Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions

That boy gets more depressed when the weather becomes hotter.

A. The hotter the weather (becomes), the more the boy gets.

B. The hotter the weather (becomes), the boy gets depressed.

C. The hotter the weather , the more depress the boy gets.

D. The hotter the weather (becomes), the more depressed the boy gets.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following question

It was not until after I got home that I realized I had not set the burglar alarm in the office

A. On the way home, I suddenly realized that I had forgotten to turn on the burglar alarm in the office

B. Fortunately, I realized that I hadn't set the burglar alarm just before I left for home; otherwise, I would have had to travel all the way back to the office

C. I didn’t turn the burglar alarm on before I left the office, but I only became aware of this after I'd arrived home

D. I wish I had realized before I arrived home that I hadn't turned on the burglar alarm in the office, then it would have been easier to go and set it

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following question.
It was not until after I got home that I realized I had not set the burglar alarm in the office.

A. On the way home, I suddenly realized that I had forgotten to turn on the burglar alarm in the office.

B. Fortunately, I realized that I hadn't set the burglar alarm just before I left for home; otherwise, I would have had to travel all the way back to the office.

C. I didn’t turn the burglar alarm on before I left the office, but I only became aware of this after I'd arrived home.

D. I wish I had realized before I arrived home that I hadn't turned on the burglar alarm in the office, then it would have been easier to go and set it.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions.

As it got darker, we had more  difficulty seeing.

A. The darker it got, the harder we find it to seeing.

B. It got darker, we had more  easily seeing.

C. The darker it got, the easier we find it to see.

D. The darker it got, the harder we find it to see.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions.

We had to go up the stairs because someone was using the lift.

A. The lift is being used, so we had to go up the stairs.

B. The lift was being used, so we have to go up the stairs.

C. The lift was being used, so we had to go up the stairs.

D. The lift was be used, so we had to go up the stairs

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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 is closest in meaning to each of 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 is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions.

Our children are hard on furniture.

A. Our children hardly use the furniture.

B. Our children dislike the furniture. 

C. Our children want to replace the furniture.

D. Our children treat the furniture roughly.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to the sentence given in each of the following questions.

“Absence makes the heart grow fonder”.

A. Being apart from someone you love makes you love them more.

B.  Our heart needs absence to grow.

C.  Being apart from someone you love makes you love them less.

D.  Absence makes us grow older.