Câu hỏi: The basketball team knew they lost the match. They soon started to blame each other.

A. Hardly had the basketball team known they lost the match when they started to blame each other.

B. No sooner had the basketball team started to blame each other than they knew they lost the match.

C. As soon as they blamed each other, the basketball team knew they lost the match.

D. Not only did the basketball team lose the match but they blamed each other as well.

Câu 1: He didn’t take his father’s advice. That’s why he is out of work.

A. If he had taken his father’s advice, he would not have been out of work.

B. If he took his father’s advice, he would not be out of work.

C. If he had taken his father’s advice, he would not be out of work.

D. If he takes his father’s advice, he will not be out of work.

Câu 2: The coffee was not strong. It didn’t keep us awake.

A. The coffee was not very strong, but it couldn’t keep us awake

B. We were kept awake because the coffee was strong.

C. The coffee was not strong enough to keep us awake

D. The coffee was so hot that it didn’t keep us awake.

Câu 3: Start at once or you will be late.

A. Unless you start immediately, you won’t be late.

B. You would be late if you didn’t start at once.

C. If you don’t start immediately, you will be late.

D. If you started at once, you wouldn’t be late.

Câu 4: You’d better take the keys. It’s possible I’ll come home late.

A. If I come home late, you’d better take the keys.

B. You’d better take the keys in case I come home late.

C. You'd better take the keys as I possibly come home late.

D. I'll probably come home late so that you’d better take the keys.

Câu 5: We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. We know relatively little about sleep.

A. We know relatively little about sleep; as a result, we spend about one-third of our lives sleeping.

B. We shall know more about sleep if we spend more than one-third of our lives sleeping.

C. Despite spending about one-third of our lives sleeping, we know relatively little about sleep.

D. We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping so that we know relatively little about sleep.

Câu 6: He couldn’t retake the exam because he missed too many lessons.

A. He would retake the exam if he didn’t miss too many lessons.

B. He could have retaken the exam if he hadn’t missed too many lessons.

C. If he missed too many lessons, he wouldn’t retake the exam.

D. If he had missed too many lessons, he wouldn’t have retaken the exam.