Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

GCSE are not compulsory, but they are the most common qualifications taken by students.

A. had left  

B. was leaving      

C. has left    

D. left

A. No sooner had he approached the house that the policemen stopped him.

B. Hardly he had approached the house that the policemen stopped him.

C. No sooner had he approached the when the policemen stopped him.

D. Hardly had he approached the house when the policemen stopped him.

A. nice wooden brown.

B. brown wooden nice.

C. nice brown wooden.

D. wooden brown nice

A. a  

B. the 

C. an 

D. Ø

A. so a serious accident

B. so serious an accident

C. such serious an accident

D. a such serious accident

A. isn’t it    

B. is it         

C. aren’t they        

D. are they