Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

Question. She had only just begun to speak when people started interrupting.

A. She hardly had begun to speak when people started interrupting.

B. Hardly she had begun to speak when people started interrupting.

C. Hardly had she begun to speak when people started interrupting.

D. She hadn’t begun to speak when people started interrupting.

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.

She had just finished eating her breakfast. Then she fell down.

A. Hardly did she finished eating her breakfast when she fell down.

B. Hardly she had finished eating her breakfast when she fell down.

C. Hardly have she finished eating her breakfast when she fell down.

D. Hardly had she finished eating her breakfast when she fell down.

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.

Just after the play started there was a power failure.

A. No earlier had the play started than there was a power failure.

B. Hardly did the play start then there was a power failure.

C. No sooner did the play start before there was a power failure.

D. Hardly had the play started when there was a power failure.

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.

People said they had demolished the building

A. The building was said to have demolished

B. The building was said to have been demolishing

C. The building was said to be demolished

D. The building was said to have been demolished

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.

People said they had demolished the building.

A. The building was said to have demolished

B. The building was said to have been demolishing

C. The building was said to be demolished

D. The building was said to have been demolished

* 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.

 People had been praising the high quality of the shop for months. When he got there, the service was bad

A. People had been praising the high quality of the shop for months, however, when he got there, the service was bad. 

B. People had been praising the high quality of the shop for months, furthermore, when he got there, the service was bad. .

C. Because people had been praising the high quality of the shop for months, when he got there, the service was bad. 

D. People had been praising the high quality of the shop for months, infact, when he got there, the service was bad

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 had just come home. Then I heard the phone ringing.

A. No sooner had I come home then I heard the phone ringing. 

B. Scarcely had I come home when I heard the phone ringing. 

C. I had barely come home than I heard the phone ringing. 

D. Hardly barely come home did I hear the phone ringing.

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 had just entered the house. The police arrested him at once.

A. Hardly he had entered the house when the police arrested him.

B. Immediately had he entered the house when the police arrested him

C. The police immediately arrested him as soon as he’s entered the house.

D. No sooner had he entered the house than the police arrested him

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 had just entered the house. The police arrested him at once

A. Hardly that he had entered the house when the police arrested him

B. No sooner had he entered the house than the police arrested him

C. Immediately had he entered the house when the police arrested him

D. The police immediately arrested him as soon as he’s just entered the house