You must have boiled the potatoes too long.

I had just come home. Then I heard the phone ringing.

No, it’s not true. I didn’t steal the money!” Jean said.

I feel sorry for Jack because he has failed all his exams.

Scientist says forests are being destroyed by air pollution.

Sorry, Madam. Looking after the garden is not my duty.”

They were rich; they didn’t have a happy family, though.

She turned the radio on at 7.30. She was still listening to it when her mother came home at 9.00.

She raised her hand high so that she could attract the teacher’s attention.

Anyone who misses more than fifty percent of the classes deserves to fail.

Had the announcement been made earlier, more people wouls have attended the lecture.

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

He did not work hard. He failed the exam.

If I were you, I would go to the doctor.” David said to Claudia.

John was not here yesterday. Perhaps he was ill.

Were it not for the money, this job wouldn’t be worthwhile.

Flora was alone again in her tiny room. She couldn’t help crying a little.

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.

I can’t help feeling worried about Tom.

Because she was irritated by her husband’s lack of punctuality, she left him.

We were all surprised when she suddenly came back.

You must read the instructions. You won’t know how to use this machine without reading them.

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.

Under no circumstances should you press both buttons at once.

There’s no point in phoning Caroline – she’s away.

“It’s not true! I have never been arrested.”

He had just entered the house. The police arrested him at once.

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.

I think it is more enjoyable to play a sport than to watch it on TV.

My friend finds driving on the left difficult.

“May I see your passport, Mrs Scott?” said the customs officer.