You Shall Not See Me Again Not Until You Have Learned How to Cry
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| Posted: Thursday, June xi, 2020 eight:58:37 PM |
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Hi Anybody!
These are 25 questions from the examination at learnenglish.britishcouncil.org
Only I was scored with 94% and intermediate level although I selected in each selection with "certain" on the answering of the question "Are you sure? Not certain. Fairly sure. Sure."
1.
Choose the best word to complete the sentence.
The baby boy saw ... in the mirror and started to cry.
a. itself
b. herself
c. himself
2.
Choose the best discussion or phrase to complete the sentence.
A lot of trains ... late today due to the heavy storms.
a. are run
b. run
c. are running
three.
Choose the best word or phrase to consummate the sentence.
... was a strong wind terminal night.
a. There
b. Here
c. This
4.
Choose the all-time word or phrase to complete the sentence.
Firstly, I want to congratulate you all. Secondly, I would similar to wish y'all skilful luck and ... I promise you have enjoyed the course.
a. in the end
b. at last
c. finally
5.
Cull the best word or phrase to consummate the sentence.
You ... make clean your teeth twice a solar day to avoid having problems.
a. can
b. should
c. will
6.
Choose the best word or phrase to consummate the sentence.
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 think information technology's going to rain.
Jill: I ... , the clouds are clearing.
Jack: We'll shortly run into.
a. disagree
b. complain
c. argue
8.
Cull the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
I really don't like this repast. ... money in the world wouldn't get me to consume it.
a. Any
b. Enough
c. All the
9.
Cull the best give-and-take or phrase to complete the judgement.
Last twelvemonth, Joanna bought 2 ... coats in New York.
a. long, black, leather
b. black, long, leather
c. leather, black, long
x.
Cull the all-time word or phrase to complete the sentence.
I must study to the meeting that Cyrus completed his kickoff piece of piece of work well ahead of schedule. ..., however, his work has been handed in late.
a. Sequentially
b. Subsequently
c. Consequently
11.
Choose the best give-and-take or phrase to complete the sentence.
That'due south very good of yous but you lot ... have paid me back until tomorrow.
a. needn't
b. wouldn't
c. couldn't
12.
Cull the best word or phrase to complete the judgement.
I ... intending to end smoking even before I got this bad coughing.
a. would take been
b. had been
c. take been
thirteen.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the dialogue.
Anne: Oh! I watched the new Goggle box evidence last night.
Jo: Was it any expert?
Anne: Yes. ... the Goggle box gear up is so old I could meet very trivial.
a. Mind you
b. Still
c. Past the way
14.
Choose the give-and-take or phrase which has a like meaning to:
consider
a. think virtually
b. seem well
c. get for
Yous removed a message
15.
Cull the word or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
talk
a. stroll
b. indicate out
c. converse
16.
Cull the give-and-take or phrase which has a like significant to:
complete
a. finish
b. go through
c. full
17.
Cull the word or phrase which has a like pregnant to:
return
a. account
b. go dorsum
c. opposite
18.
Choose the discussion or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
report
a. get after
b. account
c. respect
19.
Choose the best discussion to consummate the judgement.
She striking her ... while she was playing football.
a. motor
b. tail
c. shoulder
xx.
Choose the best word to complete the sentence.
The ... went to the police force.
a. criminal offense
b. solicitor
c. shoulder
21.
Cull the best discussion to complete the sentence.
It was bad merely it was not a ... .
a. gate
b. mag
c. criminal offense
22.
Some words are frequently used together, e.g. smelly + socks. Choose a give-and-take which is oft used with:
concrete
a. builder
b. thrill
c. proposal
23.
Some words are oft used together, eastward.one thousand. smelly + socks. Choose a word which is oftentimes used with:
tender
a. diet
b. words
c. beast
24.
Some words are often used together, e.g. smelly + socks. Choose a word which is often used with:
sophisticated
a. dress
b. pocketbook
c. transport
25.
Some words are oftentimes used together, e.g. smelly + socks. Choose a discussion which is oft used with:
blunt
a. movement
b. proffer
c. instrument
| Posted: Thursday, June xi, 2020 9:45:08 PM |
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The merely ane I would question is #12
12.
Cull the best give-and-take or phrase to consummate the sentence.
I ... intending to cease smoking fifty-fifty before I got this bad cough.
a. would have been
b. had been
c. have been
I would have called C. "have been". Information technology could be argued that using "had been" gives the impression you gave up the intention before getting the bad cough. Using "take been" conveys an intention that was on-going when y'all got the cough. I don't know why you scored 94, however. With 25 questions, each should be worth 4 points each, and then yous should accept scored a 96.
| Posted: Th, June eleven, 2020 xi:29:05 PM |
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Very interesting. I pretty much agree with all the choices marked every bit right.
But I take some commments:
--In #4, the words should be "Commencement" and "Second", non "Firstly" and "Secondly". But "finally," is the correct choice.
--In #9, in my opinion the choice "long, blackness, leather coats"--though amend than the other two choices--isn't really adept. It ought to be "long blackness leather coats" without the commas.
--In #12, different FounDit, I prefer "had been intending..." to "have been intending...". To me, "had been intending" does not hateful yous ceased intending to terminate smoking.
--In #xiii, I accept to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Listen you"--I would prefer "Withal--just "Even so" that wasn't one of the choices, and "Mind yous" is ameliorate than the other 2.
--And in #22, "physical proposal" seems a improve matched pair than "concrete architect" in virtually contexts. In the absence of a context for the sentence, "concrete builder" is an acceptable respond.
| Posted: Friday, June 12, 2020 ii:xviii:33 AM |
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tautophile wrote:
Very interesting. I pretty much agree with all the choices marked as correct.
Just I have some commments:
--In #4, the words should exist "Kickoff" and "Second", not "Firstly" and "Secondly". Simply "finally," is the right option.
--In #9, in my opinion the choice "long, black, leather coats"--though better than the other ii choices--isn't really good. Information technology ought to be "long black leather coats" without the commas.
--In #12, unlike FounDit, I adopt "had been intending..." to "take been intending...". To me, "had been intending" does non mean you ceased intending to end smoking.
--In #thirteen, I have to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Mind you"--I would prefer "Withal--simply "Even so" that wasn't one of the choices, and "Mind you lot" is amend than the other two.
--And in #22, "concrete proposal" seems a improve matched pair than "concrete builder" in well-nigh contexts. In the absence of a context for the sentence, "concrete builder" is an adequate respond.
#4 Firstly and secondly are ordinarily used in British English.
I agree with FounDit for #12 I prefer "have been", it's how most British people would apply that phrase.
#13 Listen y'all is the phrase that an ordinary British person would use.
#22 is a question of clan information technology is not near forming an actual pairing builder and physical become together in the same way bread and baker or bat and cricketer do.
Recollect the British Council is trying to teach people to speak English as information technology is used in U.k. today, on behalf of the British Government, some of its usages won't match American English.
| Posted: Friday, June 12, 2020 6:57:30 AM |
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The ones I saw were #12 and #22.
In #12, I could encounter circumstances in which all iii choices could be the "all-time choice".
Personally, I'd utilise "has been" or "was" in nigh circumstances.
In #22, "concrete proposal" is a common phrase. "Physical builder" isn't.
A builder may use concrete occasionally, just there's no such job as "concrete architect".
Yep, I'd normally use "mind you".
Heed you lot, it is a little "archaic"
, in that the verb "mind" meaning "pay attention" is not now used intransitively; AND imperatives don't nowadays have that class with the 'person' after the verb. "Mind you" = "(Yous) have notice!" = "but I'm mentioning so that you tin have notice"
| Posted: Saturday, June xiii, 2020 3:15:06 AM |
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My "native spoken communication" is AmE, but I lived in England for 4 years and take many British friends, so I'grand very familiar with BrE. My start wife grew up in Gateshead and afterwards in Banbury, so I know both Geordie and Thames Valley speech--then much and so that when I saw the movie "Billy Eliot" [2000]--set up mostly in Tyneside and full of Geordie accents--in the theater here in Illinois, I was the simply person in the audience who understood all of what was being said.
I know, for example, about "listen you lot"--which is the all-time choice of the three put frontwards in #13. It's a well-known BrE phrase, and is not unknown in AmE. Of the three choices given, it's the one I would choose.
Only, if one of the choices for #13 were "Still", that is the one I would pick. Information technology'due south perfectly good BrE and AmE.
I accept seen both American and British usage guides that prefer "first" and "2d" to "firstly" and "secondly". Virtually usage guides agree, though, that the "-ly" forms are acceptable, and more than formal.
| Posted: Saturday, June 13, 2020 8:38:31 AM |
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Gateshead to Banbury - couldn't be much unlike, dialectically, and stay in England!
Similar FounDit, I'm curious how 25 questions can give a score of
94%.
That means one question incorrect and one "one-half-correct".
Most of the questions (being multiple pick) can't be 'half-right'.
| Posted: Lord's day, June 14, 2020 9:54:59 PM |
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Hi Everyone!
Thank you all very much indeed,
But, exercise you non think we must take a comma after "mind yous"?
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 Goggle box show last night.
Jo: Was information technology any skillful?
Anne: Yeah. Heed you the TV set is so old I could run across very little.
I read Guide for Mixed Tense Exercises:
Quote:
Time word: Before:
Fourth dimension clause tense: Simple present, Simple past
Main clause tense: Simple future
Before Karen leaves for work, she will roller-skate effectually her firm three times.
Time word: Earlier
Time clause tense: simple past
Master clause tense: Simple by or past perfect
Before Karen left for work, she (had) roller-skated around her firm three times.
So, in no #12, the speaker is talking virtually two actions, "I got cough", and "the "intend to cease smoking". "Intend to stop smoking" happened earlier "I got coughing". So, I think that the past perfect progressive must be used in the chief clause tense(I had been intending to cease smoking) and the past simple in the fourth dimension clause tense(before I got this bad cough).
I had been intending to end smoking(main clause tense) even before I got this bad cough(fourth dimension clause tense).
a. would accept been
b. had been
c. have been
| Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 v:31:35 PM |
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PS. FounDit , along with Dragonspeaker , I am sad I was wrong that I said I scored 94%. I scored 96%, actually.
Yeah, each question of the 25 questions tin give a score of 4%.
So, iv% X 25 = four/100 X 25/100 = 100/100 = 100%.
For the 12th question, when I selected "have been", my score decreased past 4%. Withal, when selecting 'had been', I scored 96%. That means another question wrong.
| Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 12:57:39 AM |
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You lot're right on #12 - the most "grammatically right" is the by perfect (plus the simple past), when looked at logically (sorting out WHEN each thing happened).
The i you had incorrect is #22 - concrete proposal.
Have a await at the north-gram graph here.
It'south probably just a phrase you've never come up across - it's mostly a concern or legal-type idea.
con•crete adj.
one. constituting an bodily thing or instance; real; perceptible; substantial: concrete proof.
ii. pertaining to or concerned with realities or bodily instances rather than abstractions; item as opposed to general: physical proposals.
Still, I'd say 96 is a
goodscore. Well done.
| Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 x:37:14 AM |
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Drag0nspeaker wrote:
You're right on #12 - the most "grammatically correct" is the past perfect (plus the simple past), when looked at logically (sorting out WHEN each thing happened).
The one you had incorrect is #22 - physical proposal.
Accept a look at the n-gram graph hither.
It'southward probably just a phrase you lot've never come across - it's more often than not a business organisation or legal-type idea.
con•crete adj.
1. constituting an actual thing or instance; real; perceptible; substantial: physical proof.
2. pertaining to or concerned with realities or bodily instances rather than abstractions; item equally opposed to general: concrete proposals.
Still, I'd say 96 is a
practicedscore. Well done.
I wondered when I read the score of 94 if ii points had been taken off for the "builder/concrete/proposal" question. But since there was no mention of that, I assumed either reply would be given credit, since "builder" and either "physical" or "proposal" fits. That was actually a poor question. But 96 is an first-class score. Well washed.
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CONCRETE / Proposal is the correct answer
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Babouri Salim wrote:
Concrete / Proposal is the right reply
Aye, exactly: all the answers by A cooperator are right except 22c: "concrete proposal".
Non that "physical builder" per se is wrong, information technology's just that they wanted united states to cull the most frequent lexical collocation, which is "concrete proposal".
Merely stick to all the answers given past A cooperator - except for 22 - and you lot'll score 100%!
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Past the mode, the phrase "Mind you" in #xiii should take been followed by a comma: "Mind you, the TV gear up is so old...." rather than "Mind y'all the TV set up is and so old...".
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Does everyone realize this mail is from June 2020?
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one. All of the answers cooperator posted are right, except question 22: the correct answer (according to the britishcouncil.org website) is: concrete proposal (this is what I answered and I got 100%).
It should be noted, though, that few questions in that test have more than i right respond. For case, another word for "complete" tin also be "total" if used equally an adjective (the question in the examination refers to its verb form, thus "finish" is accepted as the correct choice).
2. Question nine: (a) is the correct option (long, black, leather) because the lodge of adjectives follows the ranking conventions of standard English: opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose. Thus, long comes before black, and leather is the last in rank.
three. Question 12: the by perfect tense is the simply grammatically correct pick. Choice c (have 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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