You Know That Old Saying You Shoot You Score
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| Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2020 8:58:37 PM |
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Hi Everyone!
These are 25 questions from the test at learnenglish.britishcouncil.org
But I was scored with 94% and intermediate level although I selected in each choice with "sure" on the answering of the question "Are you sure? Not sure. Fairly sure. Sure."
1.
Choose the best word to consummate the sentence.
The baby boy saw ... in the mirror and started to cry.
a. itself
b. herself
c. himself
2.
Choose the best word or phrase to consummate the sentence.
A lot of trains ... late today due to the heavy storms.
a. are run
b. run
c. are running
3.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
... was a potent wind last night.
a. There
b. Here
c. This
4.
Choose the all-time word or phrase to consummate the sentence.
Firstly, I want to congratulate you all. Secondly, I would like to wish yous adept luck and ... I hope you have enjoyed the course.
a. in the end
b. at concluding
c. finally
5.
Cull the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
You ... clean your teeth twice a day to avoid having problems.
a. tin
b. should
c. will
6.
Cull the best word or phrase to consummate the judgement.
The children thought they were ... when they saw the bull.
a. in a danger
b. in danger
c. in the danger
7.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the dialogue.
Jack: I recollect it's going to pelting.
Jill: I ... , the clouds are clearing.
Jack: We'll presently see.
a. disagree
b. complain
c. debate
eight.
Cull the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
I really don't like this repast. ... money in the globe wouldn't get me to swallow it.
a. Whatsoever
b. Enough
c. All the
9.
Choose the best discussion or phrase to consummate the judgement.
Terminal year, Joanna bought two ... coats in New York.
a. long, blackness, leather
b. blackness, long, leather
c. leather, black, long
10.
Choose the best give-and-take or phrase to complete the judgement.
I must study to the meeting that Cyrus completed his first slice of work well alee of schedule. ..., however, his work has been handed in late.
a. Sequentially
b. Subsequently
c. Consequently
xi.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the judgement.
That'southward very good of you but you ... have paid me back until tomorrow.
a. needn't
b. wouldn't
c. couldn't
12.
Choose the best word or phrase to consummate the sentence.
I ... intending to stop smoking fifty-fifty before I got this bad cough.
a. would accept been
b. had been
c. accept been
13.
Choose the all-time discussion or phrase to complete the dialogue.
Anne: Oh! I watched the new Tv prove last night.
Jo: Was it any good?
Anne: Yeah. ... the TV set is then old I could see very little.
a. Listen yous
b. Nonetheless
c. By the way
xiv.
Choose the word or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
consider
a. recall about
b. seem well
c. become for
You removed a message
15.
Cull the word or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
talk
a. stroll
b. betoken out
c. converse
xvi.
Choose the give-and-take or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
complete
a. finish
b. go through
c. total
17.
Cull the word or phrase which has a similar pregnant to:
return
a. business relationship
b. go back
c. reverse
xviii.
Choose the word or phrase which has a like meaning to:
study
a. go after
b. business relationship
c. respect
nineteen.
Choose the best word to consummate the sentence.
She hit her ... while she was playing football.
a. motor
b. tail
c. shoulder
20.
Cull the best discussion to complete the sentence.
The ... went to the constabulary.
a. crime
b. solicitor
c. shoulder
21.
Cull the best word to complete the sentence.
Information technology was bad but information technology was not a ... .
a. gate
b. magazine
c. crime
22.
Some words are often used together, e.g. smelly + socks. Choose a discussion which is often used with:
concrete
a. builder
b. thrill
c. proposal
23.
Some words are often used together, e.g. smelly + socks. Choose a discussion which is often used with:
tender
a. diet
b. words
c. brute
24.
Some words are oft used together, e.g. smelly + socks. Cull a word which is often used with:
sophisticated
a. apparel
b. purse
c. ship
25.
Some words are often used together, e.g. smelly + socks. Choose a word which is often used with:
blunt
a. motility
b. proffer
c. instrument
| Posted: Th, June xi, 2020 9:45:08 PM |
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The only i I would question is #12
12.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
I ... intending to finish smoking even earlier I got this bad cough.
a. would have been
b. had been
c. have been
I would have called C. "have been". It could exist argued that using "had been" gives the impression y'all gave up the intention before getting the bad cough. Using "have been" conveys an intention that was on-going when you lot got the cough. I don't know why yous scored 94, however. With 25 questions, each should be worth 4 points each, so you should have scored a 96.
| Posted: Thursday, June xi, 2020 eleven:29:05 PM |
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Very interesting. I pretty much agree with all the choices marked equally correct.
Just I have some commments:
--In #iv, the words should be "First" and "Second", not "Firstly" and "Secondly". Only "finally," is the right choice.
--In #9, in my stance the choice "long, black, leather coats"--though ameliorate than the other two choices--isn't actually proficient. It ought to be "long black leather coats" without the commas.
--In #12, dissimilar FounDit, I prefer "had been intending..." to "have been intending...". To me, "had been intending" does not mean you ceased intending to stop smoking.
--In #thirteen, I have to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Mind you"--I would prefer "Even so--but "However" that wasn't one of the choices, and "Mind y'all" is ameliorate than the other two.
--And in #22, "physical proposal" seems a better matched pair than "physical builder" in most contexts. In the absenteeism of a context for the sentence, "physical architect" is an adequate answer.
| Posted: Friday, June 12, 2020 2:18:33 AM |
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tautophile wrote:
Very interesting. I pretty much agree with all the choices marked as right.
But I accept some commments:
--In #four, the words should exist "Offset" and "Second", not "Firstly" and "Secondly". Simply "finally," is the correct choice.
--In #nine, in my opinion the choice "long, blackness, leather coats"--though better than the other ii choices--isn't really good. It ought to exist "long blackness leather coats" without the commas.
--In #12, unlike FounDit, I prefer "had been intending..." to "have been intending...". To me, "had been intending" does not hateful you ceased intending to stop smoking.
--In #thirteen, I accept to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Listen you"--I would prefer "However--but "All the same" that wasn't one of the choices, and "Mind you" is better than the other 2.
--And in #22, "physical proposal" seems a better matched pair than "concrete builder" in most contexts. In the absenteeism of a context for the judgement, "concrete architect" is an acceptable answer.
#iv Firstly and secondly are usually used in British English.
I agree with FounDit for #12 I prefer "have been", it'southward how most British people would use that phrase.
#13 Mind you is the phrase that an ordinary British person would use.
#22 is a question of association it is not about forming an bodily pairing builder and concrete get together in the same way bread and bakery or bat and cricketer do.
Remember the British Council is trying to teach people to speak English as it is used in Great britain today, on behalf of the British Government, some of its usages won't match American English.
| Posted: Friday, June 12, 2020 half-dozen:57:xxx AM |
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The ones I saw were #12 and #22.
In #12, I could see circumstances in which all 3 choices could exist the "all-time choice".
Personally, I'd apply "has been" or "was" in most circumstances.
In #22, "concrete proposal" is a common phrase. "Physical builder" isn't.
A architect may employ physical occasionally, but there'south no such job as "concrete builder".
Aye, I'd commonly use "mind y'all".
Listen you, it is a little "primitive"
, in that the verb "heed" meaning "pay attention" is non now used intransitively; AND imperatives don't nowadays have that grade with the 'person' after the verb. "Mind you lot" = "(Y'all) take notice!" = "merely I'm mentioning and then that you can accept notice"
| Posted: Saturday, June 13, 2020 3:15:06 AM |
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My "native speech" is AmE, simply I lived in England for 4 years and accept many British friends, so I'm very familiar with BrE. My showtime wife grew upwardly in Gateshead and afterward in Banbury, then I know both Geordie and Thames Valley spoken language--so much so that when I saw the flick "Baton Eliot" [2000]--ready mostly in Tyneside and full of Geordie accents--in the theater here in Illinois, I was the only person in the audience who understood all of what was existence said.
I know, for example, about "mind yous"--which is the best choice of the 3 put forward in #13. It's a well-known BrE phrase, and is non unknown in AmE. Of the three choices given, it'due south the one I would choose.
But, if one of the choices for #13 were "However", that is the one I would pick. Information technology's perfectly adept BrE and AmE.
I have seen both American and British usage guides that prefer "first" and "second" to "firstly" and "secondly". Nigh usage guides agree, though, that the "-ly" forms are adequate, and more formal.
| Posted: Saturday, June thirteen, 2020 8:38:31 AM |
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Gateshead to Banbury - couldn't be much different, dialectically, and stay in England!
Like FounDit, I'm curious how 25 questions can give a score of
94%.
That means one question wrong and one "half-right".
Most of the questions (existence multiple choice) can't exist 'half-correct'.
| Posted: Sunday, June fourteen, 2020 9:54:59 PM |
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Hi Everyone!
Thank you all very much indeed,
But, exercise yous not think we must have a comma after "mind you"?
There is no comma in the original question question. So, I excluded the 'a' and 'c' since both must accept a following comma if they initiated a phrase.
Anne: Oh! I watched the new Idiot box show last dark.
Jo: Was it any good?
Anne: Yes. Heed you the Boob tube is so old I could see very little.
I read Guide for Mixed Tense Exercises:
Quote:
Time give-and-take: Earlier:
Fourth dimension clause tense: Simple nowadays, Uncomplicated past
Main clause tense: Unproblematic future
Before Karen leaves for piece of work, she volition roller-skate around her house three times.
Time discussion: Before
Time clause tense: simple past
Primary clause tense: Simple past or by perfect
Before Karen left for piece of work, she (had) roller-skated effectually her house iii times.
And then, in no #12, the speaker is talking about two actions, "I got cough", and "the "intend to stop smoking". "Intend to stop smoking" happened earlier "I got cough". And so, I remember that the by perfect progressive must be used in the main clause tense(I had been intending to end smoking) and the past simple in the time clause tense(before I got this bad cough).
I had been intending to cease smoking(main clause tense) fifty-fifty before I got this bad coughing(time clause tense).
a. would have been
b. had been
c. have been
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PS. FounDit , forth with Dragonspeaker , I am sorry I was wrong that I said I scored 94%. I scored 96%, actually.
Yes, each question of the 25 questions can give a score of 4%.
So, 4% 10 25 = 4/100 X 25/100 = 100/100 = 100%.
For the 12th question, when I selected "have been", my score decreased by 4%. However, when selecting 'had been', I scored 96%. That means some other question wrong.
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Yous're right on #12 - the near "grammatically correct" is the past perfect (plus the elementary past), when looked at logically (sorting out WHEN each thing happened).
The ane y'all had incorrect is #22 - concrete proposal.
Take a look at the n-gram graph hither.
It's probably just a phrase you've never come beyond - it'southward mostly a business or legal-type idea.
con•crete adj.
ane. constituting an actual thing or instance; existent; perceptible; substantial: concrete proof.
2. pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions; particular as opposed to general: concrete proposals.
Nonetheless, I'd say 96 is a
adeptscore. Well done.
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Drag0nspeaker wrote:
You're right on #12 - the most "grammatically correct" is the by perfect (plus the simple past), when looked at logically (sorting out WHEN each matter happened).
The one you had wrong is #22 - concrete proposal.
Have a look at the n-gram graph here.
It's probably simply a phrase you lot've never come across - information technology'south mostly a business or legal-type idea.
con•crete adj.
i. constituting an actual thing or instance; real; perceptible; substantial: concrete proof.
2. pertaining to or concerned with realities or bodily instances rather than abstractions; particular as opposed to general: concrete proposals.
Notwithstanding, I'd say 96 is a
goodscore. Well done.
I wondered when I read the score of 94 if two points had been taken off for the "builder/physical/proposal" question. Simply since there was no mention of that, I causeless either answer would be given credit, since "builder" and either "concrete" or "proposal" fits. That was really a poor question. Merely 96 is an excellent score. Well done.
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CONCRETE / Proposal is the correct respond
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Babouri Salim wrote:
Physical / Proposal is the correct respond
Yep, exactly: all the answers by A cooperator are correct except 22c: "physical proposal".
Non that "physical builder" per se is wrong, it's but that they wanted us to choose the most frequent lexical collocation, which is "concrete proposal".
Simply stick to all the answers given by A cooperator - except for 22 - and you'll score 100%!
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By the way, the phrase "Mind you" in #13 should take been followed by a comma: "Mind you, the Television ready is so old...." rather than "Mind you the Television set set up is so old...".
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Does everyone realize this postal service is from June 2020?
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one. All of the answers cooperator posted are correct, except question 22: the correct answer (according to the britishcouncil.org website) is: physical proposal (this is what I answered and I got 100%).
It should exist noted, though, that few questions in that test have more than one correct answer. For example, some other discussion for "consummate" tin also be "full" if used as an describing word (the question in the examination refers to its verb form, thus "finish" is accepted as the correct option).
2. Question 9: (a) is the correct option (long, black, leather) because the guild of adjectives follows the ranking conventions of standard English language: stance, size, historic period, shape, color, origin, material, purpose. Thus, long comes before black, and leather is the last in rank.
three. Question 12: the past perfect tense is the but grammatically correct option. Selection c (take been) is grammatically incorrect (the clause "before I got this bad cough" is in the past tense, and the "intention" precedes the emergence of the coughing).
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