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.

No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back

A. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone

B. Scarely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back

C. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately

D. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back

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.

No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back.

A. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately

B. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone

C. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back

D. Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following question.

No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back.

A. Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back

B. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back

C. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately

D. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone

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. 

No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back. 

A. As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone. 

B. Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back. 

C. Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately. 

D. She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back.

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.

She had only just put the phone down when her boss rang back.

A. Hardly had she put the phone down when her boss rang back.

B. No sooner had she put the phone down when her boss rang back.

C. Hardly did she put the phone down when her boss rang back.

D. Hardly she had put the phone down when her boss rang back.

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.

I had only just put the phone down when the boss rang back.

A. I put the phone down when the boss rang back. 

B. Hardly had I put the phone down when the boss rang back.

C. No sooner had I put the phone down when the boss rang back. 

D. Scarcely had I put the phone down than the boss rang back.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the sentence(s) in italics.

No sooner had Mary begun her new job than she knew she had made a mistake.

A. As soon as Mary started working, she realized that her decision had not been a good one.

B.  Had Mary not just begun a new job, she would have gone looking for a better one.

C. Just before Mary took up her new post, she realized that she was not suited for it.

D. Since Mary did not like her new job, she began looking for one more suitable to her.

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.

After Jane had seen her best friend off at the air port, she came back to work

A. Coming back to work, Jane had seen her best friend off at the air port.

B. Came back to work, Jane saw her best friend off at the air port.

C. Having seen her best friend off at the air port, Jane came back to work.

D. Seeing her best friend off at the air port, Jane came back to work.

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.

She last had her eyes tested ten months ago.

A. She had tested her eyes ten months before. 

B. She had not tested her eyes for ten months then. 

C. She hasn’t had her eyes tested for ten months. 

D. She didn’t have any test on her eyes in ten months.