Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Question. Niggli first visited Viet Nam in 1999. He has been a generous sponsor of underprivileged Vietnamese children since then.

A. Before visiting Viet Nam in 1999, Niggli has been a generous sponsor of underprivileged Vietnamese children.

B. Niggli has been a generous sponsor of underprivileged Vietnamese children since his first visit to Viet Nam in 1999.

C. Niggli first visited Viet Nam in 1999 when he has been a generous sponsor of underprivileged Vietnamese children.

D. When he first visited Viet Nam in 1999, Niggli had been a generous sponsor of underprivileged Vietnamese children.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

The student next to me kept chewing gum. That bothered me a lot.

A. The student next to me kept chewing gum, that bothered me a lot

B. The student next to me kept chewing gum bothering me a lot

C. The student next to me kept chewing gum, which bothered me a lot

D. The student next to me kept chewing gum bothered me a lot

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

The student next to me kept chewing gum. That bothered me a lot.

A. The student next to me kept chewing gum, that bothered me a lot.

B. The student next to me kept chewing gum bothering me a lot.

C. The student next to me kept chewing gum, which bothered me a lot.

D. The student next to me kept chewing gum bothered me a lot.

III, 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.

Question 22: Mountains form over millions of years due to tectonic movements. The study of rocks and minerals helps us understand the formation of mountains.
A. Only by studying the rocks and minerals can we understand how mountains form over millions of years due to tectonic movements.

B. We can understand the formation of mountains due to tectonic movements after studying the rocks and minerals.

C. The study of rocks and minerals explaining the formation of mountains due to tectonic movements takes millions of years.

D. Not until studying the rocks and minerals, which take millions of years, can we understand the formation of mountains due to tectonic movements.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines of each pair of sentences in the following questions.
The student next to me kept chewing gum. That bothered me a lot.

A. The student next to me kept chewing gum, which bothered me a lot.

B. The student next to me kept chewing gum, that bothered me a lot.

C. The student next to me kept chewing gum bothering me a lot.

D. The student next to me kept chewing gum bothered me a lot.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines of each pair of sentences in the following questions

The student next to me kept chewing gum. That bothered me a lot

A. The student next to me kept chewing gum, which bothered me a lot.

B. The student next to me kept chewing gum, that bothered me a lot.

C. The student next to me kept chewing gum bothering me a lot.

D. The student next to me kept chewing gum bothered me a lot.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Question 29: The student next to me kept chewing gum. That bothered me a lot.

A. The student next to me kept chewing gum, that bothered me a lot.

B. The student next to me kept chewing gum bothering me a lot.

C. The student next to me kept chewing gum, which bothered me a lot.

D. The student next to me kept chewing gum bothered me a lot.

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 decided not to go to university and went to work in a restaurant.

A. Despite of going to university he went to work in a restaurant. 

B. He went to work in a restaurant instead of going to university. 

C. Instead of working in a restaurant, he went to university.

D. He decided to go to work in a restaurant because he liked it.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines the pair of sentences given in each of the following questions.

Question 46. I passed the test. My parents took me to the circus.

A. I passed the test, so my parents took me to the circus.

B. I passed the test, but my parents took me to the circus.

C. Because I passed the test, so my parents took me to the circus.

D. Although I passed the test, my parents took me to the circus.

Question 47: Tom was shocked at what he heard. He couldn’t say a word.

A. Tom couldn’t say a word although he was shocked.

B. Tom was too shocked at what he heard to say a word.

C. Tom who was so shocked at what he heard couldn’t say a word.

D. Tom was such shocked at what he heard that couldn’t say a word.

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.

Question 48. Too tired to continue, David stopped walking.

A. David couldn’t go on walking because he was too tired.

B. David couldn’t stop walking because he was too tired.

C. David was too tired to carry out walking.

D. David can’t continue to walk when he’s tired.

Question 49. He was last seen in 1928.

A. He has not been able to see in 1928. B. No one has seen him since 1928. C. He didn’t see anyone in July 1928. D. No one saw him until July 1928.

Question 50. She hasn’t seen her family for years.

A. She didn’t see her family for a long time.

B. It’s time she saw her family years ago.

C. It’s years ago she has seen her family.

D. It’s years since she last saw her family.