Choose the sentence - a, b, c, or d - which is closest in meaning to the sentence above.

There is no point in your phoning Jane – she’s away.

A. If their wages are not increased, the workers plan to strike.

B. The company raised the workers' wages to avoid a strike. 

C. The company demands that the workers strike. 

D. The company threatened to pay the workers less.

A. I would eat an egg for my breakfast. 

B. I don't want an egg for breakfast. 

C. I prefer to have an egg for breakfast. 

D. I'll have an egg if there, is nothing else for my breakfast.

A. It was wonderful to hear such a magnificent performance.

B. It was wonderful of hearing a magnificent performance.

C. It's wonderful to hear such magnificent performance. 

D. It will be wonderful to hear a such magnificent performance.

A. I had An clean up her bedroom before I let her going out to play. 

B. I had An cleaned her bedroom before letting her go out for playing. 

C. I had An clean up her bedroom before I let her go out to play. 

D. I had An to clean her bedroom before letting her go out to play.

A. The boys were clever to see the solution to the problem so quickly. 

B. Boys are clever to see the solution of problem so quickly. 

C. The boys are clever at seeing the solution to the problem so quickly. 

D. The boys were clever to see the solution of the problem so quickly.

A. He doesn't keep promising and visiting me regularly. 

B. He didn't keep his promise to visit me regularly. 

C. He hasn't kept to promise to visit me regularly. 

D. He doesn't keep his promise to visit to me regularly.

A. I wish you not to say that. 

B. If only you didn't say not.

C. I hope you will not say that. 

D. It would be nice if you hadn’t said that.