Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions.
He did not pass his driving test until he was nearly 30.
A. It was not until he was nearly 30 so he passed his driving test.
B. It was until he was nearly 30 that he passed his driving test.
C. It was not until he was nearly 30 that he passed his driving test.
D. It was not until he was nearly 30 that he has passed his driving test.
Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word in the following sentence.
His career advancement was slow and he did not gain any promotion until he was 40, when he won the position of the company’s Chief Executive.
A. progress
B. elevation
C. decrease
D. rise
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
He was driving very fast because he didn’t know the road was icy.
A. If he knew the road was icy, he wouldn’t drive so fast.
B. He hadn’t been driving very fast if he would have known the road was icy.
C. If he had known the road was icy, he wouldn’t have been driving so fast.
D. He wasn’t driving very fast if he would know the road was icy.
Mark the letter A, B, c, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
He was driving so fast that he could have had an accident.
A. He wasn’t driving fast enough to avoid an accident
B. He didn’t have an accident although he was driving very fast
C. If he had been driving very fast, he would have had an accident
D. An accident happened, and it was caused by his very fast driving
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
He was driving so fast that he could have had an accident
A. He wasn’t driving fast enough to avoid an accident
B. He did’t have an accident although he was driving very fast
C. If he had been driving very fast, he would have had an accident
D. An accident happended, and it was caused by his very fast driving
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
It was not until the students were seated ______ the proctor realized he had the wrong test booklets.
A. as soon as
B. that
C. and
D. when
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 tried very hard to pass the driving test. He could hardly pass it.
A. Despite being able to pass the driving test, he didn’t pass it
B. No matter how hard he tried, he could hardly pass the driving test
C. He tried very hard, so he passed the driving test satisfactorily
D. Although he didn’t try hard to pass the driving test, he could pass it
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 tried very hard to pass the driving test. He could hardly pass it.
A. Despite being able to pass the driving test, he didn’t pass it.
B. No matter how hard he tried, he could hardly pass the driving test.
C. He tried very hard, so he passed the driving test satisfactorily.
D. Although he didn’t try hard to pass the driving test, he could pass it.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
He failed his driving test the first time. As a result, he took it again.
A. He failed his driving test the first time and so he therefore took it again
B. He failed his driving test the first time and he therefore took it again
C. He failed his driving test the first time which he took it again
D. Failing his driving test the first time and he therefore took it again
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
He failed his driving test the first time. As a result, he took it again.
A. He failed his driving test the first time and so he therefore took it again
B. He failed his driving test the first time and he therefore took it again
C. He failed his driving test the first time which he took it again
D. Failing his driving test the first time and he therefore took it again
