* 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.

Our grandmother might have phoned while we were out.

A. Our grandmother ought to have phoned while we were out. 

B. Possibly our grandmother phoned while we were out. 

C. Unfortunately we were out when our grandmother phoned. 

D. We were sure our grandmother had phoned while we were out.

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Mary might have phoned while we were out

A. Possibly Mary phoned while we were out.

B. Unfortunately we were out while Mary phoned.

C. We were sure Mary had phoned while we were out.

D. Mary ought to have phoned while we were out

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each of the following questions.

There were so many people on the train that Mary couldn’t get a seat.

A. The train was too crowded for Mary to get a seat. 

B. The train was so crowded that there were nowhere for Mary to sit. 

C. So crowded the train was that Mary couldn’t get a seat. 

D. The crowded train did not prevent Mary from getting a seat.

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As we were heading out of the door of the café, we bumped into our plumber, who we still owned money to.

A. When we met our plumber in the cafe as we were about to leave, we realized that we hadn’t yet paid him all the money we owed him.

B. Our plumber, whom we hadn’t paid back yet, was the person we encountered by chance at the moment we were exiting the cafe.

C. Not wanting to see the plumber to whom we still owed a debt, we quickly headed out the door of the cafe when we saw him coming in.

D. Our plumber, when we ran into him as he was entering the cafe that we were leaving, didn’t bring up our debt to him.

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We survived that accident because we were wearing our seat belts.

A. But for our seat belts, we would have survived that accident

B. Had we not been wearing our seat belts, we wouldn't have survived that accident

C. Without our seat belts, we could have survived that accident

D. If we weren't wearing our seat belts, we couldn't have survived that accident

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 survived that accident because we were wearing our seat belts.

A. But for our seat belts, we would have survived that accident

B. Had we not been wearing our seat belts, we wouldn't have survived that accident

C. Without our seat belts, we could have survived that accident

D. If we weren't wearing our seat belts, we couldn't have survived that accident

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 survived that accident because we were wearing our seat belts.

A. But for our seat belts, we would have survived that accident.

B. Had we not been wearing our seat belts, we wouldn't have survived that accident.

C. Without our seat belts, we could have survived that accident.

D. If we weren't wearing our seat belts, we couldn't have survived that accident. 

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We were late for the show by the time we had found a taxi.

A. The taxi was late, so we missed the start of the show.

B. We found a taxi in order not to be late for the show.

C. We eventually found a taxi to go to the show, which had already begun.

D. It took a long time to find a taxi but the show began later then expected.

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We got caught in a traffic jam so we were among the last to arrive.

A. Most people got there before us as we were held up by the traffic

B. The late arrivers all put the blame on the heavy traffic

C. The traffic was so heavy that nearly everyone arrived late

D. There was such a congestion on the roads that I thought we never would get there