How Do You Make Concrete Look New Again?
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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 pick with "certain" on the answering of the question "Are you sure? Not sure. Fairly sure. Certain."
1.
Choose the all-time word to complete the sentence.
The infant male child saw ... in the mirror and started to weep.
a. itself
b. herself
c. himself
2.
Choose the all-time word or phrase to consummate 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 strong wind final night.
a. At that place
b. Hither
c. This
4.
Choose the all-time word or phrase to complete the sentence.
Firstly, I want to congratulate you all. Secondly, I would like to wish you good luck and ... I hope yous have enjoyed the course.
a. in the end
b. at final
c. finally
5.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
You ... clean your teeth twice a day to avoid having problems.
a. can
b. should
c. will
six.
Choose the all-time word or phrase to complete the sentence.
The children idea they were ... when they saw the bull.
a. in a danger
b. in danger
c. in the danger
vii.
Choose the best give-and-take or phrase to complete the dialogue.
Jack: I think it's going to pelting.
Jill: I ... , the clouds are clearing.
Jack: Nosotros'll soon run into.
a. disagree
b. mutter
c. contend
8.
Choose the best discussion or phrase to complete the sentence.
I really don't similar this meal. ... coin in the world wouldn't get me to eat information technology.
a. Whatever
b. Plenty
c. All the
9.
Choose the best word or phrase to consummate the sentence.
Final year, Joanna bought two ... coats in New York.
a. long, black, leather
b. black, long, leather
c. leather, blackness, long
10.
Cull the best discussion or phrase to complete the sentence.
I must report to the coming together that Cyrus completed his first piece of work well alee of schedule. ..., nonetheless, his work has been handed in late.
a. Sequentially
b. Subsequently
c. Consequently
eleven.
Choose the all-time word or phrase to consummate the sentence.
That's very good of y'all but you ... have paid me back until tomorrow.
a. needn't
b. wouldn't
c. couldn't
12.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the judgement.
I ... intending to stop smoking even before I got this bad coughing.
a. would accept been
b. had been
c. have been
13.
Cull 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: Aye. ... the Television is so old I could see very fiddling.
a. Mind yous
b. Notwithstanding
c. Past the way
14.
Choose the word or phrase which has a like meaning to:
consider
a. think virtually
b. seem well
c. go for
You removed a message
15.
Choose the discussion or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
talk
a. stroll
b. bespeak out
c. antipodal
16.
Choose the give-and-take or phrase which has a like significant to:
consummate
a. finish
b. go through
c. full
17.
Choose the word or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
return
a. account
b. go dorsum
c. contrary
eighteen.
Choose the word or phrase which has a like meaning to:
report
a. get later on
b. account
c. respect
xix.
Choose the best word to complete the sentence.
She hit her ... while she was playing football.
a. motor
b. tail
c. shoulder
xx.
Choose the best word to consummate the judgement.
The ... went to the law.
a. law-breaking
b. solicitor
c. shoulder
21.
Choose the best give-and-take to complete the judgement.
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. Choose a word which is often used with:
physical
a. builder
b. thrill
c. proposal
23.
Some words are oft used together, east.thou. smelly + socks. Choose a word which is often used with:
tender
a. nutrition
b. words
c. creature
24.
Some words are often used together, due east.1000. smelly + socks. Cull a give-and-take which is often used with:
sophisticated
a. apparel
b. purse
c. ship
25.
Some words are frequently used together, east.g. smelly + socks. Choose a word which is oftentimes used with:
edgeless
a. move
b. suggestion
c. musical instrument
| Posted: Thursday, 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 fifty-fifty before I got this bad cough.
a. would have been
b. had been
c. have been
I would take 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 "take been" conveys an intention that was on-going when you got the cough. I don't know why you scored 94, nevertheless. With 25 questions, each should exist worth 4 points each, so y'all should have scored a 96.
| Posted: Thursday, June eleven, 2020 11:29:05 PM |
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Very interesting. I pretty much concord with all the choices marked as correct.
Only I have some commments:
--In #4, the words should be "First" and "2d", non "Firstly" and "Secondly". Only "finally," is the right choice.
--In #9, in my opinion the choice "long, black, leather coats"--though better than the other 2 choices--isn't really good. It ought to be "long black leather coats" without the commas.
--In #12, unlike FounDit, I prefer "had been intending..." to "accept been intending...". To me, "had been intending" does not mean y'all ceased intending to finish smoking.
--In #13, I have to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Mind you"--I would prefer "Nonetheless--but "Nevertheless" that wasn't one of the choices, and "Mind you" is ameliorate than the other two.
--And in #22, "concrete proposal" seems a improve matched pair than "concrete builder" in virtually contexts. In the absence of a context for the sentence, "physical builder" is an acceptable answer.
| Posted: Friday, June 12, 2020 2:xviii:33 AM |
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tautophile wrote:
Very interesting. I pretty much concord with all the choices marked every bit correct.
Simply I have some commments:
--In #4, the words should exist "Beginning" and "2nd", not "Firstly" and "Secondly". Just "finally," is the correct option.
--In #9, in my stance the choice "long, black, leather coats"--though amend than the other two choices--isn't really skillful. It 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 non mean you ceased intending to cease smoking.
--In #13, I have to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Mind you"--I would prefer "Withal--merely "However" that wasn't ane of the choices, and "Mind you" is amend than the other 2.
--And in #22, "concrete proposal" seems a better matched pair than "physical builder" in near contexts. In the absence of a context for the judgement, "concrete builder" is an acceptable respond.
#four Firstly and secondly are commonly used in British English.
I agree with FounDit for #12 I adopt "accept been", it's how about British people would employ that phrase.
#13 Mind you lot is the phrase that an ordinary British person would use.
#22 is a question of association it is not about forming an actual pairing builder and concrete become together in the same way bread and bakery or bat and cricketer exercise.
Remember the British Council is trying to teach people to speak English 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, 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 3 choices could be the "best pick".
Personally, I'd use "has been" or "was" in nigh circumstances.
In #22, "physical proposal" is a common phrase. "Concrete builder" isn't.
A builder may apply physical occasionally, but there's no such job as "concrete builder".
Yes, I'd commonly use "heed yous".
Mind you lot, information technology is a picayune "primitive"
, in that the verb "mind" meaning "pay attention" is not at present used intransitively; AND imperatives don't nowadays take that grade with the 'person' after the verb. "Listen y'all" = "(You) take notice!" = "merely I'thou mentioning so that you can take notice"
| Posted: Saturday, June 13, 2020 3:15:06 AM |
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My "native oral communication" is AmE, simply I lived in England for 4 years and have many British friends, so I'm very familiar with BrE. My first wife grew up in Gateshead and afterward in Banbury, and then I know both Geordie and Thames Valley speech--so much and so that when I saw the movie "Billy Eliot" [2000]--set mostly in Tyneside and full of Geordie accents--in the theater hither in Illinois, I was the merely person in the audience who understood all of what was being said.
I know, for instance, about "mind you"--which is the best pick of the 3 put forward in #thirteen. It'south a well-known BrE phrase, and is not unknown in AmE. Of the three choices given, information technology's the one I would cull.
Just, if one of the choices for #13 were "However", that is the one I would pick. Information technology'southward perfectly proficient BrE and AmE.
I have seen both American and British usage guides that prefer "kickoff" and "2d" to "firstly" and "secondly". Near usage guides agree, though, that the "-ly" forms are acceptable, and more than formal.
| Posted: Saturday, June thirteen, 2020 8:38:31 AM |
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Gateshead to Banbury - couldn't exist much unlike, dialectically, and stay in England!
Like FounDit, I'm curious how 25 questions can give a score of
94%.
That means one question incorrect and 1 "half-right".
Nigh of the questions (being multiple selection) can't be 'half-correct'.
| Posted: Sunday, June xiv, 2020 9:54:59 PM |
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Hi Everyone!
Thanks all very much indeed,
But, exercise you non call back 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 TV show last nighttime.
Jo: Was it whatever good?
Anne: Yes. Mind you the TV ready is and so erstwhile I could see very little.
I read Guide for Mixed Tense Exercises:
Quote:
Time word: Earlier:
Time clause tense: Uncomplicated present, Simple by
Main clause tense: Simple futurity
Before Karen leaves for work, she volition roller-skate around her house three times.
Time word: Earlier
Time clause tense: simple past
Master clause tense: Simple past or past perfect
Before Karen left for piece of work, she (had) roller-skated around her house three times.
So, in no #12, the speaker is talking near two actions, "I got cough", and "the "intend to stop smoking". "Intend to finish smoking" happened before "I got cough". Then, I think that the past perfect progressive must be used in the chief clause tense(I had been intending to stop smoking) and the past uncomplicated in the time clause tense(before I got this bad cough).
I had been intending to finish smoking(main clause tense) even before I got this bad cough(time clause tense).
a. would accept been
b. had been
c. accept 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%, actually.
Yes, each question of the 25 questions tin can give a score of 4%.
So, 4% 10 25 = four/100 X 25/100 = 100/100 = 100%.
For the 12th question, when I selected "have been", my score decreased by 4%. However, when selecting 'had been', I scored 96%. That ways another question wrong.
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You'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 one you had incorrect is #22 - physical proposal.
Take a look at the n-gram graph here.
It'southward probably just a phrase you've never come across - it's more often than not a concern or legal-type idea.
con•crete adj.
ane. constituting an actual thing or instance; existent; perceptible; substantial: physical proof.
two. pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions; detail as opposed to general: concrete proposals.
Still, I'd say 96 is a
goodscore. Well done.
| Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 x:37:14 AM |
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Drag0nspeaker wrote:
You're correct on #12 - the most "grammatically correct" is the by perfect (plus the simple past), when looked at logically (sorting out WHEN each thing happened).
The one y'all had incorrect is #22 - concrete proposal.
Accept a look at the north-gram graph here.
It'south probably just a phrase you've never come beyond - it's mostly a concern or legal-type idea.
con•crete adj.
1. constituting an actual thing or instance; existent; perceptible; substantial: physical proof.
2. pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions; particular every bit opposed to full general: concrete proposals.
Still, I'd say 96 is a
goodscore. 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 exist 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
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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".
Non that "physical builder" per se is wrong, it's just that they wanted the states to choose the most frequent lexical collocation, which is "concrete proposal".
Just stick to all the answers given by A cooperator - except for 22 - and you'll score 100%!
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By the way, the phrase "Mind yous" in #13 should accept been followed by a comma: "Mind you, the Telly set is so old...." rather than "Mind you the Tv set is so onetime...".
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Does everyone realize this mail service is from June 2020?
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one. 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 respond. For example, another give-and-take for "complete" can also be "total" if used as an adjective (the question in the test refers to its verb form, thus "finish" is accepted every bit the correct option).
2. Question 9: (a) is the correct choice (long, black, leather) because the club of adjectives follows the ranking conventions of standard English: opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose. Thus, long comes before blackness, and leather is the terminal in rank.
three. Question 12: the past perfect tense is the merely 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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