2. Jan has no intention of coming to the party, so we may as well not invite him.
A. None of us wants lan to be at the party, so we aren't inviting him.
B. Let's not invite lan to the party unless he promises to come.
C. As he doesn't mean to come anyway, we needn't ask lan to the party.
D. Because he never wants to come, we never ask lan to parties with us.
3. The holiday might have been eaper, but at least we were fortunate with the weather.
A. We didn't realize the holiday would be so cheap, and the climate was nice, too.
B. We can be thankful that the weather was good, although the holiday was a little expensive.
C. The holiday should have been less expensive as we hardly had any nice weather.
D. Despite the favourable weather, we still paid too much for the holiday.
4. The fire must have been started on purpose; otherwise, St couldn't have caused so much
damage.
A. The fire might have been very serious if nobody had tried to prevent it.
B. If someone were to start a fire there, it could prove highly damaging.
C. No one can say for sure how the fire broke out, but the harm it did is obvious.
D. Seeing that it destroyed so many things, the fire can't have been accidental.
5. I have almost no doubt that the mail will have been delivered to us by three o'clock this
afternoon.
A. The post might be here by three o'clock this afternoon, though I very much doubt it.
B. Without doubt, the letters are going to be posted before three o'clock today,
C. I'm pretty sure that we will have got the mail at or before three o'clock today.
D. I want to make sure that the mail is delivered today no later than 3 p.m.