Choose one sentence that has the closest meaning to the root one:
He had worked very hard but he failed.
A. Hard as he worked, he failed.
B. Thanks to his hard work, he failed.
C. He did not succeeded because of his being hard working.
D. Even though being hard working, he failed.

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
Anne had the TV on when her parents entered the room.
A. Anne's parents told her to turn on the TV.
B. Anne noticed her parents watching TV.
C. Anne’s parents found her watching TV.
D. The TV was on a table in Anne’s room.

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning to the root one:
"Shall I make you a coffee?" the girl said to the lady.
A. The girl wanted to make a coffee for the lady.
B. The girl offered to make a coffee for the lady.
C. The girl refused to make a coffee for the lady.
D. The girl promised to make a coffee for the lady.

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
The supermarket which is located at the comer of the street has an extensive range of teas.
A. You can buy expensive teas at the market at the comer of the street.
B. The supermarket at the corner of the street has a wide range of teas.
C. The supermarket locating at the corner of the street sells many kinds of tea.
D. The supermarket located at the corner of the street has expensive teas.

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
The weather was beautiful but we did not go on a picnic, (of)
 
 
A. In spite of the weather was beautiful but we did not go on a picnic. 
B. In spite of the beautiful weather but we did not go on a picnic. 
C. We did not go on picnic in spite of the beautiful weather. 
D. We did not go on a picnic despite of the beautiful weather.

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
"I have lost my passport," said Mary.
A. Mary said she had lost her passport.
B. Mary told me to take her passport.
C. Mary said her passport was new.
D. Mary advised me not to lose her passport.

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning to the root one:
The workers are threatening to go on strike unless the company raises the wage.
A. If their wages are not increased, the workers plan to strike.
B. The company raised the workers’ wages to avoid a strike.
C. The company demand that the workers strike.
D. The company threatens to pay the workers less.

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning to the root one:
She started learning English ten years ago.
A. She has not learnt English before.
B. She has learnt English since ten years.
C. She has started learning English for ten years.
D. She has learnt English for ten years.

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
The children couldn’t go swimming because the sea was too rough.
A. The sea was too rough for the children to go swimming.
B. The children were not calm enough to swim in the sea.
C. The sea was rough enough for the children to swim in.
D.  The sea was too rough to the children’s swimming.

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning to the root one:
We lost the game because of my mistakes.
A. I made mistakes but we lost the game.
B. Although I made mistakes, we didn’t lose the game.
C. If I hadn’t made mistakes, we wouldn’t have lost the game.
D. Despite my mistakes, we didn’t lose the game.