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.

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

A. He had just entered the house when the pollice arrested him.

B. Hardly that he had entered the house when 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.

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

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.

No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back

A. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone

B. Scarely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back

C. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately

D. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back

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.

No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back.

A. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately

B. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone

C. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back

D. Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back

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.

We had no sooner got to know our neighbors than they moved away.

A. Sooner after we got to know our new neighbors, we stopped having contact with them. 

B. If our new neighbors had stayed longer, we would have got to know them better. 

C. Once we had got used to our new neighbors, they moved somewhere else. 

D. Hardly had we become acquainted with our new neighbors when they went somewhere else to live.

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 had no sooner got to know my neighbors than they moved away.

A. Soon after I got to know my new neighbors, I stopped having contact with them.

B. If my new neighbors had stayed longer, I would have got to know them better.

C. Once I had got used to my new neighbors, they moved somewhere else.

D. Hardly had I become acquainted with my new neighbors when they went somewhere else to live.

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.

No sooner had gold been discovered in California than thousands of people set out for the west coast of North America

A. Thousands of people had already begun their journey to the west coast of North America by the time gold was found in California

B. Thousands of people were heading for California on the west coast of North America when the news of discovery of gold there reached them

C. The west coast of North America became the destination of thousands of people the moment that gold was found in California

D. It was not soon after the time that gold had been uncovered in California that thousands of people departed for North America’s west coast

Blacken 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.
No sooner had gold been discovered in California than thousands of people set out for the westcoast of North America.

A.  It was not soon after the time that gold had been uncovered in California that thousands of people departed for North America’s west coast.

B.  The west coast of North America became the destination of thousands of people the moment that gold was found in California.

C.  Thousands of people had already begun their journey to the west coast of North America by the time gold was found in California.

D.  Thousands of people were heading for California on the west coast of North America when the news of the discovery of gold there reached them.