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 basketball team knew they lost the match. They soon started to blame each other.

A. Hardly had the basketball team known they lost the match when they started to blame each other

B. Not only did the basketball team lose the match but they blamed each other as well

C. No sooner had the basketball team started to blame each other than they knew they lost the match

D. As soon as they blamed each other, the basketball team knew they lost the match

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.

Billy and Bobby are in a coffee shop. Billy is asking Bobby for his opinion about the coffee there.

Billy: “How’s the coffee here?”

Bobby: “__________”

A. No, I don’t think so.

B. It’s a little bitter, to tell the truth. 

C. It’s a little better now that I’ve got a car.

D. As a matter of fact, I’m not interested.