Concession - 3
Little ______ they know how quickly the situation would change.
Hint: Negative fronting - 4
It was the delay, rather ______ the cost, that angered residents.
- 5
By the time the funding arrived, the team ______ already disbanded.
- 6
There is little ______ be gained from reopening the argument now.
- 7
The findings are significant ______ they challenge a long-held assumption.
Hint: Reason / respect - 8
Were the funding ______ be withdrawn, the project would close within weeks.
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