They were exhausted. They could hardly continue the journey

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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

They were so exhausted that they could hardly continue the journey.

They were hardly exhausted but they could not continue the journey.

Exhausted as they were, they tried to continue the journey.

They could continue the journey as they were hardly exhausted.

Giải thích

Đáp án A

Kiến thức về mệnh đề trạng ngữ

Cấu trúc:

S + be + so + adj + that + clause: quá ... đến nỗi

Adj/adv + as/though + S + V, clause: mặc dù ..., nhưng

Đề bài: Họ kiệt sức. Họ khó có thể tiếp tục cuộc hành trình = A. Họ kiệt sức đến mức khó có thể tiếp tục cuộc hành trình.