Is It A Guy Thing To Smell Your Clothes To See If Theyre Still Clean
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| Posted: Th, June eleven, 2022 8:58:37 PM |
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These are 25 questions from the exam 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 certain. Adequately sure. Certain."
ane.
Choose the best word to complete the sentence.
The baby boy saw ... in the mirror and started to weep.
a. itself
b. herself
c. himself
2.
Choose the all-time 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
iii.
Choose the all-time word or phrase to complete the judgement.
... was a strong wind last night.
a. At that place
b. Here
c. This
iv.
Cull the all-time word or phrase to consummate the sentence.
Firstly, I want to congratulate you all. Secondly, I would like to wish you good luck and ... I hope you have enjoyed the class.
a. in the end
b. at last
c. finally
5.
Choose the all-time word or phrase to complete the sentence.
You lot ... make clean your teeth twice a day to avoid having problems.
a. can
b. should
c. will
half dozen.
Choose the best discussion 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
7.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the dialogue.
Jack: I think it'southward going to rain.
Jill: I ... , the clouds are clearing.
Jack: Nosotros'll soon see.
a. disagree
b. mutter
c. argue
8.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
I actually don't like this meal. ... money in the world wouldn't get me to eat information technology.
a. Whatever
b. Enough
c. All the
ix.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
Last year, Joanna bought 2 ... coats in New York.
a. long, black, leather
b. black, long, leather
c. leather, black, long
10.
Cull the best give-and-take or phrase to complete the sentence.
I must written report to the coming together that Cyrus completed his first piece of work well ahead of schedule. ..., however, his work has been handed in belatedly.
a. Sequentially
b. Subsequently
c. Consequently
eleven.
Choose the best discussion or phrase to complete the sentence.
That's very proficient of you just y'all ... take paid me back until tomorrow.
a. needn't
b. wouldn't
c. couldn't
12.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete 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 give-and-take or phrase to complete the dialogue.
Anne: Oh! I watched the new TV show final night.
Jo: Was it any good?
Anne: Aye. ... the Tv set is so old I could see very trivial.
a. Mind yous
b. Nonetheless
c. Past the way
fourteen.
Choose the discussion or phrase which has a similar pregnant to:
consider
a. think nearly
b. seem well
c. go for
Y'all removed a message
15.
Choose the give-and-take or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
talk
a. stroll
b. signal out
c. antipodal
sixteen.
Choose the word or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
complete
a. stop
b. go through
c. full
17.
Cull the word or phrase which has a like meaning to:
render
a. account
b. go back
c. opposite
xviii.
Choose the word or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
report
a. get after
b. account
c. respect
19.
Choose the best discussion to complete the sentence.
She hit her ... while she was playing football.
a. motor
b. tail
c. shoulder
20.
Choose the best discussion to complete the sentence.
The ... went to the police.
a. crime
b. solicitor
c. shoulder
21.
Choose the best word to consummate the sentence.
It was bad but information technology was non a ... .
a. gate
b. magazine
c. crime
22.
Some words are often used together, east.g. evil-smelling + socks. Choose a discussion which is frequently used with:
concrete
a. builder
b. thrill
c. proposal
23.
Some words are often used together, e.g. smelly + socks. Choose a give-and-take which is ofttimes used with:
tender
a. diet
b. words
c. beast
24.
Some words are often used together, due east.g. smelly + socks. Choose a word which is often used with:
sophisticated
a. wearing apparel
b. purse
c. ship
25.
Some words are ofttimes used together, e.g. smelly + socks. Choose a give-and-take which is often used with:
blunt
a. motility
b. proffer
c. instrument
| Posted: Thursday, June xi, 2022 9:45:08 PM |
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The only one I would question is #12
12.
Choose the best discussion or phrase to complete the sentence.
I ... intending to finish smoking even before I got this bad cough.
a. would take been
b. had been
c. have been
I would have chosen C. "have been". Information technology could exist argued that using "had been" gives the impression you gave upwardly the intention earlier getting the bad cough. Using "have been" conveys an intention that was on-going when you got the coughing. I don't know why you scored 94, however. With 25 questions, each should be worth 4 points each, then you lot should have scored a 96.
| Posted: Thursday, June eleven, 2022 11:29:05 PM |
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Very interesting. I pretty much hold with all the choices marked as right.
But I take some commments:
--In #4, the words should be "Start" and "2nd", non "Firstly" and "Secondly". But "finally," is the correct option.
--In #9, in my opinion the choice "long, black, leather coats"--though improve than the other two choices--isn't really good. Information technology ought to be "long black leather coats" without the commas.
--In #12, dissimilar FounDit, I prefer "had been intending..." to "have been intending...". To me, "had been intending" does not mean you ceased intending to stop smoking.
--In #xiii, I have to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Heed you lot"--I would adopt "Still--but "However" that wasn't one of the choices, and "Mind yous" is better than the other two.
--And in #22, "concrete proposal" seems a improve matched pair than "concrete builder" in about contexts. In the absence of a context for the sentence, "concrete builder" is an acceptable answer.
| 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 accept some commments:
--In #4, the words should be "Get-go" and "Second", not "Firstly" and "Secondly". But "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 really good. It ought to be "long black leather coats" without the commas.
--In #12, different FounDit, I adopt "had been intending..." to "take 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 prefer "However--but "However" that wasn't one of the choices, and "Mind you" is ameliorate than the other 2.
--And in #22, "physical proposal" seems a better matched pair than "concrete architect" in almost contexts. In the absence of a context for the judgement, "concrete builder" is an acceptable answer.
#4 Firstly and secondly are normally used in British English.
I agree with FounDit for #12 I adopt "accept been", information technology'due south how most British people would utilize that phrase.
#13 Heed you lot is the phrase that an ordinary British person would use.
#22 is a question of association it is not nigh forming an actual pairing builder and physical go together in the same way bread and baker or bat and cricketer do.
Remember the British Council is trying to teach people to speak English as information technology 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 vi:57:30 AM |
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The ones I saw were #12 and #22.
In #12, I could come across 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 common phrase. "Concrete builder" isn't.
A builder may apply concrete occasionally, but at that place's no such job as "concrete builder".
Yes, I'd commonly employ "listen you".
Listen yous, it is a little "primitive"
, in that the verb "mind" significant "pay attention" is not at present used intransitively; AND imperatives don't nowadays have that grade with the 'person' after the verb. "Mind yous" = "(You) take notice!" = "but I'one thousand mentioning so that y'all can accept notice"
| Posted: Sabbatum, June 13, 2022 3:fifteen:06 AM |
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My "native speech" is AmE, but I lived in England for 4 years and take many British friends, and then 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--and then much then that when I saw the picture show "Billy Eliot" [2000]--set 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, virtually "heed yous"--which is the best selection of the three put forrard in #13. It's a well-known BrE phrase, and is not unknown in AmE. Of the three choices given, it'southward the 1 I would choose.
But, if ane of the choices for #13 were "However", that is the 1 I would pick. It's perfectly good BrE and AmE.
I take seen both American and British usage guides that prefer "beginning" and "second" to "firstly" and "secondly". Most usage guides agree, though, that the "-ly" forms are adequate, and more formal.
| Posted: Saturday, June 13, 2022 8:38:31 AM |
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Gateshead to Banbury - couldn't be much dissimilar, dialectically, and stay in England!
Like FounDit, I'grand curious how 25 questions can give a score of
94%.
That means i question wrong and ane "half-correct".
Most of the questions (existence multiple choice) can't be 'half-right'.
| Posted: Dominicus, June 14, 2022 nine:54:59 PM |
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Hi Everyone!
Thank you lot all very much indeed,
But, exercise you non retrieve we must have a comma after "mind you"?
In that location 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 Goggle box bear witness last night.
Jo: Was it any skillful?
Anne: Yeah. Mind you the Television receiver set is and so old I could come across very piffling.
I read Guide for Mixed Tense Exercises:
Quote:
Time discussion: Earlier:
Fourth dimension clause tense: Uncomplicated nowadays, Elementary past
Main clause tense: Uncomplicated future
Before Karen leaves for work, she will roller-skate around her house iii times.
Fourth dimension word: Before
Fourth dimension clause tense: simple past
Main clause tense: Simple past or past perfect
Before Karen left for work, she (had) roller-skated around her business firm three times.
Then, in no #12, the speaker is talking most ii actions, "I got cough", and "the "intend to stop smoking". "Intend to stop smoking" happened before "I got cough". Then, I recollect that the by perfect progressive must be used in the main clause tense(I had been intending to stop smoking) and the past simple in the time clause tense(earlier I got this bad cough).
I had been intending to stop smoking(main clause tense) even before I got this bad cough(time clause tense).
a. would take been
b. had been
c. have been
| Posted: Tuesday, June sixteen, 2022 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 can give a score of 4%.
So, four% X 25 = 4/100 X 25/100 = 100/100 = 100%.
For the 12th question, when I selected "take been", my score decreased past iv%. Withal, when selecting 'had been', I scored 96%. That means another question wrong.
| Posted: Midweek, June 17, 2022 12:57:39 AM |
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Yous're correct on #12 - the most "grammatically correct" is the past perfect (plus the elementary past), when looked at logically (sorting out WHEN each matter happened).
The one you had incorrect is #22 - concrete proposal.
Take a await at the n-gram graph here.
Information technology'southward probably just a phrase you lot've never come across - it's mostly a business or legal-type idea.
con•crete adj.
1. constituting an bodily thing or example; existent; 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: Wed, June 17, 2022 x:37:fourteen AM |
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Drag0nspeaker wrote:
Y'all're right on #12 - the most "grammatically correct" is the past perfect (plus the unproblematic past), when looked at logically (sorting out WHEN each thing happened).
The one you had wrong is #22 - concrete proposal.
Take a look at the north-gram graph here.
It's probably just a phrase you've never come across - it'due south mostly a business organisation or legal-type idea.
con•crete adj.
i. constituting an actual thing or instance; existent; perceptible; substantial: concrete proof.
2. pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions; item equally opposed to full general: concrete proposals.
However, I'd say 96 is a
adeptscore. Well done.
I wondered when I read the score of 94 if two points had been taken off for the "builder/concrete/proposal" question. Simply 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. But 96 is an excellent score. Well done.
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CONCRETE / Proposal is the correct respond
| Posted: Tuesday, Apr twenty, 2022 10:49:21 AM |
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Babouri Salim wrote:
Concrete / Proposal is the correct respond
Yes, exactly: all the answers by A cooperator are right except 22c: "concrete proposal".
Not that "physical architect" per se is incorrect, information technology's just that they wanted united states to cull the well-nigh frequent lexical collocation, which is "concrete proposal".
But stick to all the answers given past A cooperator - except for 22 - and you'll score 100%!
| Posted: Tuesday, April 20, 2022 12:30:49 PM |
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By the way, the phrase "Mind yous" in #13 should have been followed by a comma: "Mind y'all, the Television set up is so old...." rather than "Mind you the TV prepare is and then old...".
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