Things to Put in a Badket for a Baby Boy
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| Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2020 viii:58:37 PM |
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Hi Everyone!
These are 25 questions from the examination 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 certain? Not sure. Fairly sure. Certain."
1.
Choose the best word to complete the sentence.
The babe male child saw ... in the mirror and started to cry.
a. itself
b. herself
c. himself
ii.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
A lot of trains ... tardily today due to the heavy storms.
a. are run
b. run
c. are running
three.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
... was a stiff wind last dark.
a. At that place
b. Here
c. This
4.
Choose the best give-and-take or phrase to consummate the sentence.
Firstly, I want to congratulate y'all all. Secondly, I would like to wish you good luck and ... I promise you have enjoyed the course.
a. in the end
b. at last
c. finally
v.
Choose the all-time word or phrase to consummate the sentence.
You ... clean your teeth twice a day to avoid having problems.
a. tin can
b. should
c. will
half-dozen.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
The children thought they were ... when they saw the bull.
a. in a danger
b. in danger
c. in the danger
seven.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the dialogue.
Jack: I retrieve it's going to pelting.
Jill: I ... , the clouds are clearing.
Jack: Nosotros'll soon see.
a. disagree
b. complain
c. argue
viii.
Choose the best give-and-take or phrase to complete the sentence.
I really don't similar this meal. ... money in the world wouldn't get me to consume it.
a. Whatever
b. Plenty
c. All the
9.
Cull the best discussion or phrase to complete the sentence.
Terminal year, Joanna bought two ... coats in New York.
a. long, black, leather
b. blackness, long, leather
c. leather, blackness, long
ten.
Choose the best word or phrase to consummate the sentence.
I must written report to the meeting that Cyrus completed his outset work well ahead of schedule. ..., all the same, his work has been handed in late.
a. Sequentially
b. Later on
c. Consequently
eleven.
Cull the best discussion or phrase to consummate the judgement.
That's very adept of you but yous ... have paid me back until tomorrow.
a. needn't
b. wouldn't
c. couldn't
12.
Choose the best give-and-take or phrase to complete the judgement.
I ... intending to end smoking even before I got this bad cough.
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 adept?
Anne: Yes. ... the Boob tube set is so old I could encounter very piddling.
a. Mind you
b. Yet
c. By the mode
xiv.
Choose the give-and-take or phrase which has a similar pregnant to:
consider
a. recollect about
b. seem well
c. become for
You removed a message
fifteen.
Cull the word or phrase which has a similar significant to:
talk
a. stroll
b. point out
c. converse
16.
Choose the word or phrase which has a like meaning to:
complete
a. finish
b. go through
c. full
17.
Choose the word or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
return
a. account
b. go back
c. reverse
eighteen.
Choose the word or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
report
a. go subsequently
b. account
c. respect
xix.
Cull the best word to complete the sentence.
She hitting 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 police force.
a. criminal offence
b. solicitor
c. shoulder
21.
Choose the all-time word to consummate the sentence.
It was bad but it was not a ... .
a. gate
b. magazine
c. crime
22.
Some words are oft used together, e.k. smelly + socks. Cull a word which is often used with:
concrete
a. architect
b. thrill
c. proposal
23.
Some words are often used together, e.thousand. smelly + socks. Choose a word which is often used with:
tender
a. diet
b. words
c. beast
24.
Some words are oftentimes used together, east.one thousand. smelly + socks. Choose a discussion which is often used with:
sophisticated
a. dress
b. purse
c. ship
25.
Some words are frequently used together, e.m. smelly + socks. Choose a word which is oftentimes used with:
blunt
a. movement
b. proposition
c. instrument
| Posted: Th, June 11, 2020 9:45:08 PM |
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The only one I would question is #12
12.
Choose the best word 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. "take been". It could be 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 got the cough. I don't know why y'all scored 94, withal. With 25 questions, each should be worth 4 points each, so you should accept scored a 96.
| Posted: Th, June 11, 2020 11:29:05 PM |
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Very interesting. I pretty much agree with all the choices marked equally correct.
But I have some commments:
--In #4, the words should be "First" and "Second", not "Firstly" and "Secondly". But "finally," is the correct pick.
--In #9, in my opinion the choice "long, black, leather coats"--though better than the other two choices--isn't actually good. Information technology ought to exist "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 end smoking.
--In #13, I have to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Heed you"--I would prefer "However--but "However" that wasn't one of the choices, and "Listen you lot" is better than the other 2.
--And in #22, "concrete proposal" seems a amend matched pair than "concrete builder" in most contexts. In the absence of a context for the sentence, "concrete builder" is an acceptable answer.
| Posted: Friday, June 12, 2020 2:18:33 AM |
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tautophile wrote:
Very interesting. I pretty much concur with all the choices marked as right.
But I accept some commments:
--In #four, the words should be "First" and "Second", non "Firstly" and "Secondly". But "finally," is the correct selection.
--In #9, in my opinion the choice "long, black, leather coats"--though amend than the other two choices--isn't actually adept. It 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 finish smoking.
--In #13, I take to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Listen you"--I would prefer "Withal--but "However" that wasn't one of the choices, and "Mind you" is better than the other two.
--And in #22, "physical proposal" seems a ameliorate matched pair than "concrete builder" in most contexts. In the absence of a context for the sentence, "concrete builder" is an acceptable respond.
#four Firstly and secondly are commonly used in British English.
I agree with FounDit for #12 I prefer "have been", it's how virtually British people would use that phrase.
#thirteen Listen you is the phrase that an ordinary British person would use.
#22 is a question of clan it is non about forming an actual pairing builder and concrete go together in the aforementioned way bread and baker or bat and cricketer practise.
Remember the British Council is trying to teach people to speak English every bit it is used in Britain today, on behalf of the British Regime, some of its usages won't match American English language.
| 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 see circumstances in which all iii choices could be the "best choice".
Personally, I'd use "has been" or "was" in nearly circumstances.
In #22, "concrete proposal" is a common phrase. "Concrete builder" isn't.
A architect may utilize concrete occasionally, but in that location's no such job equally "physical builder".
Yes, I'd commonly apply "mind you lot".
Mind y'all, it is a little "primitive"
, in that the verb "listen" meaning "pay attention" is not now used intransitively; AND imperatives don't nowadays have that form with the 'person' after the verb. "Mind you" = "(Yous) have find!" = "but I'm mentioning and then that you can accept find"
| Posted: Sabbatum, June 13, 2020 3:fifteen:06 AM |
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My "native speech" is AmE, just I lived in England for 4 years and have many British friends, and then I'm very familiar with BrE. My first wife grew up in Gateshead and later in Banbury, and so I know both Geordie and Thames Valley spoken language--and then much and so that when I saw the movie "Baton Eliot" [2000]--fix mostly in Tyneside and total 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, near "mind you"--which is the best pick of the 3 put frontward in #13. It'south a well-known BrE phrase, and is not unknown in AmE. Of the three choices given, it'southward the ane I would choose.
But, if one of the choices for #13 were "However", that is the one I would selection. Information technology'southward perfectly good BrE and AmE.
I have seen both American and British usage guides that prefer "offset" and "second" to "firstly" and "secondly". Nearly usage guides agree, though, that the "-ly" forms are adequate, and more formal.
| Posted: Sabbatum, June xiii, 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 (being multiple selection) can't exist 'one-half-correct'.
| Posted: Sunday, June 14, 2020 9:54:59 PM |
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Hi Everyone!
Thank you all very much indeed,
Only, do you non think we must accept a comma later on "listen yous"?
There is no comma in the original question question. So, I excluded the 'a' and 'c' since both must have a following comma if they initiated a phrase.
Anne: Oh! I watched the new TV show terminal night.
Jo: Was it any good?
Anne: Aye. Mind you the Goggle box set is so old I could see very little.
I read Guide for Mixed Tense Exercises:
Quote:
Time word: Earlier:
Fourth dimension clause tense: Unproblematic present, Simple past
Main clause tense: Unproblematic future
Earlier Karen leaves for work, she will roller-skate effectually her house three times.
Time discussion: Before
Time clause tense: simple by
Main clause tense: Simple past or past perfect
Before Karen left for work, she (had) roller-skated around her firm iii times.
And so, in no #12, the speaker is talking about ii actions, "I got cough", and "the "intend to stop smoking". "Intend to stop smoking" happened before "I got cough". So, I call back that the by perfect progressive must be used in the main clause tense(I had been intending to stop smoking) and the past unproblematic in the time clause tense(before I got this bad cough).
I had been intending to stop smoking(main clause tense) even earlier I got this bad coughing(time clause tense).
a. would accept been
b. had been
c. have been
| Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 five: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%, actually.
Yes, each question of the 25 questions can requite a score of 4%.
And then, 4% X 25 = 4/100 X 25/100 = 100/100 = 100%.
For the 12th question, when I selected "accept been", my score decreased by 4%. However, when selecting 'had been', I scored 96%. That ways another question wrong.
| Posted: Midweek, June 17, 2020 12:57:39 AM |
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Yous'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 1 yous had wrong is #22 - concrete proposal.
Accept a await at the due north-gram graph here.
Information technology'due south probably just a phrase you've never come beyond - it'south mostly a business or legal-type idea.
con•crete adj.
1. constituting an actual thing or instance; existent; perceptible; substantial: concrete proof.
2. pertaining to or concerned with realities or bodily instances rather than abstractions; particular as opposed to general: concrete proposals.
Still, I'd say 96 is a
goodscore. Well done.
| Posted: Wed, June 17, 2020 x:37:14 AM |
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Drag0nspeaker wrote:
You're right on #12 - the about "grammatically correct" is the by perfect (plus the uncomplicated past), when looked at logically (sorting out WHEN each thing happened).
The 1 y'all had wrong is #22 - concrete proposal.
Take a look at the n-gram graph here.
It's probably merely a phrase yous've never come across - it'south mostly a business or legal-type idea.
con•crete adj.
1. constituting an bodily thing or instance; real; perceptible; substantial: concrete proof.
2. pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions; particular equally 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 "architect/physical/proposal" question. Merely 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 really a poor question. Merely 96 is an fantabulous score. Well washed.
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CONCRETE / Proposal is the correct answer
| Posted: Tuesday, April xx, 2021 10:49:21 AM |
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Babouri Salim wrote:
Physical / Proposal is the right answer
Yes, exactly: all the answers by A cooperator are correct except 22c: "concrete proposal".
Not that "concrete builder" per se is wrong, it'south just 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 lot'll score 100%!
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By the mode, the phrase "Heed you lot" in #xiii should accept been followed past a comma: "Mind yous, the Tv set set is so one-time...." rather than "Mind you the Boob tube is then old...".
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Does everyone realize this post is from June 2020?
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one. All of the answers cooperator posted are right, except question 22: the correct reply (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 have more than 1 correct answer. For example, some other word for "complete" tin can too be "full" if used every bit an adjective (the question in the examination refers to its verb form, thus "cease" is accepted equally the correct choice).
2. Question ix: (a) is the correct option (long, black, leather) because the guild of adjectives follows the ranking conventions of standard English: stance, size, age, shape, color, origin, cloth, purpose. Thus, long comes earlier black, and leather is the last in rank.
3. Question 12: the past perfect tense is the just grammatically correct choice. 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 cough).
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