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.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
For a cold, doctors often recommend that you rest and drink lots of fluids.




A.Doctors would rather give avice about colds than about fluids.
B.Rest and liquids are frequently advised for treatment of colds.
C.The doctors recommend that you have cold soft drinks.
D.You were told to come in out of the cold and rest.

Use the given suggestions to complete each sentence of the following letter (10p)
Perhaps / can go / meal / drink / afterwards.




A.Perhaps we can go for a meal or a drink afterwards.
B.Perhaps we can go for the meal or a drink afterwards.
C.Perhaps we can go for the meal or the drink afterwards.
D.Perhaps going for a meal or a drink afterwards.

Use the given suggestions to complete each sentence of the following letter (10p)
I / sorry / it take / so long / reply / letter.




A.I'm sorry it has taken so long to reply to your letter.
B.I'm sorry it has been taking so long to reply to your letter.
C.I'm sorry it has taken so long to reply for your letter.
D.I'm sorry it has taken so long for reply to your letter.

Rewrite the sentences so that the meanings stay the same.
I only recognized him when he came into the room.




A.It was until he came into the room that I recognized hime
B.It was not until he came into the room that I recognized him
C.If he came into the room, I would recognize him
D.Unless he came into the room, I would recognize him