Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Mary knew how busy I was. She offered to help me.
A. Because Mary knew my business, she offered to help me.
B. Knowing how busy I was, Mary offered to help me.
C. Mary knew how I was busy and offered to help me.
D. Having known how busy I was, Mary offered to help me.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
I was offered to work for IBM, but I rejected
A. I turned down the offer to work for IBM
B. I rejected to offer to work for IBM
C. IBM refused my offer to work
D. I was refused by IBM at work
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following question.
It was only when I left home that I realized how much my family meant to me.
A. As soon as I left home, I found out what a family could do without.
B. Before I left home, I realized how much my family meant to me.
C. Not until I left home did I realize how much my family meant to me.
D. I left home and didn’t realize how meaningful my family was.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
He was very tired. However, he agreed to help me with my work.
A. As tired as he was, he agreed to help me with my work.
B. Despite being very tired, he agreed to help me with my work.
C. Because tired he was, he agreed to help me with my work.
D. Tired though he was, but he agreed to help me with my work.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Although he was very tired, he agreed to help me with my homework.
A. Despite being very tired, but he agreed to help me with my homework.
B. Tired as he was, he agreed to help me with my homework.
C. As tired as he was, he agreed to help me with my homework.
D. Tired though was he, he agreed to help me with my homework.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Mary was not here yesterday. Perhaps she was ill.
A. Mary needn’t be here yesterday because she was ill.
B. Because of her illness, Mary shouldn’t have been here yesterday.
C. Mary might have been ill yesterday, so she was not here.
D. Mary must have been ill yesterday, so she was not here.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines of each pair of sentences in the following questions
I thought they might be hungry. I offered them something to eat.
A. Thinking they might be hungry, I offered them something to eat.
B. Thought they might be hungry, I offered them something to eat.
C. I thought they might be hungry, offering them something to eat.
D. Having thought they might be hungry, I offered them something to eat.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
I knew she was only flattering me because she wanted to borrow some money.
A. teasing
B. threatening
C. praising
D. helping
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
I knew she was only flattering me because she wanted to borrow some money.
A. teasing
B. threatening
C. praising
D. helping
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
The office phoned me. Then I knew more about the meeting.
A. I don’t know more about the meeting as soon as the office phoned me.
B. I knew more about the meeting before the office phoned me.
C. Not until the office phoned me I knew more about the meeting.
D. Not until the office phoned me did I know more about the meeting.
