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.

The fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames. The building burned down completely.

A. Since the fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames, the building burned down completely.

B. Had it not been for the fire-fighters’ every effort, the building would have burned down completely.

C. Making every effort to put off the flames, the fire-fighters completely burned down the building.

D. The building burned down completely though the fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames.

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

The fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames. The building burned down completely.

A. The building burned down completely though the fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames.

B. Had it not been for the fire-fighters’ every effort, the building would have burned down completely.

C. Making every effort to put off the flames, the fire-fighters completely burned down the building.

D. Since the fire-fighters made every effort to put off the flames, the building burned down completely.

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 teacher has done his best to help all students. However, none of them made any effort on their part.

A. The teacher has done his best to help all students, then, none of them made any effort on their part 

B. Although the teacher has done his best to help all students, none of them made any effort on their part 

C. Because the teacher has done his best to help all students, none of them made any effort on their part 

D. If the teacher has done his best to help all students, none of them made any effort on their part

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 teacher has done his best to help all students. However, none of them made any effort on their part.

A. The teacher has done his best to help all student, or none of them made any effort on their part

B. Although the teacher has done his best to help all students, none of them made any effort on their part

C. Because the teacher has done his best to help all students, none of them made any effort on their part

D. When the teacher has done his best to help all students, none of them made any effort on their part

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.

Laura didn’t come to the conference. This made me annoyed

A. Laura didn’t come to the conference, that made me annoyed

B. That Laura didn’t come to the conference made me annoyed

C. Laura didn’t come to the conference which made me annoyed

D. Laura didn’t come to the conference when this made me annoyed

 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.

They left the concert hall. The fire alarm went off right afterwards.

A. They left the concert hall just as the fire alarm went off

B. The fire alarm had gone off before they left the concert hall.

C. They were leaving the concert hall when the fire alarm went off.

D. No sooner had they left the concert hall than the fire alarm went off.

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.

A. He studied so few that he didn’t pass the end-of-term test.

B. He didn’t study hard enough for to pass the end-of-term test.

C. He didn’t pass the end-of-term test because didn’t study much.

D. He didn’t study enough to pass the end-of-term test.

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

A. Since I’m unable to get in contact with him, it seems certain that he’s closed his e–mail account.

B. If no one is able to get in contact with him, he ought to get e–mail account for himself

C. He may have closed his e–mail account, but I won’t know for sure until I get in touch with him

D. I must have got his e–mail address wrong, because he’s not giving me any reply.