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.

Right after the boy got out of his house, it started to rain heavily.

A. Not until it started to rain heavily did the boy got out of his house.

B. No sooner had the boy got out of his house than it started to rain heavily.

C. Hardly had it started to rain heavily when the boy got out of his house.

D. It had rained heavily before the boy got out of his house.

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

Scarcely had he got out of the house when it started raining

A. He got out of the house after it started raining

B. He had no sooner got out of the house when it started raining

C. He was getting out of the house when it started raining

D. It started raining right after he got out of the house

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

Scarcely had he got out of the house when it started raining

A. He was getting out of the house when it started raining

B. He had no sooner got out of the house when it started raining

C. He got out of the house after it started raining

D. It started raining right after he got out of the house

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Question 30: We started out for California. It started to rain right after that.

A. No sooner did we start out for California than it started to rain.

B. No sooner had we started out for California when it started to rain.

C. No sooner had it started to rain than we started out for California.

D. No sooner had we started out for California than it started to rain.

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.

As soon as he arrived home, it started to rain. 

A. Arriving home, he said that it would start to rain

B. Hardly had it started to rain when he arrived home

C. It started to rain and then he arrived home

D. No sooner had he arrived home than it started to rain

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. 

As soon as he arrived home, it started to rain

A. Arriving home, he said that it would start to rain

B. Hardly had it started to rain when he arrived home

C. It started to rain and then he arrived home

D. No sooner had he arrived home than it started to rain

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.
As soon as they arrived at the beach, it started to rain.

A. They had no sooner arrived at the beach, it started to rain.

B. No sooner had they arrived at the beach than it started to rain.

C. They had hardly arrived at the beach, it started to rain.

D. It started to rain when arriving at the beach.

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.

As soon as we arrived at the beach, it started to rain.

A. We had no sooner arrived at the beach, it started to rain. 

B. No sooner had we arrived at the beach than it started to rain. 

C. We had hardly arrived at the beach, it started to rain. 

D. It started to rain when arriving at the beach.

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 not until after I got home that I realized that I had not set the burglar alarm in the office.

A. 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.

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