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 found myself at a loss to understand my closest friend’s words.

A. I understood my closest friend’s words completely. 

B. I found my closest friend’s words easy to understand. 

C. I lost heart and didn’t understand my closest friend’s words 

D. I found my closest friend’s words quite incomprehensible.

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.

When I met my long-lost brother, I was at a loss for words

A. When the speaker met his brother, he was puzzled about what to say

B. When the speaker met his brother, he had much to say

C. When the speaker met his brother, he refused to say anything

D. When the speaker met his brother, he had nothing pleasant to say

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 students complained that the teacher was inexperienced.

A. The students praised the teacher for his experience

B. The teacher was favored because of his inexperience

C. The teacher was not supported for his inexperience

D. The teacher was popular despite his inexperience

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 students complained that the teacher was inexperienced.

A. The students praised the teacher for his experience

B. The teacher was favored because of his inexperience

C. The teacher was not supported for his inexperience

D. The teacher was popular despite his inexperience

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 students complained that the teacher was inexperienced.

A. The students praised the teacher for his experience. 

B. The teacher was favored because of his inexperience. 

C. The teacher was not supported for his inexperience. 

D. The teacher was popular despite his inexperience.

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 problem was so complicated that the students couldn’t understand it. 

A. It was such complicated problem that the students couldn’t understand. 

B. The problem wasn’t simple enough for the students to understand it

C. The problem was too complicated for the students to understand.

D. It was so complicated problems that the students couldn’t understand

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.

There is a rumor that the chairman was planning to retire early at the time.

A. The chairman is rumored that he was planning to retire early at the time. 

B. It is rumored that retiring early was what the chairman had planned at the time. 

C. People rumored that the chairman planned to retire early. 

D. The chairman is rumored to have been planning to retire early at the time.

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 was not there at the time”, he said. 

A. He denied to have been there at the time.

B. He denied to be there at the time.

C. He denied having been there at the time.

D. He denied that he hadn’t been there at the time. 

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 was not there at the time”, he said. 

A. He denied to have been there at the time. 

B. He denied to be there at the time. 

C. He denied having been there at the time.   

D. He denied that he hadn’t been there at the time.