Having Really Bad Nightmares About My Family or Pets Being Hurt or Taken From Me?
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| Posted: Thursday, June xi, 2020 8:58:37 PM |
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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 selection with "certain" on the answering of the question "Are you sure? Non certain. Fairly sure. Certain."
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
ii.
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.
Cull the best word or phrase to complete the judgement.
... was a stiff wind last night.
a. There
b. Here
c. This
4.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the judgement.
Firstly, I want to congratulate you all. Secondly, I would similar to wish you proficient luck and ... I hope you lot accept enjoyed the class.
a. in the end
b. at final
c. finally
5.
Choose the best word or phrase to consummate the judgement.
Yous ... clean your teeth twice a day to avoid having issues.
a. can
b. should
c. will
vi.
Cull the best word or phrase to complete the judgement.
The children thought they were ... when they saw the bull.
a. in a danger
b. in danger
c. in the danger
seven.
Cull the all-time word or phrase to consummate the dialogue.
Jack: I think information technology'due south going to pelting.
Jill: I ... , the clouds are immigration.
Jack: We'll presently come across.
a. disagree
b. complain
c. argue
8.
Choose the best give-and-take or phrase to complete the sentence.
I actually don't like this meal. ... money in the world wouldn't get me to consume it.
a. Any
b. Enough
c. All the
nine.
Choose the all-time word or phrase to complete the sentence.
Terminal year, Joanna bought two ... coats in New York.
a. long, black, leather
b. black, long, leather
c. leather, blackness, long
10.
Choose the all-time discussion or phrase to complete the sentence.
I must report to the meeting that Cyrus completed his first slice of piece of work well ahead of schedule. ..., however, his work has been handed in belatedly.
a. Sequentially
b. Later
c. Consequently
11.
Choose the best word or phrase to consummate the sentence.
That'southward very skilful of yous but you ... have paid me back until tomorrow.
a. needn't
b. wouldn't
c. couldn't
12.
Choose the all-time discussion 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 best discussion or phrase to consummate the dialogue.
Anne: Oh! I watched the new Television set testify last night.
Jo: Was it whatsoever good?
Anne: Yeah. ... the Goggle box set up is and then old I could encounter very lilliputian.
a. Mind you
b. Still
c. Past the mode
14.
Choose the word or phrase which has a like meaning to:
consider
a. remember about
b. seem well
c. go for
You removed a message
xv.
Choose the word or phrase which has a similar pregnant to:
talk
a. stroll
b. point out
c. converse
16.
Cull the word or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
complete
a. finish
b. go through
c. full
17.
Choose the word or phrase which has a similar pregnant to:
return
a. account
b. go back
c. contrary
eighteen.
Choose the word or phrase which has a similar pregnant to:
report
a. become afterwards
b. account
c. respect
19.
Cull the best word to complete the sentence.
She striking her ... while she was playing football.
a. motor
b. tail
c. shoulder
20.
Choose the best word to complete the sentence.
The ... went to the law.
a. criminal offence
b. solicitor
c. shoulder
21.
Cull the best word to consummate the sentence.
It was bad but it was not a ... .
a. gate
b. magazine
c. crime
22.
Some words are often used together, e.g. smelly + socks. Choose a word which is often used with:
concrete
a. builder
b. thrill
c. proposal
23.
Some words are often used together, east.g. evil-smelling + socks. Cull a discussion which is often used with:
tender
a. diet
b. words
c. animate being
24.
Some words are often used together, e.g. smelly + socks. Choose a word which is ofttimes used with:
sophisticated
a. dress
b. bag
c. transport
25.
Some words are often used together, e.1000. smelly + socks. Cull a give-and-take which is often used with:
edgeless
a. movement
b. suggestion
c. instrument
| Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2020 9:45:08 PM |
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The just one I would question is #12
12.
Choose the best discussion or phrase to complete the sentence.
I ... intending to stop smoking even before I got this bad cough.
a. would have been
b. had been
c. have been
I would have chosen C. "have been". It could be argued that using "had been" gives the impression you gave up the intention before getting the bad coughing. Using "have been" conveys an intention that was on-going when you got the cough. I don't know why yous scored 94, nevertheless. With 25 questions, each should exist worth iv points each, so yous should have 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 equally correct.
Only I have some commments:
--In #iv, the words should be "First" and "2d", not "Firstly" and "Secondly". Simply "finally," is the correct choice.
--In #nine, in my opinion the selection "long, black, leather coats"--though better than the other two choices--isn't really good. It ought to be "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 non mean you ceased intending to stop smoking.
--In #xiii, I accept to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Listen you"--I would prefer "However--merely "Still" that wasn't one of the choices, and "Mind y'all" is better 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 judgement, "concrete architect" is an acceptable answer.
| Posted: Fri, 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 correct.
Just I have some commments:
--In #iv, the words should be "First" and "Second", non "Firstly" and "Secondly". Merely "finally," is the correct choice.
--In #nine, in my opinion the choice "long, black, leather coats"--though better than the other ii choices--isn't actually good. It ought to be "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 non mean you ceased intending to stop smoking.
--In #13, I have to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Mind y'all"--I would adopt "Notwithstanding--simply "However" that wasn't one of the choices, and "Mind you lot" is better than the other two.
--And in #22, "concrete proposal" seems a better matched pair than "concrete builder" in most contexts. In the absence of a context for the judgement, "concrete builder" is an acceptable answer.
#4 Firstly and secondly are commonly used in British English.
I agree with FounDit for #12 I adopt "have been", it'southward how most British people would apply that phrase.
#13 Mind you is the phrase that an ordinary British person would utilise.
#22 is a question of association information technology is non about forming an actual pairing builder and physical go together in the same way breadstuff and baker or bat and cricketer do.
Remember the British Council is trying to teach people to speak English language as it is used in Britain today, on behalf of the British Government, some of its usages won't friction match American English.
| Posted: Fri, June 12, 2020 half dozen:57:30 AM |
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The ones I saw were #12 and #22.
In #12, I could see circumstances in which all three choices could be the "best choice".
Personally, I'd utilize "has been" or "was" in most circumstances.
In #22, "concrete proposal" is a common phrase. "Concrete architect" isn't.
A builder may use concrete occasionally, but there's no such job as "concrete builder".
Yes, I'd commonly use "heed you".
Mind you, it is a picayune "archaic"
, in that the verb "mind" meaning "pay attention" is not now used intransitively; AND imperatives don't nowadays take that form with the 'person' after the verb. "Mind you lot" = "(You lot) take notice!" = "but I'm mentioning then that yous can accept find"
| Posted: Saturday, June xiii, 2020 3:fifteen:06 AM |
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My "native speech" is AmE, only I lived in England for iv years and take many British friends, and then I'thou very familiar with BrE. My starting time married woman grew upwardly in Gateshead and after in Banbury, so I know both Geordie and Thames Valley speech--so much then that when I saw the movie "Baton Eliot" [2000]--prepare mostly in Tyneside and full of Geordie accents--in the theater hither in Illinois, I was the only person in the audience who understood all of what was beingness said.
I know, for example, virtually "heed y'all"--which is the best choice of the three put forward in #13. Information technology's a well-known BrE phrase, and is not unknown in AmE. Of the 3 choices given, it's the one I would choose.
Merely, if one of the choices for #13 were "Nonetheless", that is the i I would pick. It's perfectly skilful BrE and AmE.
I accept seen both American and British usage guides that prefer "first" and "second" to "firstly" and "secondly". Most usage guides hold, though, that the "-ly" forms are acceptable, and more formal.
| Posted: Saturday, June 13, 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'k curious how 25 questions can give a score of
94%.
That means one question incorrect and 1 "half-right".
Most of the questions (being multiple choice) tin't be 'half-correct'.
| Posted: Sunday, June 14, 2020 9:54:59 PM |
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Hi Everyone!
Cheers all very much indeed,
But, exercise you non think we must have a comma afterward "listen you"?
There is no comma in the original question question. So, I excluded the 'a' and 'c' since both must accept a post-obit comma if they initiated a phrase.
Anne: Oh! I watched the new TV bear witness last night.
Jo: Was it any good?
Anne: Aye. Heed you lot the Boob tube is so old I could see very trivial.
I read Guide for Mixed Tense Exercises:
Quote:
Fourth dimension give-and-take: Before:
Time clause tense: Uncomplicated present, Unproblematic past
Main clause tense: Uncomplicated futurity
Before Karen leaves for work, she volition roller-skate around her house 3 times.
Time word: Before
Time clause tense: simple by
Chief clause tense: Simple by or past perfect
Before Karen left for work, she (had) roller-skated around her house three times.
So, in no #12, the speaker is talking nigh ii actions, "I got coughing", and "the "intend to stop smoking". "Intend to stop smoking" happened before "I got coughing". And so, I recall that the past perfect progressive must be used in the primary 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(chief clause tense) fifty-fifty before I got this bad cough(time clause tense).
a. would take been
b. had been
c. take been
| Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 5:31:35 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%, really.
Yep, each question of the 25 questions can give a score of 4%.
And then, 4% 10 25 = 4/100 10 25/100 = 100/100 = 100%.
For the twelfth question, when I selected "have been", my score decreased by 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're right on #12 - the most "grammatically correct" is the past perfect (plus the elementary by), when looked at logically (sorting out WHEN each thing happened).
The ane you had incorrect is #22 - concrete proposal.
Accept a look at the n-gram graph here.
It's probably just a phrase you've never come across - information technology's more often than not a concern or legal-blazon idea.
con•crete adj.
1. constituting an actual thing or case; existent; perceptible; substantial: concrete proof.
2. pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions; detail as opposed to full general: concrete proposals.
All the same, I'd say 96 is a
practicedscore. Well done.
| Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 10:37:fourteen AM |
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Drag0nspeaker wrote:
You're correct on #12 - the nigh "grammatically right" is the past perfect (plus the elementary past), when looked at logically (sorting out WHEN each thing happened).
The one you had wrong is #22 - physical proposal.
Take a look at the n-gram graph here.
It'due south probably just a phrase you've never run across - it'due south more often than not a business concern or legal-blazon idea.
con•crete adj.
ane. constituting an actual matter or instance; real; perceptible; substantial: concrete proof.
2. pertaining to or concerned with realities or bodily instances rather than abstractions; detail as opposed to general: concrete proposals.
Still, I'd say 96 is a
adeptscore. Well washed.
I wondered when I read the score of 94 if two points had been taken off for the "architect/concrete/proposal" question. But since there was no mention of that, I assumed either answer would be given credit, since "architect" and either "concrete" or "proposal" fits. That was really a poor question. But 96 is an excellent score. Well done.
| Posted: Th, January 7, 2021 2:23:53 PM |
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CONCRETE / Proposal is the correct answer
| Posted: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 10:49:21 AM |
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Babouri Salim wrote:
Concrete / Proposal is the correct answer
Yes, exactly: all the answers by A cooperator are right except 22c: "concrete proposal".
Not that "physical architect" per se is wrong, it's just that they wanted us to choose the most frequent lexical collocation, which is "physical proposal".
Only stick to all the answers given past A cooperator - except for 22 - and you'll score 100%!
| Posted: Tuesday, Apr 20, 2021 12:30:49 PM |
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Past the way, the phrase "Mind you" in #thirteen should have been followed by a comma: "Mind y'all, the Goggle box is and then one-time...." rather than "Listen you the Tv set set is so former...".
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Does anybody realize this postal service is from June 2020?
| Posted: Wednesday, March two, 2022 8:39:58 AM |
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1. All of the answers cooperator posted are correct, except question 22: the correct answer (co-ordinate to the britishcouncil.org website) is: concrete proposal (this is what I answered and I got 100%).
It should exist noted, though, that few questions in that test have more than 1 correct answer. For example, another word for "consummate" tin can also be "total" if used equally an adjective (the question in the exam refers to its verb form, thus "cease" is accepted every bit the correct pick).
ii. Question 9: (a) is the correct choice (long, black, leather) considering the order of adjectives follows the ranking conventions of standard English: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose. Thus, long comes before black, and leather is the last in rank.
3. Question 12: the past perfect tense is the only grammatically correct choice. Choice c (have been) is grammatically incorrect (the clause "earlier I got this bad coughing" is in the by tense, and the "intention" precedes the emergence of the coughing).
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