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.

The weather was very hot. The boys continued playing football in the schoolyard.

A. Because of the weather was hot, the boys continued playing football in the schoolyard

B. Because the hot weather, the boys continued playing football in the schoolyard

C. In spite of the hot weather, the boys continued playing football in the schoolyard

D. Despite the weather was hot, the boys continued playing football in the schoolyard.

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.

The weather was very hot. The children continued playing football in the schoolyard.

A. Because of the weather was hot, the children continued playing football in the schoolyard.

B. Because the hot weather, the children continued playing football in the schoolyard.

C. In spite of the hot weather, the children continued playing football in the schoolyard.

D. Despite the weather was hot, the children continued playing football in the schoolyard.

* 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.

 The weather was so dismal that they had to cancel the picnic immediately.

A. The weather was too dismal that the picnic was cancelled immediately. 

B. So dismal was the weather that they had to cancel the picnic immediately. 

C. The picnic would be cancelled immediately since the weather was dismal. 

D. The weather was enough dismal for them to cancel the picnic immediately.

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.

The weather was so dismal. They had to cancel the picnic immediately.

A. The weather was too dismal that the picnic was cancelled immediately.

B. The picnic would be cancelled immediately since the weather was dismal.

C. So dismal was the weather that they had to cancel the picnic immediately.

D. The weather was enough dismal for them to cancel the picnic immediately.

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.

We chose to find a place for the night. We found the bad weather very inconvenient.

A. Bad weather was approaching, so we started to look for a place to stay.

B. The bad weather prevented us from driving any further.

C. Seeing that the bad weather had set in, we decided to find somewhere to spend the night.

D. Because the climate was so severe, we were worried about what we’d do at night

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.

We chose to find a place for the night. We found the bad weather very inconvenient.

A. Bad weather was approaching, so we started to look for a place to stay

B. The bad weather prevented us from driving any further

C. Seeing that the bad weather had set in, we decided to find somewhere to spend the night

D. Because the climate was so severe, we were worried about what we’d do at night

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.

We chose to find a place for the night. We found the bad weather very inconvenient. 

  A. Bad weather was approaching, so we started to look for a place to stay. 

  B. The bad weather prevented us from driving any further. 

  C. Seeing that the bad weather had set in, we decided to find somewhere to spend the night. 

  D. Because the climate was so severe, we were worried about what we'd do at night. 

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.

We chose to find a place for the night. We found the bad weather very inconvenient.

A. Bad weather was approaching, so we started to look for a place to stay.

B. The bad weather prevented us from driving any further.

C. Seeing that the bad weather had set in, we decided to find somewhere to spend the night.

D. Because the climate was so severe, we were worried about what we’d do at night.

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.

We chose to find a place for the night. We found the bad weather very inconvenient.

A. Seeing that the bad weather had set in, we decided to find somewhere to spend the night. 

B. The bad weather prevented US from driving any further. 

C. Bad weather was approaching, so we started to look for a place to stay. 

D. Because the climate was so severe, we were worried about what we'd do at night.