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.

John was not here yesterday. Perhaps he was ill

A. John needn't be here yesterday because he was ill

B. Because of his illness, John should have been here yesterday

C. John might have been ill yesterday, so he was not here

D. John must have been ill yesterday, so he was not here

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.

John was not here yesterday. Perhaps he was ill.

A. John needn’t be here yesterday because he was ill

B. Because of his illness, John shouldn’t have been here yesterday

C. John might have been ill yesterday, so he was not here

D. John must have been ill yesterday, so he was not here

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

John was not here yesterday. Perhaps he was ill.

A. John needn't be here yesterday because he was ill.

B. Because of his illness, John shouldn't have been here yesterday.

C. John might have been ill yesterday, so he was not here.

D. John must have been ill yesterday, so he was not here.

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

John was not here yesterday. Perhaps he was ill.

A. John needn’t be here yesterday because he was ill

B. Because of his illness, John shouldn’t have been here yesterday

C. John might have been ill yesterday, so he was not here

D. John must have been ill yesterday, so he was not 

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.

Mary knew how busy I was. She offered to help me.

A. Because Mary knew my business, she offered to help me. 

B. Knowing how busy I was, Mary offered to help me. 

C. Mary knew how I was busy and offered to help me. 

D. Having known how busy I was, Mary offered to help me.

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.

Mary was sick. She didn’t leave the meeting until it ended.

A. Though sick, Mary didn’t leave the meeting until it ended. 

B. When the meeting ended, Mary left because she was sick. 

C. Mary didn’t leave the meeting until it ended despite she was sick. 

D. In spite of the fact that Mary’s sickness, she didn’t leave the meeting until it ended.

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

John was not here yesterday. Perhaps he was ill

A. John needn’t be here yesterday because he was ill

B. Because of his illness, John shouldn’t have been here yesterday

C. John might have been ill yesterday, so he was not here

D. John must have been ill yesterday, so he was not here

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 felt too ill. He was unable to get up

A. He was such that ill that he was unable to get up

B. He felt too ill because he was unable to get up

C. He was ill, as the matter of fact, he was unable to get up

D. He was so ill that he was unable to get up