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.

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
Tom writes French as well as he speaks it.
A. Tom is bad at writing French.
B. Tom does not speak French so well as he writes it.
C. Tom writes and speaks French equally well.
D. Even though Tom writes French well, he speaks it better.

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
“Where were you last night, Mr. Jenkins?” he said.
A. He asked Mr. Jenkins where was he last night.
B. He wanted to know where Mr. Jenkins was the night before.
C. He wanted to know where Mr. Jenkins had been the following night.
D. He asked Mr. Jenkins where he had been the previous night.

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
Not taking a difficult exam is worse than failing it.
A. It is better to fail a difficult exam than not to take it at all.
B. If one is going to fail a difficult exam, it is better not to take it.
C. To fail a difficult exam is worse than not to take it.
D. Because the exam is difficult, it is better not to take it.

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
Despite his intelligence, he couldn’t solve the math puzzle.
A. He couldn’t solve the math puzzle, so he was intelligent.
B. He was intelligent, but he couldn’t solve the math puzzle.
C. He couldn’t solve the math puzzle. However, he was intelligent.
D. He was intelligent. Therefore he couldn’t solve the math puzzle.

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
It’s very important to keep your passport in a safe place.
A. You really can have kept your passport in a safe place.
B. You really must keep your passport in a safe place.
C. You really can be keeping your passport in a safe place.
D.  You really must have kept your passport in a safe place.

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
They don’t let workers use the office telephone for personal calls.
A. They don’t allow using the office telephone to call personal secretaries.
B. They don’t allow workers to use the office telephone.
C. The office telephone is not used by workers personally.
D. They don’t let the office phone be used for personal purpose by workers.

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one:
The doctor said, “You really ought to rest for a few days, Jasmine.”
A. It is the doctor’s recommendation that Jasmine rested shortly.
B. Jasmine’s doctor insisted that she should rest for a few days.
C. The doctor suggested that Jasmine should take a short rest.
D. The doctor strongly advised Jasmine to take a few days’ rest.