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

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

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

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. 

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. Scarcely 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.

She had only just put the phone down when her boss rang back.

A. Hardly had she put the phone down when her boss rang back.

B. No sooner had she put the phone down when her boss rang back.

C. Hardly did she put the phone down when her boss rang back.

D. Hardly she had put the phone 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.

I had only just put the phone down when the boss rang back.

A. I put the phone down when the boss rang back. 

B. Hardly had I put the phone down when the boss rang back.

C. No sooner had I put the phone down when the boss rang back. 

D. Scarcely had I put the phone down than the 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 the sentence(s) in italics.

No sooner had Mary begun her new job than she knew she had made a mistake.

A. As soon as Mary started working, she realized that her decision had not been a good one.

B.  Had Mary not just begun a new job, she would have gone looking for a better one.

C. Just before Mary took up her new post, she realized that she was not suited for it.

D. Since Mary did not like her new job, she began looking for one more suitable to her.

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 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.