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.

Question 49: It was not until after I got home that I realized I had not set the burglar alarm in the office.

A. On the way home, I suddenly realized that I had forgotten to turn on the burglar alarm in the office.

B. Fortunately, I realized that I hadn't set the burglar alarm just before I left for home; otherwise, I would have had to travel all the way back to the office.

C. I didn't turn the burglar alarm on before I left the office, but I only became aware of this after I'd arrived home.

D. I wish I had realized before I arrived home that I hadn't turned on the burglar alarm in the office, then it would have been easier to go and set it.

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.

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. I left home and didn’t realize how meaningful my family was. 

C. Not until I left home did I realize how much my family meant to me. 

D. Before I left home, I realized how much my family meant to me.

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.

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. I left home and didn’t realize how meaningful my family was.

C. Not until I left home did I realize how much my family meant to me.

D. Before I left home, I realized how much my family meant to 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 had known that my mother was sick as a result of a failing kidney, but I had not realized how much trouble my parents were having in dealing with that sickness.

A. Although I had known that my mother was suffering from a failing kidney, I had not realized my parents’ problems caused by this illness.

B. In my childhood I didn’t know my mother’s sickness, so I couldn’t realize how much trouble my parents had.

C. When I learned my mother’s sickness which was the result of a failing kidney, I realized the pain my mother had.

D. I hadn’t realized the problems they had to deal with until my parents told me about my mother’s illness.

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.

I didn’t arrive in time. I was not able to see her off.

A. I arrived very late to say goodbye to her

B. She had left because I was not on time

C. I was not early enough to see her off

D. I didn’t go there , so I could not see her off

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 left home to start an independent life. She realised how much her family meant to her

A. Mary left home to start an independent life with a view to realising how much her family meant to her

B. To realise how much her family meant to her, Mary decided to leave home to start an independent life

C. Not until Mary had left home to start an independent life did she realise how much her family meant to her

D. Only when Mary realised how much her family meant to her did she leave home to start an independent life

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 left home to start an independent life. She realised how much her family meant to her

A. Mary left home to start an independent life with a view to realising how much her family meant to her

B. To realise how much her family meant to her, Mary decided to leave home to start an independent life

C. Not until Mary had left home to start an independent life did she realise how much her family meant to her

D. Only when Mary realised how much her family meant to her did she leave home to start an independent life

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 never received the letter. It was sent to the wrong address.

A. Since it was sent to the wrong address, I have never received the letter.

B. I never received the letter because it was sent to the wrong address.

C. I never received the letter because of sending to the wrong address.

D. Sent to wrong address, I never received the letter.

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 turned the radio on at 7.30. She was still listening to it when her mother came home at 9.00

A. She has been listening to the radio at 7.30

B. She had been listening to the radio since 7.30

C. She has been listening to the radio after 7.30

D. She had been listening to the radio by 7.30