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.

Both of the lifts were out of order.

A. Neither of the lifts was working. 

B. The order of the two lifts was wrong. 

C. Either of the lifts was not in right order. 

D. Neither of the lifts was in order.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Both of the lifts were out of order. 

A. Either of the lifts was not in right order. 

B. The order of the two lifts was wrong

C. Neither of the lifts was working. 

D. Neither of the lifts was in order.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the given one

Calling Jim is pointless because his phone is out of order

A. It’s useless calling Jim because his phone is out of order

B. It’s no use to call Jim because his phone is out of order

C. There’s no point in calling Jim because his phone is out of order

D. It’s worth not calling Jim because his phone is out of order

Choose the word that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in the following sentence.

Roget's Thesaurus, a collection of English words and phrases, was originally arranged by the  ideas they express rather than  by alphabetical order.

A. restricted   

B. as well as    

C. unless    

D. instead of

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.

Calling Jim is pointless because his phone is out of order

A. It's worth not calling Jim because his phone is out of order

B. It's no use to call Jim because his phone is out of order

C. It's useless calling Jim because his phone is out of order

D. There's no point calling Jim because his phone is out of order

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.

Calling Jim is pointless because his phone is out of order.

A. It’s worth not calling Jim because his phone is out of order.

B. It’s no use to call Jim because his phone is out of order

C. It’s useless calling Jim because his phone is out of order.

D. There’s no point calling Jim because his phone is out of order.

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

He could not win Mike because he was not patient enough.

A. Had he been more patient/patient enough, he could have won Mike.

B. Has he been more patient/patient enough, he could have won Mike.

C. Has he been more patient/patient enough, he can have won Mike.

D. he been more patient/patient enough, he could have won Mike.

Complete each sentence with one of the phrases from the box.

at any rate in person out of danger out of tune under guarantee from now on in private out of order under order under pressure

1.     Jim's excuse was that he was acting …………………….. from his boss.

2.     Things have changed. …………………….., no-one leaves before 5.00.

3.     Thank goodness. All the passengers are now ……………………... .

4.     He works much better ……………………... .

5.     The President would like to meet you and thank you ………………... .

6.     Your violin sounds awful! I think it's ……………………... .

7.     It's a warm country. We won't need our pullovers, ……………………... .

8.     Excuse me, but I'd like to have a word with you ……………………... .

9.     You can't use the phone. It's ……………………... .

10.  The TV is still …………………….., so there’s no charge for repair work.

Ex10. Complete each sentence with one of the phrases from the box.

at any rate in person out of danger out of tune under guarantee from now on in private out of order under order under pressure

1.     Jim's excuse was that he was acting …………………….. from his boss.

2.     Things have changed. …………………….., no-one leaves before 5.00.

3.     Thank goodness. All the passengers are now ……………………... .

4.     He works much better ……………………... .

5.     The President would like to meet you and thank you ………………... .

6.     Your violin sounds awful! I think it's ……………………... .

7.     It's a warm country. We won't need our pullovers, ……………………... .

8.     Excuse me, but I'd like to have a word with you ……………………... .

9.     You can't use the phone. It's ……………………... .

10.  The TV is still …………………….., so there’s no charge for repair work.