Having been selected to represent the Association of American Engineers at the International Convention, __________.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions:

The industrial production plummeted spectacularly from 1990 to 2000.

Rewrite sentences without changing the meaning

“Don’t talk in class. ” the teacher said to his students.

Rewrite the following sentences so that they have the same meaning as the original ones: 

The car was very expensive and he couldn’t afford it.

The families were told to evacuate their houses immediately __________.

Many natural resources __________ by the end of the century.

Rewrite the following sentences so that they have the same meaning as the original ones: 

The plants may develop differently. The plants live on that island.

Rewrite the following sentences so that they have the same meaning as the original ones: 

My mother is very busy at work but she takes good care of her children.

Because of his poor health, it took him a long time to __________ his bad cold.

Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one:  The sooner you stop drinking, the better you’ll feel.

Rewrite the following sentences so that they have the same meaning as the original ones: 

The student was very bright. He could solve all the math problems.

Choose the answer that is nearest in meaning to the sentence printed before.

She had only just begun to speak when people started interrupting.

They might have told us the way __________ we hadn’t left in such a hurry way.

Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one:  The little boy said he wouldn’t tell anyone about what had happened.

He is a clever mimic __________ most of the lecturers in his college.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions:

There was moderate fluctuation in the availability of seasonal produce.

Choose the best sentence - a, b, c, or d – made from the given cues.

 He/ rather/ spend/ holidays/ a farm/ seaside.

Although one of his ships succeeded in sailing all the way back to Spain through the Caof Good Hope, Magellan never completed the first circumnavigation of the world, __________.

He held the rope with one hand. He stretched it out.

 Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting. There were too many books on the shelves that I didn’t know which one to choose.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions:

The number of unemployed people doubled between 2005 and 2009.