5 exercises — practise the combined conditional-temporal connector "as and when".
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Which sentence correctly uses "as and when" followed by a present-tense clause to describe an uncertain future event?
"We will patch the affected servers as and when new CVEs are disclosed" correctly uses the present simple "are disclosed" after "as and when", following the standard rule that time/conditional clauses avoid "will". Option B wrongly uses "will be disclosed". Option C drops the auxiliary "are". Option D wrongly reorders "as" and "when".
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Which sentence correctly uses "as and when" to describe intermittent, on-demand support rather than a fixed schedule?
"The vendor provides hotfixes as and when critical bugs are reported, not on a fixed release cadence" correctly uses the passive present simple "are reported". Option B wrongly uses the active form without "are", changing the intended passive meaning. Option C wrongly uses the continuous aspect. Option D wrongly reorders the fixed phrase.
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Which sentence correctly distinguishes "as and when" (uncertain, conditional timing) from the plain temporal "when" (a scheduled or certain event)?
"We'll scale up the cluster as and when demand spikes, since we can't predict exactly if or when that will happen" correctly reserves "as and when" for a genuinely uncertain, conditional event. Option B misapplies it to a fixed, scheduled time. Option C similarly misapplies it to a certain, predictable event. Option D breaks the fixed phrase apart.
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Which sentence correctly uses "as and when" at the start of a subordinate clause, before the main clause?
"As and when the feature flag is enabled for a region, the rollout dashboard will reflect the change automatically" correctly uses the present simple "is enabled" in the fronted clause, with "will" reserved for the main clause. Option B wrongly uses "will" in the subordinate clause. Option C wrongly inverts subject and auxiliary. Option D breaks apart the fixed phrase.
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Which sentence correctly uses "as and when" in a support-contract clause describing conditional obligations?
"The team will apply security patches as and when they become available from the upstream maintainer" correctly uses the present simple "become" and standard subject-verb order after "as and when". Option B wrongly uses "will become". Options C and D both scramble the word order within the clause.