What Is the Acceptable Time to Take Off for a Husband With a New Baby?
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| Posted: Th, June xi, 2020 8:58:37 PM |
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These are 25 questions from the examination at learnenglish.britishcouncil.org
Simply I was scored with 94% and intermediate level although I selected in each choice with "certain" on the answering of the question "Are you sure? Not certain. Fairly sure. Certain."
ane.
Choose the all-time discussion to complete the judgement.
The babe boy saw ... in the mirror and started to weep.
a. itself
b. herself
c. himself
two.
Choose the best word 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
3.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
... was a strong wind last night.
a. At that place
b. Hither
c. This
iv.
Cull the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
Firstly, I want to congratulate you lot all. Secondly, I would like to wish you expert luck and ... I hope you have enjoyed the course.
a. in the cease
b. at last
c. finally
5.
Choose the best word or phrase to consummate the judgement.
Y'all ... make clean your teeth twice a mean solar day to avoid having problems.
a. can
b. should
c. will
half-dozen.
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
vii.
Cull the best give-and-take or phrase to complete the dialogue.
Jack: I think information technology's going to pelting.
Jill: I ... , the clouds are clearing.
Jack: Nosotros'll soon see.
a. disagree
b. complain
c. fence
8.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
I really don't like this meal. ... money in the world wouldn't get me to eat it.
a. Any
b. Enough
c. All the
9.
Choose the best discussion or phrase to complete the judgement.
Concluding year, Joanna bought two ... coats in New York.
a. long, black, leather
b. black, long, leather
c. leather, black, long
10.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
I must report to the meeting that Cyrus completed his first slice of work well ahead of schedule. ..., nevertheless, his work has been handed in late.
a. Sequentially
b. Subsequently
c. Consequently
11.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
That'south very adept of y'all but you ... have paid me back until tomorrow.
a. needn't
b. wouldn't
c. couldn't
12.
Choose the best discussion or phrase to consummate the sentence.
I ... intending to stop smoking even before I got this bad coughing.
a. would have been
b. had been
c. have been
13.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the dialogue.
Anne: Oh! I watched the new TV show last night.
Jo: Was it any good?
Anne: Yep. ... the Television set is so erstwhile I could see very little.
a. Mind you
b. Still
c. By the way
14.
Cull the discussion or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
consider
a. think well-nigh
b. seem well
c. go for
You removed a message
15.
Choose the word or phrase which has a similar pregnant to:
talk
a. stroll
b. point out
c. converse
16.
Choose the word or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
consummate
a. finish
b. get through
c. total
17.
Choose the word or phrase which has a similar pregnant to:
return
a. business relationship
b. get dorsum
c. reverse
18.
Choose the word or phrase which has a like meaning to:
report
a. go afterwards
b. account
c. respect
19.
Choose the best word to consummate the sentence.
She hit her ... while she was playing football game.
a. motor
b. tail
c. shoulder
twenty.
Cull the best give-and-take to consummate the sentence.
The ... went to the police force.
a. crime
b. solicitor
c. shoulder
21.
Choose the best give-and-take to complete the sentence.
It was bad but it was non a ... .
a. gate
b. mag
c. crime
22.
Some words are ofttimes used together, e.k. smelly + socks. Choose a give-and-take which is often used with:
concrete
a. builder
b. thrill
c. proposal
23.
Some words are often used together, east.g. smelly + socks. Choose a word which is ofttimes used with:
tender
a. diet
b. words
c. beast
24.
Some words are oft used together, e.m. smelly + socks. Choose a word which is oftentimes used with:
sophisticated
a. dress
b. purse
c. ship
25.
Some words are often used together, e.one thousand. evil-smelling + socks. Choose a word which is oftentimes used with:
blunt
a. move
b. proposition
c. instrument
| Posted: Thursday, June eleven, 2020 9:45:08 PM |
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The simply 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. "accept been". It could be argued that using "had been" gives the impression you gave up the intention earlier getting the bad cough. Using "have been" conveys an intention that was on-going when yous got the coughing. I don't know why you lot scored 94, however. With 25 questions, each should be worth 4 points each, then you should have scored a 96.
| Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2020 11:29:05 PM |
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Very interesting. I pretty much concord with all the choices marked as correct.
But I have some commments:
--In #4, the words should be "Start" and "Second", not "Firstly" and "Secondly". But "finally," is the correct choice.
--In #9, in my opinion the pick "long, black, leather coats"--though better than the other 2 choices--isn't really expert. Information technology ought to be "long black leather coats" without the commas.
--In #12, unlike FounDit, I adopt "had been intending..." to "have been intending...". To me, "had been intending" does not mean you ceased intending to terminate smoking.
--In #thirteen, I have to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Mind yous"--I would prefer "However--only "Withal" that wasn't 1 of the choices, and "Heed yous" is better than the other two.
--And in #22, "concrete proposal" seems a improve matched pair than "concrete builder" in most contexts. In the absence of a context for the judgement, "concrete architect" is an acceptable respond.
| Posted: Friday, June 12, 2020 2:eighteen:33 AM |
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tautophile wrote:
Very interesting. I pretty much concur with all the choices marked every bit correct.
But I accept some commments:
--In #4, the words should be "First" and "Second", not "Firstly" and "Secondly". But "finally," is the correct choice.
--In #ix, in my opinion the choice "long, black, leather coats"--though better than the other two choices--isn't actually good. It ought to exist "long black leather coats" without the commas.
--In #12, unlike FounDit, I adopt "had been intending..." to "accept been intending...". To me, "had been intending" does not mean you ceased intending to end smoking.
--In #13, I accept to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Mind you"--I would prefer "Notwithstanding--but "However" that wasn't one of the choices, and "Mind y'all" is better than the other two.
--And in #22, "concrete proposal" seems a meliorate matched pair than "physical builder" in well-nigh contexts. In the absence of a context for the sentence, "concrete builder" is an acceptable answer.
#four Firstly and secondly are commonly used in British English.
I agree with FounDit for #12 I prefer "have been", it'due south how nigh British people would use that phrase.
#xiii Mind you is the phrase that an ordinary British person would use.
#22 is a question of clan it is not about forming an actual pairing builder and concrete go together in the same mode bread and baker or bat and cricketer do.
Recall the British Council is trying to teach people to speak English every bit it is used in Britain today, on behalf of the British Authorities, some of its usages won't match American English.
| Posted: Fri, June 12, 2020 6:57:30 AM |
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The ones I saw were #12 and #22.
In #12, I could see circumstances in which all iii choices could be the "best choice".
Personally, I'd apply "has been" or "was" in most circumstances.
In #22, "concrete proposal" is a mutual phrase. "Concrete builder" isn't.
A builder may use physical occasionally, but there's no such job as "concrete builder".
Aye, I'd unremarkably employ "mind you".
Mind you lot, it is a little "archaic"
, in that the verb "mind" significant "pay attention" is non now used intransitively; AND imperatives don't nowadays have that grade with the 'person' after the verb. "Heed you" = "(You) take observe!" = "but I'thousand mentioning so that you lot tin can take notice"
| Posted: Sabbatum, June thirteen, 2020 iii:15:06 AM |
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My "native speech" is AmE, only I lived in England for 4 years and take many British friends, and so I'm very familiar with BrE. My first wife grew up in Gateshead and later in Banbury, so I know both Geordie and Thames Valley speech--so much so that when I saw the motion picture "Billy Eliot" [2000]--set by and large in Tyneside and full of Geordie accents--in the theater hither in Illinois, I was the just person in the audience who understood all of what was existence said.
I know, for example, about "mind y'all"--which is the best selection of the three put forward in #13. It's a well-known BrE phrase, and is not 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. It'southward perfectly proficient BrE and AmE.
I take seen both American and British usage guides that adopt "first" and "second" to "firstly" and "secondly". Most usage guides agree, though, that the "-ly" forms are acceptable, and more than formal.
| Posted: Sat, June 13, 2020 8:38:31 AM |
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Gateshead to Banbury - couldn't exist much different, dialectically, and stay in England!
Like FounDit, I'g curious how 25 questions can requite a score of
94%.
That means one question wrong and one "half-right".
Most of the questions (beingness multiple choice) tin'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,
Only, do you not recall we must have a comma after "mind you"?
In that location is no comma in the original question question. And then, I excluded the 'a' and 'c' since both must have a following comma if they initiated a phrase.
Anne: Oh! I watched the new Goggle box testify concluding dark.
Jo: Was it any skilful?
Anne: Yeah. Mind you the Tv set is so sometime I could run into very little.
I read Guide for Mixed Tense Exercises:
Quote:
Time word: Before:
Time clause tense: Simple present, Simple past
Master clause tense: Unproblematic hereafter
Before Karen leaves for work, she volition roller-skate around her house three times.
Time discussion: Earlier
Fourth dimension clause tense: simple past
Master clause tense: Uncomplicated past or by perfect
Before Karen left for work, she (had) roller-skated around her house three times.
So, in no #12, the speaker is talking about 2 deportment, "I got cough", and "the "intend to end smoking". "Intend to stop smoking" happened earlier "I got cough". And so, I think that the past perfect progressive must exist used in the principal clause tense(I had been intending to terminate smoking) and the past unproblematic in the time clause tense(before I got this bad cough).
I had been intending to stop smoking(primary clause tense) even before I got this bad cough(time clause tense).
a. would have been
b. had been
c. have been
| Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 5:31:35 PM |
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PS. FounDit , along with Dragonspeaker , I am sorry I was wrong that I said I scored 94%. I scored 96%, really.
Yes, each question of the 25 questions tin can give a score of 4%.
So, 4% X 25 = 4/100 Ten 25/100 = 100/100 = 100%.
For the 12th question, when I selected "have been", my score decreased past 4%. However, when selecting 'had been', I scored 96%. That means another question wrong.
| Posted: Midweek, June 17, 2020 12:57:39 AM |
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You're right on #12 - the about "grammatically correct" is the past perfect (plus the simple past), when looked at logically (sorting out WHEN each thing happened).
The 1 y'all had incorrect is #22 - concrete proposal.
Take a look at the n-gram graph here.
It's probably just a phrase you've never come up beyond - it's mostly a business organisation or legal-type idea.
con•crete adj.
i. constituting an actual thing or instance; real; perceptible; substantial: physical proof.
ii. pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions; detail every bit opposed to full general: concrete proposals.
Still, I'd say 96 is a
goodscore. Well washed.
| 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 uncomplicated past), when looked at logically (sorting out WHEN each affair happened).
The one you had wrong is #22 - physical proposal.
Take a await at the n-gram graph here.
Information technology's probably just a phrase you lot've never come beyond - information technology'southward by and large a business or legal-type idea.
con•crete adj.
1. constituting an actual affair or instance; existent; perceptible; substantial: concrete proof.
2. pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions; particular every bit opposed to general: concrete proposals.
Still, I'd say 96 is a
expertscore. Well done.
I wondered when I read the score of 94 if two points had been taken off for the "builder/physical/proposal" question. But since there was no mention of that, I assumed either answer would be given credit, since "builder" and either "concrete" or "proposal" fits. That was actually a poor question. Merely 96 is an excellent score. Well done.
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CONCRETE / Proposal is the right answer
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Babouri Salim wrote:
Physical / Proposal is the correct answer
Yes, exactly: all the answers past A cooperator are right except 22c: "concrete proposal".
Not that "concrete builder" per se is incorrect, information technology's simply that they wanted us to cull the well-nigh frequent lexical collocation, which is "concrete proposal".
But stick to all the answers given by A cooperator - except for 22 - and you'll score 100%!
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Past the way, the phrase "Listen you" in #13 should have been followed by a comma: "Mind y'all, the TV set is and then old...." rather than "Mind you the Telly gear up is then old...".
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Does everyone realize this post is from June 2020?
| Posted: Wednesday, March ii, 2022 8:39:58 AM |
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i. 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 be noted, though, that few questions in that test accept more than 1 correct answer. For example, another word for "complete" can also be "full" if used as an adjective (the question in the test refers to its verb class, thus "finish" is accepted as the correct option).
ii. Question 9: (a) is the correct choice (long, blackness, leather) because the society of adjectives follows the ranking conventions of standard English: opinion, size, historic period, shape, color, origin, material, purpose. Thus, long comes before black, and leather is the concluding in rank.
iii. Question 12: the past perfect tense is the only grammatically correct option. Pick c (have been) is grammatically wrong (the clause "earlier I got this bad coughing" is in the by tense, and the "intention" precedes the emergence of the cough).
Source: https://forum.thefreedictionary.com/postst200670_25-questions-from-the-British-Council-LearnEnglish-online-English-level-test.aspx
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