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.
She tried very hard to pass the driving test. She could hardly pass it.




A.Although she didn’t try hard to pass the driving test, she could pass it.
B.She tried very hard, so she passed the driving test satisfactorily.
C.No matter how hard she tried, she could hardly pass the driving test.
D.Despite being able to pass the driving test, she didn’t pass it.

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.
She doesn’t want to go to their party. We don’t want to go either.




A.Either we or she doesn’t want to go to their party.
B.Neither we nor she want to go to their party.
C.Neither we nor she wants to go to their party.
D.Neither she nor we don’t want to go to their party.

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.
Tom was encouraged by my success. He decided not to quit his work.




A.Encouraged by my success, Tom decided not to quit his work.
B.Encouraging by my success, Tom decided not to quit his work.
C.To be encouraged by my success, Tom decided not to quit his work.
D.That he was encouraged by success, Tom decided not to quit his work.

Who is the_____ of this wonderful work of art? (create)




A.creative
B.creator
C.creation
D.creating

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 weather was very hot. The boys continued playing football in the schoolyard.




A.Because of the weather was hot, the boys continued playing football in the schoolyard.
B.Because the hot weather, the boys continued playing football in the schoolyard.
C.In spite of the hot weather, the boys continued playing football in the schoolyard.
D.Despite the weather was hot, the boys continued playing football in the schoolyard.

Give me something to drink please! I'm dying of_____ (thirsty)




A.thirst
B.thirstily
C.thirstying
D.thirsteen

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 book is very interesting. My brother bought it yesterday.




A.The book which my brother bought it yesterday is very interesting.
B.The book my brother bought yesterday is not interesting.
C.The book which is very interesting my brother bought yesterday.
D.The book which my brother bought yesterday is very interesting.

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 coffee was very strong. He couldn’t drink it.




A.The coffee was so strong that he could drink it.
B.He couldn’t drink the strong coffee before.
C.The coffee was not weak enough for him to drink.
D.The coffee was too strong for him to drink.

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 student next to me kept chewing gum. That bothered me a lot.




A.The student next to me bothering me a lot kept chewing gum.
B.The student next to me kept chewing gum bothered me a lot.
C.The student next to me kept chewing gum that bothered me a lot.
D.The student next to me kept chewing gum, which bothered me a lot.

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.
We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. We know relatively little about sleep.




A.We shall know more about sleep if we spend more than one-third of our lives sleeping.
B.Despite spending about one-third of our lives sleeping, we know relatively little about sleep.
C.We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping so that we know relatively little about sleep.
D.We know relatively little about sleep; as a result, we spend about one-third of our lives sleeping.