Question

Match the sentences in Column A with the meanings of ‘hope’ in Column B.

A		B
1	Will you get the subjects you want to study in college? I hope so.	-	a feeling that something good will probably happen
2	I hope you don’t mind my saying this, but I don’t like the way you are arguing.	-	thinking that this would happen (It may or may not have happened).
3	This discovery will give new hope to HIV/AIDS sufferers.	-	stopped believing that this good thing would happen
4	We were hoping against hope that the judges would not notice our mistakes.	-	wanting something to happen (and thinking it quite possible)
5	I called early in the hope of speaking to her before she went to school.	-	showing concern that what you say should not offend or disturb the other person: a way of being polite
6	Just when everybody had given up hope, the fishermen came back, seven days after the cyclone.	-	wishing for something to happen, although this is very unlikely

Answer 1

A		B
1	Will you get the subjects you want to study in college? I hope so.	-	wanting something to happen (and thinking it quite possible)
2	I hope you don’t mind my saying this, but I don’t like the way you are arguing.	-	showing concern that what you say should not offend or disturb the other person: a way of being polite
3	This discovery will give new hope to HIV/AIDS sufferers.	-	a feeling that something good will probably happen
4	We were hoping against hope that the judges would not notice our mistakes.	-	wishing for something to happen, although this is very unlikely
5	I called early in the hope of speaking to her before she went to school.	-	thinking that this would happen (It may or may not have happened.)
6	Just when everybody had given up hope, the fishermen came back, seven days after the cyclone.	-	stopped believing that this good thing would happen