Is It Okay to Buy a Second Hand Baby Gate
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| Posted: Th, June xi, 2020 8:58:37 PM |
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Hi Anybody!
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 choice with "certain" on the answering of the question "Are you certain? Not sure. Fairly sure. Certain."
ane.
Choose the best word to complete the sentence.
The baby boy saw ... in the mirror and started to cry.
a. itself
b. herself
c. himself
ii.
Choose the all-time word or phrase to complete the judgement.
A lot of trains ... late today due to the heavy storms.
a. are run
b. run
c. are running
3.
Choose the all-time word or phrase to consummate the sentence.
... was a strong air current terminal night.
a. At that place
b. Here
c. This
four.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the judgement.
Firstly, I desire to congratulate you all. Secondly, I would like to wish you good luck and ... I hope you accept enjoyed the course.
a. in the end
b. at last
c. finally
5.
Choose the best give-and-take or phrase to complete the judgement.
You ... clean your teeth twice a day to avert having bug.
a. can
b. should
c. will
six.
Choose the best word 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
vii.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the dialogue.
Jack: I think it'due south going to rain.
Jill: I ... , the clouds are clearing.
Jack: We'll soon see.
a. disagree
b. complain
c. debate
8.
Choose the best word or phrase to consummate the sentence.
I really don't like this repast. ... money in the world wouldn't get me to eat it.
a. Any
b. Enough
c. All the
nine.
Choose the all-time 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
10.
Choose the all-time give-and-take or phrase to complete the sentence.
I must report to the meeting that Cyrus completed his beginning piece of piece of work well ahead of schedule. ..., however, his piece of work has been handed in late.
a. Sequentially
b. Later
c. Consequently
11.
Cull the best word or phrase to consummate the sentence.
That's very skillful of you simply you ... have paid me back until tomorrow.
a. needn't
b. wouldn't
c. couldn't
12.
Cull the best word or phrase to complete the judgement.
I ... intending to terminate smoking even before I got this bad cough.
a. would have been
b. had been
c. have been
13.
Choose the all-time word or phrase to consummate the dialogue.
Anne: Oh! I watched the new Tv bear witness final night.
Jo: Was it whatsoever good?
Anne: Yes. ... the TV set is so quondam I could run across very little.
a. Mind you
b. Still
c. By the way
fourteen.
Choose the word or phrase which has a like meaning to:
consider
a. think about
b. seem well
c. get for
Y'all removed a bulletin
fifteen.
Choose the give-and-take or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
talk
a. stroll
b. point out
c. antipodal
16.
Choose the word or phrase which has a similar significant to:
complete
a. finish
b. go through
c. total
17.
Cull the word or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
return
a. business relationship
b. become back
c. opposite
eighteen.
Choose the discussion or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
written report
a. go after
b. account
c. respect
19.
Choose the best give-and-take to consummate the judgement.
She striking her ... while she was playing football.
a. motor
b. tail
c. shoulder
20.
Cull the best word to complete the sentence.
The ... went to the police.
a. crime
b. solicitor
c. shoulder
21.
Choose the best word to complete the judgement.
Information technology was bad merely it was not a ... .
a. gate
b. mag
c. crime
22.
Some words are often used together, e.g. evil-smelling + socks. Choose a word which is ofttimes used with:
concrete
a. architect
b. thrill
c. proposal
23.
Some words are often used together, due east.thousand. smelly + socks. Choose a word which is often used with:
tender
a. diet
b. words
c. beast
24.
Some words are often used together, eastward.grand. smelly + socks. Choose a word which is often used with:
sophisticated
a. dress
b. purse
c. ship
25.
Some words are often used together, e.g. smelly + socks. Choose a word which is frequently used with:
edgeless
a. movement
b. proffer
c. 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 even before I got this bad cough.
a. would accept been
b. had been
c. take been
I would take called C. "accept been". It could be argued that using "had been" gives the impression you lot gave upwards the intention before getting the bad cough. Using "have been" conveys an intention that was on-going when yous got the cough. I don't know why you scored 94, nonetheless. With 25 questions, each should be worth 4 points each, and so you lot should have scored a 96.
| Posted: Th, June 11, 2020 11:29:05 PM |
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Very interesting. I pretty much concur with all the choices marked equally correct.
Just I accept some commments:
--In #iv, the words should be "Offset" and "2nd", non "Firstly" and "Secondly". But "finally," is the correct pick.
--In #ix, in my stance the option "long, black, leather coats"--though better than the other two choices--isn't really proficient. 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 non hateful you ceased intending to stop smoking.
--In #thirteen, I have to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Heed you"--I would adopt "However--but "However" that wasn't ane of the choices, and "Heed you lot" is amend 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 sentence, "concrete builder" is an adequate answer.
| Posted: Fri, June 12, 2020 ii:18:33 AM |
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tautophile wrote:
Very interesting. I pretty much agree with all the choices marked every bit right.
Only I have some commments:
--In #4, the words should be "First" and "Second", not "Firstly" and "Secondly". But "finally," is the correct option.
--In #9, in my opinion the choice "long, blackness, leather coats"--though amend than the other 2 choices--isn't really proficient. 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 hateful you ceased intending to stop smoking.
--In #xiii, I have to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Listen y'all"--I would prefer "Yet--simply "However" that wasn't 1 of the choices, and "Heed y'all" is improve than the other ii.
--And in #22, "concrete proposal" seems a better matched pair than "concrete architect" in most contexts. In the absenteeism of a context for the sentence, "concrete architect" is an acceptable answer.
#four Firstly and secondly are commonly used in British English.
I agree with FounDit for #12 I adopt "have been", it'due south how most British people would use that phrase.
#13 Mind you is the phrase that an ordinary British person would use.
#22 is a question of association information technology is not about forming an actual pairing architect and physical get together in the same way bread and baker or bat and cricketer do.
Retrieve the British Council is trying to teach people to speak English language as it is used in United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland today, on behalf of the British Regime, some of its usages won't match American English.
| Posted: Friday, June 12, 2020 six:57:xxx AM |
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The ones I saw were #12 and #22.
In #12, I could see circumstances in which all three choices could be the "best choice".
Personally, I'd utilize "has been" or "was" in most circumstances.
In #22, "concrete proposal" is a mutual phrase. "Concrete builder" isn't.
A architect may use physical occasionally, just there'due south no such job as "concrete builder".
Yes, I'd commonly use "mind y'all".
Mind y'all, it is a trivial "archaic"
, in that the verb "mind" significant "pay attention" is not now used intransitively; AND imperatives don't nowadays have that course with the 'person' after the verb. "Mind yous" = "(Yous) take find!" = "but I'thou mentioning so that y'all tin take notice"
| Posted: Saturday, June 13, 2020 3:15:06 AM |
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My "native speech" is AmE, simply I lived in England for 4 years and accept many British friends, so I'm very familiar with BrE. My first married woman grew up in Gateshead and later in Banbury, so I know both Geordie and Thames Valley spoken communication--then much and then that when I saw the movie "Billy Eliot" [2000]--set by and large in Tyneside and full 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, about "mind you"--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 1 of the choices for #13 were "However", that is the one I would selection. It's perfectly good BrE and AmE.
I have seen both American and British usage guides that prefer "get-go" and "second" to "firstly" and "secondly". About usage guides hold, though, that the "-ly" forms are acceptable, and more formal.
| Posted: Saturday, June thirteen, 2020 8:38:31 AM |
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Gateshead to Banbury - couldn't be much different, dialectically, and stay in England!
Similar FounDit, I'm curious how 25 questions tin can give a score of
94%.
That means one question wrong and one "one-half-correct".
Most of the questions (being multiple pick) tin't be 'half-right'.
| Posted: Dominicus, June 14, 2020 9:54:59 PM |
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Hi Everyone!
Cheers all very much indeed,
Merely, do you not recall nosotros must accept 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 TV prove final night.
Jo: Was it whatever good?
Anne: Yes. Mind you the Tv set ready is so old I could see very trivial.
I read Guide for Mixed Tense Exercises:
Quote:
Fourth dimension discussion: Before:
Time clause tense: Simple present, Simple by
Master clause tense: Elementary future
Before Karen leaves for piece of work, she will roller-skate effectually her house three times.
Fourth dimension word: Before
Time clause tense: simple past
Master clause tense: Elementary by 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 virtually two actions, "I got cough", and "the "intend to stop smoking". "Intend to cease smoking" happened before "I got coughing". So, I call up that the by perfect progressive must be used in the main clause tense(I had been intending to cease 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 have been
b. had been
c. have been
| Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 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.
Yes, each question of the 25 questions tin can give a score of four%.
Then, 4% X 25 = 4/100 X 25/100 = 100/100 = 100%.
For the twelfth question, when I selected "have been", my score decreased past iv%. 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 correct on #12 - the most "grammatically correct" is the past perfect (plus the uncomplicated past), when looked at logically (sorting out WHEN each thing happened).
The one you lot had wrong is #22 - concrete proposal.
Take a look at the n-gram graph hither.
Information technology's probably just a phrase you've never come across - it's by and large a business or legal-type idea.
con•crete adj.
ane. constituting an actual matter or instance; real; perceptible; substantial: concrete proof.
2. pertaining to or concerned with realities or bodily instances rather than abstractions; detail as opposed to general: concrete proposals.
Still, I'd say 96 is a
goodscore. Well washed.
| Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 10:37:14 AM |
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Drag0nspeaker wrote:
You're correct on #12 - the most "grammatically correct" is the past perfect (plus the simple by), when looked at logically (sorting out WHEN each thing happened).
The i you lot had wrong is #22 - concrete proposal.
Take a expect at the n-gram graph here.
Information technology's probably just a phrase you've never come beyond - it's generally a business organization or legal-blazon thought.
con•crete adj.
1. constituting an actual thing or instance; real; perceptible; substantial: physical proof.
2. pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions; particular every bit opposed to general: concrete proposals.
Nevertheless, I'd say 96 is a
proficientscore. Well done.
I wondered when I read the score of 94 if two points had been taken off for the "builder/concrete/proposal" question. Only since at that place was no mention of that, I assumed either answer would be given credit, since "builder" and either "physical" or "proposal" fits. That was really a poor question. Only 96 is an fantabulous score. Well done.
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CONCRETE / Proposal is the correct reply
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Babouri Salim wrote:
CONCRETE / Proposal is the correct answer
Yes, exactly: all the answers past A cooperator are right except 22c: "physical proposal".
Not that "concrete architect" per se is wrong, it'south just that they wanted u.s.a. to choose the nearly frequent lexical collocation, which is "physical proposal".
Just stick to all the answers given by A cooperator - except for 22 - and you'll score 100%!
| Posted: Tuesday, April twenty, 2021 12:30:49 PM |
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By the manner, the phrase "Listen you" in #xiii should take been followed by a comma: "Mind you, the Tv set is and then one-time...." rather than "Mind you the Tv set is so old...".
| Posted: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 4:35:54 PM |
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Does everyone realize this post is from June 2020?
| Posted: Wednesday, March two, 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%).
Information technology should be noted, though, that few questions in that exam have more than than ane right reply. For example, some other give-and-take for "consummate" can likewise be "full" if used as an adjective (the question in the test refers to its verb form, thus "finish" is accustomed every bit the right option).
2. Question nine: (a) is the correct choice (long, black, leather) because the guild 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.
iii. Question 12: the past perfect tense is the only grammatically correct choice. Choice c (have been) is grammatically wrong (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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