How Many Repeats Will It Take To Clean The Mess After Hurricane Florence
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| Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2022 viii: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 pick with "sure" on the answering of the question "Are yous sure? Not certain. Fairly sure. Certain."
one.
Choose the best discussion to consummate the sentence.
The infant male child saw ... in the mirror and started to cry.
a. itself
b. herself
c. himself
ii.
Choose the all-time 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 strong air current terminal dark.
a. There
b. Here
c. This
4.
Cull the best word or phrase to complete the judgement.
Firstly, I want to congratulate you all. Secondly, I would similar to wish you good luck and ... I hope you have enjoyed the course.
a. in the end
b. at terminal
c. finally
v.
Choose the all-time discussion or phrase to complete the sentence.
You ... make clean your teeth twice a day to avoid having bug.
a. can
b. should
c. volition
6.
Choose the best give-and-take or phrase to complete the sentence.
The children thought they were ... when they saw the balderdash.
a. in a danger
b. in danger
c. in the danger
7.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the dialogue.
Jack: I call back it's going to rain.
Jill: I ... , the clouds are clearing.
Jack: We'll soon encounter.
a. disagree
b. complain
c. argue
8.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
I really don't similar this meal. ... coin in the globe wouldn't get me to eat it.
a. Whatever
b. Enough
c. All the
9.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
Last year, Joanna bought two ... coats in New York.
a. long, black, leather
b. blackness, long, leather
c. leather, black, long
ten.
Choose the all-time 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. ..., however, his work has been handed in tardily.
a. Sequentially
b. Later
c. Consequently
11.
Choose the all-time discussion or phrase to consummate the sentence.
That's very expert of you 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 complete the sentence.
I ... intending to finish smoking even before I got this bad coughing.
a. would have been
b. had been
c. have been
xiii.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the dialogue.
Anne: Oh! I watched the new Television receiver bear witness last night.
Jo: Was it any good?
Anne: Yes. ... the TV gear up is so old I could encounter very little.
a. Mind you
b. Yet
c. By the way
fourteen.
Choose the word or phrase which has a like meaning to:
consider
a. call back well-nigh
b. seem well
c. become for
You removed a message
15.
Choose the discussion or phrase which has a similar pregnant to:
talk
a. stroll
b. point out
c. converse
sixteen.
Choose the word or phrase which has a like pregnant to:
complete
a. end
b. go through
c. total
17.
Cull the word or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
return
a. account
b. go back
c. reverse
18.
Choose the give-and-take or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
study
a. go after
b. account
c. respect
19.
Choose the best word to complete the sentence.
She striking her ... while she was playing football game.
a. motor
b. tail
c. shoulder
twenty.
Choose the all-time discussion to complete the sentence.
The ... went to the police.
a. crime
b. solicitor
c. shoulder
21.
Choose the best word to complete the sentence.
It was bad but it was not a ... .
a. gate
b. mag
c. criminal offence
22.
Some words are oft used together, e.k. smelly + socks. Cull 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 word which is often used with:
tender
a. diet
b. words
c. animate being
24.
Some words are often used together, due east.grand. smelly + socks. Choose a discussion which is often used with:
sophisticated
a. dress
b. bag
c. ship
25.
Some words are oft used together, due east.yard. smelly + socks. Choose a word which is oft used with:
blunt
a. motion
b. suggestion
c. instrument
| Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2022 9:45:08 PM |
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The just ane I would question is #12
12.
Choose the all-time 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
I would have called C. "have been". It could be argued that using "had been" gives the impression you lot gave up the intention before getting the bad cough. Using "have been" conveys an intention that was on-going when y'all got the cough. I don't know why yous scored 94, yet. With 25 questions, each should be worth 4 points each, so y'all should accept scored a 96.
| Posted: Thursday, June xi, 2022 11:29:05 PM |
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Very interesting. I pretty much agree with all the choices marked as correct.
But I have some commments:
--In #4, the words should be "Offset" and "2nd", not "Firstly" and "Secondly". But "finally," is the right choice.
--In #9, in my opinion the option "long, blackness, leather coats"--though better than the other ii choices--isn't really skillful. It ought to be "long black leather coats" without the commas.
--In #12, different FounDit, I prefer "had been intending..." to "accept been intending...". To me, "had been intending" does not hateful you ceased intending to stop smoking.
--In #13, I have to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Mind you"--I would adopt "However--but "Notwithstanding" that wasn't one of the choices, and "Heed you" 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 builder" is an acceptable respond.
| Posted: Friday, June 12, 2022 2:18:33 AM |
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tautophile wrote:
Very interesting. I pretty much agree with all the choices marked as correct.
But I take some commments:
--In #iv, the words should be "Outset" and "Second", not "Firstly" and "Secondly". Simply "finally," is the right choice.
--In #9, in my opinion the choice "long, black, leather coats"--though amend 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 y'all ceased intending to stop smoking.
--In #13, I have to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Mind you"--I would adopt "Still--but "However" that wasn't one of the choices, and "Mind you" is better than the other two.
--And in #22, "concrete proposal" seems a better matched pair than "concrete builder" in virtually contexts. In the absence of a context for the sentence, "physical builder" is an adequate answer.
#4 Firstly and secondly are commonly used in British English.
I agree with FounDit for #12 I prefer "take been", it's how near British people would use that phrase.
#xiii Mind you is the phrase that an ordinary British person would employ.
#22 is a question of clan information technology is not almost forming an bodily pairing architect and physical go together in the same way staff of life and baker or bat and cricketer practise.
Retrieve the British Quango 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 match American English.
| Posted: Friday, June 12, 2022 6:57:30 AM |
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The ones I saw were #12 and #22.
In #12, I could run into circumstances in which all three choices could be the "best choice".
Personally, I'd use "has been" or "was" in most circumstances.
In #22, "concrete proposal" is a mutual phrase. "Physical builder" isn't.
A architect may apply concrete occasionally, but in that location'due south no such job as "concrete builder".
Yes, I'd commonly use "mind you".
Mind you lot, information technology is a little "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" = "(You lot) take discover!" = "but I'm mentioning so that you lot can accept notice"
| Posted: Saturday, June 13, 2022 iii:15:06 AM |
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My "native oral communication" is AmE, but I lived in England for iv years and have many British friends, and then I'm very familiar with BrE. My first married woman grew up in Gateshead and afterwards in Banbury, then I know both Geordie and Thames Valley speech--so much so that when I saw the film "Billy Eliot" [2000]--gear up mostly in Tyneside and total of Geordie accents--in the theater hither in Illinois, I was the simply person in the audience who understood all of what was existence said.
I know, for case, nigh "listen you lot"--which is the all-time pick of the three put forrard in #13. It'south a well-known BrE phrase, and is non unknown in AmE. Of the iii choices given, it's the one I would choose.
But, if one of the choices for #13 were "Yet", that is the one I would pick. It's perfectly practiced BrE and AmE.
I have seen both American and British usage guides that prefer "first" and "second" to "firstly" and "secondly". Most usage guides concur, though, that the "-ly" forms are acceptable, and more formal.
| Posted: Sat, June 13, 2022 eight:38:31 AM |
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Gateshead to Banbury - couldn't exist much dissimilar, dialectically, and stay in England!
Like FounDit, I'm curious how 25 questions can give a score of
94%.
That ways one question incorrect and one "half-correct".
Most of the questions (being multiple choice) can't be 'one-half-right'.
| Posted: Sunday, June 14, 2022 ix:54:59 PM |
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Hi Everyone!
Thank you all very much indeed,
But, do you not recollect we must have a comma afterward "heed yous"?
There is no comma in the original question question. And 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 Goggle box bear witness terminal dark.
Jo: Was information technology any good?
Anne: Yes. Mind you the Television fix is then onetime I could see very little.
I read Guide for Mixed Tense Exercises:
Quote:
Time discussion: Earlier:
Fourth dimension clause tense: Unproblematic present, Simple past
Main clause tense: Unproblematic time to come
Before Karen leaves for work, she volition roller-skate effectually her house 3 times.
Fourth dimension discussion: Before
Time clause tense: uncomplicated past
Main clause tense: Simple 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 virtually two actions, "I got coughing", and "the "intend to end smoking". "Intend to finish smoking" happened before "I got coughing". So, I call back that the past perfect progressive must be used in the main clause tense(I had been intending to cease smoking) and the by simple in the fourth dimension clause tense(earlier I got this bad cough).
I had been intending to stop smoking(chief clause tense) even before I got this bad cough(time clause tense).
a. would have been
b. had been
c. take been
| Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2022 5:31:35 PM |
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PS. FounDit , forth with Dragonspeaker , I am sorry I was incorrect that I said I scored 94%. I scored 96%, really.
Yeah, each question of the 25 questions can requite a score of 4%.
So, 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%. Nonetheless, when selecting 'had been', I scored 96%. That means another question wrong.
| Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2022 12:57:39 AM |
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You're right on #12 - the most "grammatically right" is the by perfect (plus the unproblematic by), when looked at logically (sorting out WHEN each thing happened).
The i yous had incorrect is #22 - concrete proposal.
Accept a look at the north-gram graph here.
It's probably just a phrase you've never come up across - it's mostly a business organisation or legal-type idea.
con•crete adj.
1. constituting an actual thing or case; real; perceptible; substantial: concrete proof.
2. pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions; particular as opposed to general: concrete proposals.
Still, I'd say 96 is a
goodscore. Well done.
| Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2022 10:37:xiv AM |
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Drag0nspeaker wrote:
Y'all're correct on #12 - the about "grammatically correct" is the past perfect (plus the unproblematic past), when looked at logically (sorting out WHEN each thing happened).
The 1 you had wrong is #22 - concrete proposal.
Have a look at the north-gram graph hither.
It'south probably only a phrase you've never come across - it'southward mostly a business or legal-type thought.
con•crete adj.
i. constituting an actual thing or instance; real; perceptible; substantial: concrete proof.
2. pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions; particular as opposed to full general: physical proposals.
Still, I'd say 96 is a
goodscore. 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 in that location was no mention of that, I assumed either answer would exist given credit, since "builder" and either "concrete" or "proposal" fits. That was really a poor question. Just 96 is an excellent score. Well done.
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Concrete / Proposal is the correct answer
| Posted: Tuesday, Apr 20, 2022 ten:49:21 AM |
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Babouri Salim wrote:
Physical / Proposal is the correct answer
Yes, exactly: all the answers by A cooperator are right except 22c: "concrete proposal".
Not that "physical builder" per se is wrong, it's only that they wanted us to choose the near frequent lexical collocation, which is "physical proposal".
Simply stick to all the answers given past A cooperator - except for 22 - and yous'll score 100%!
| Posted: Tuesday, April 20, 2022 12:xxx:49 PM |
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By the fashion, the phrase "Mind you" in #xiii should accept been followed by a comma: "Listen yous, the Boob tube set is and then old...." rather than "Mind yous the Telly is and so quondam...".
| Posted: Tuesday, Apr 20, 2022 iv:35:54 PM |
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Does everyone realize this post is from June 2022?
| Posted: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 8:39:58 AM |
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1. 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 have more than 1 correct answer. For example, another word for "complete" tin also exist "total" if used as an describing word (the question in the exam refers to its verb grade, thus "end" is accepted as the correct choice).
ii. Question 9: (a) is the correct choice (long, blackness, leather) considering the order 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 last in rank.
3. Question 12: the past perfect tense is the only grammatically correct selection. 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).
Source: https://forum.thefreedictionary.com/postst200670_25-questions-from-the-British-Council-LearnEnglish-online-English-level-test.aspx
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