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.
For fear of waking up the family, Trung tiptoed upstairs.
A. Trung tiptoed upstairs because he didn’t want to wake up the family.
B. Trung tiptoed upstairs so as not to wake up the family.
C. The family feared when Trung tiptoed upstairs.
D. Trung tiptoed upstairs lest the family should be woken up.
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 flood may rise higher. We have to move upstairs.
A. We’ll have to move upstairs soon if the flood rises any higher.
B. Unless the flood rises any higher we won’t have to move upstairs.
C. If we don’t move upstairs, the flood may rise higher.
D. We have to move upstairs in case the flood rises any higher.
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 flood may rise higher. We have to move upstairs.
A. We’ll have to move upstairs soon if the flood rises any higher
B. Unless the flood rises any higher we won’t have to move upstairs
C. If we don’t move upstairs, the flood may rise higher
D. We have to move upstairs in case the flood rises any higher
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
It was midnight. The noise upstairs stopped.
A. The noise upstairs stopped before midnight.
B. The noise upstairs didn’t stop even it was midnight.
C. The noise upstairs wouldn't stop unless it were midnight
D. It was not until midnight that the noise upstairs stopped.
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.
I didn’t know that Joe had to get up early, so I didn’t wake him up
A. If I had known that Joe had to get up early, I would have woken him up
B. Provided that I had woken Joe up, I would know that he had to get up early
C. Much as Joe had been woken up, he would have to get up early
D. Unless I had known that Joe had to get up early, I would have woken him up.
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.
My father regrets taking up smoking. He can’t give it up now.
A. Regretful as my father is, there might be a chance for him to stop smoking.
B. My father can’t give up smoking now and feels regret about it.
C. My father regrets having taken up smoking because he’s not able to give it up now.
D. My father wishes he hadn’t taken up smoking since he can’t cut down it now
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 felt too ill. He was unable to get up
A. He was such that ill that he was unable to get up
B. He felt too ill because he was unable to get up
C. He was ill, as the matter of fact, he was unable to get up
D. He was so ill that he was unable to get up
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 felt very tired. He was determined to continue to climb up the mountain.
A. He felt so tired that he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain
B. Feeling very tired, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain
C. Tired as he might, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain
D. As result of his tiredness, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain
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 felt tired. However, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain.
A. Tired as he might feel, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain
B. He felt so tired that he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain
C. Feeling very tired, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain
D. As a result of his tiredness, he was determined to continue to climb up the mountain
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
They were rich; they didn’t have a happy family, though
A. Although they were rich, but they didn’t have a happy family.
B. Rich though they were, they didn’t have a happy family.
C. They were rich although they didn’t have a happy family.
D. However they were rich, they didn’t have a happy family.
