What's That Word for Leaving a Baby in the Woods to Die
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| Posted: Th, June 11, 2022 eight: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 choice with "certain" on the answering of the question "Are you sure? Non certain. Adequately sure. Certain."
1.
Choose the best word to complete the judgement.
The baby boy saw ... in the mirror and started to cry.
a. itself
b. herself
c. himself
2.
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
iii.
Choose the all-time give-and-take or phrase to consummate the sentence.
... was a potent wind last night.
a. In that location
b. Here
c. This
4.
Choose the all-time word or phrase to consummate the sentence.
Firstly, I want to congratulate you all. Secondly, I would like to wish you proficient luck and ... I hope you have enjoyed the class.
a. in the end
b. at last
c. finally
v.
Choose the best word or phrase to consummate the sentence.
You ... clean your teeth twice a day to avert having bug.
a. tin can
b. should
c. will
half dozen.
Cull 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
7.
Choose the best discussion or phrase to consummate the dialogue.
Jack: I remember it's going to rain.
Jill: I ... , the clouds are clearing.
Jack: Nosotros'll soon see.
a. disagree
b. complain
c. argue
viii.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
I really don't like this meal. ... coin in the world wouldn't get me to eat it.
a. Whatever
b. Enough
c. All the
9.
Choose the best word or phrase to consummate the sentence.
Last twelvemonth, Joanna bought two ... coats in New York.
a. long, black, leather
b. blackness, long, leather
c. leather, black, long
10.
Choose the all-time word or phrase to complete the sentence.
I must written report to the meeting that Cyrus completed his offset slice of work well ahead of schedule. ..., all the same, his work has been handed in late.
a. Sequentially
b. Later on
c. Consequently
11.
Choose the best give-and-take or phrase to complete the sentence.
That's very adept of you 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 sentence.
I ... intending to stop smoking even before I got this bad coughing.
a. would accept 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 whatever skilful?
Anne: Aye. ... the Television receiver ready is so old I could run into very niggling.
a. Mind yous
b. Still
c. By the style
xiv.
Choose the word or phrase which has a like pregnant to:
consider
a. think nearly
b. seem well
c. go for
You lot removed a message
15.
Choose the word or phrase which has a like significant to:
talk
a. stroll
b. point out
c. converse
16.
Choose the discussion or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
complete
a. terminate
b. get through
c. full
17.
Choose the word or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
return
a. account
b. become back
c. reverse
eighteen.
Choose the word or phrase which has a like pregnant to:
study
a. get after
b. account
c. respect
nineteen.
Choose the best word to complete the judgement.
She hitting her ... while she was playing football.
a. motor
b. tail
c. shoulder
xx.
Choose the best word to complete the sentence.
The ... went to the police force.
a. crime
b. solicitor
c. shoulder
21.
Cull the best word to complete the sentence.
Information technology was bad but it was non a ... .
a. gate
b. magazine
c. crime
22.
Some words are often used together, east.g. evil-smelling + socks. Choose a word which is frequently used with:
physical
a. builder
b. thrill
c. proposal
23.
Some words are frequently used together, due east.g. smelly + socks. Choose a discussion which is oft used with:
tender
a. diet
b. words
c. animal
24.
Some words are oft used together, eastward.g. smelly + socks. Choose a discussion which is ofttimes used with:
sophisticated
a. wearing apparel
b. purse
c. ship
25.
Some words are frequently used together, e.g. evil-smelling + socks. Cull a discussion which is oftentimes used with:
blunt
a. movement
b. proposition
c. instrument
| Posted: Thursday, June xi, 2022 nine:45:08 PM |
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The only one I would question is #12
12.
Choose the best give-and-take or phrase to complete the judgement.
I ... intending to stop smoking even before I got this bad cough.
a. would have been
b. had been
c. have been
I would accept chosen C. "have been". It could be argued that using "had been" gives the impression you 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 you lot scored 94, however. With 25 questions, each should exist worth 4 points each, so you should have scored a 96.
| Posted: Th, June 11, 2022 eleven:29:05 PM |
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Very interesting. I pretty much concord with all the choices marked as right.
But I have some commments:
--In #4, the words should be "Commencement" and "Second", not "Firstly" and "Secondly". Simply "finally," is the right selection.
--In #9, in my opinion the choice "long, black, leather coats"--though better than the other two choices--isn't really practiced. It ought to be "long black leather coats" without the commas.
--In #12, unlike FounDit, I prefer "had been intending..." to "have been intending...". To me, "had been intending" does not mean you lot ceased intending to stop smoking.
--In #xiii, I take to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Mind yous"--I would prefer "However--but "Notwithstanding" that wasn't ane of the choices, and "Mind you" 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 judgement, "concrete builder" is an acceptable reply.
| Posted: Fri, June 12, 2022 ii:18:33 AM |
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tautophile wrote:
Very interesting. I pretty much concur with all the choices marked as correct.
Merely I take some commments:
--In #4, the words should be "Get-go" and "Second", non "Firstly" and "Secondly". But "finally," is the correct option.
--In #nine, in my opinion the choice "long, black, leather coats"--though meliorate 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 prefer "had been intending..." to "take been intending...". To me, "had been intending" does not hateful yous ceased intending to stop smoking.
--In #13, I have to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Heed yous"--I would adopt "However--but "Nonetheless" that wasn't one of the choices, and "Mind y'all" is meliorate than the other 2.
--And in #22, "concrete proposal" seems a better matched pair than "concrete builder" in near contexts. In the absenteeism of a context for the sentence, "concrete builder" is an acceptable answer.
#4 Firstly and secondly are normally used in British English language.
I agree with FounDit for #12 I prefer "take been", it'south how virtually British people would use that phrase.
#13 Heed you 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 go together in the aforementioned style staff of life and baker or bat and cricketer do.
Call up the British Council is trying to teach people to speak English language equally it is used in United kingdom of great britain and northern ireland today, on behalf of the British Government, some of its usages won't friction match American English.
| Posted: Friday, June 12, 2022 half-dozen:57:thirty 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 pick".
Personally, I'd apply "has been" or "was" in most circumstances.
In #22, "concrete proposal" is a mutual phrase. "Physical builder" isn't.
A builder may use physical occasionally, but at that place'south no such job as "concrete builder".
Yep, I'd commonly utilise "mind you lot".
Mind y'all, it is a little "primitive"
, in that the verb "mind" meaning "pay attention" is not now used intransitively; AND imperatives don't nowadays have that course with the 'person' later on the verb. "Listen you" = "(You) take notice!" = "just I'yard mentioning so that you lot tin take detect"
| Posted: Saturday, June 13, 2022 3:15:06 AM |
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My "native speech" is AmE, merely I lived in England for iv years and have many British friends, so I'm very familiar with BrE. My commencement wife grew up in Gateshead and afterward in Banbury, so I know both Geordie and Thames Valley spoken language--so much so that when I saw the flick "Billy Eliot" [2000]--set mostly in Tyneside and full of Geordie accents--in the theater here in Illinois, I was the only person in the audience who understood all of what was existence said.
I know, for example, nigh "mind yous"--which is the best choice of the three put forward in #13. It'due south a well-known BrE phrase, and is not unknown in AmE. Of the three choices given, it's the one I would choose.
Merely, if one of the choices for #13 were "However", that is the i I would pick. It's perfectly good BrE and AmE.
I accept seen both American and British usage guides that prefer "first" and "second" to "firstly" and "secondly". Most usage guides agree, though, that the "-ly" forms are acceptable, and more formal.
| Posted: Sat, June 13, 2022 8:38:31 AM |
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Gateshead to Banbury - couldn't exist much different, dialectically, and stay in England!
Similar FounDit, I'k curious how 25 questions tin can give a score of
94%.
That ways one question incorrect and one "half-right".
Most of the questions (being multiple choice) can't be 'half-right'.
| Posted: Sunday, June 14, 2022 nine:54:59 PM |
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Hi Everyone!
Thank you all very much indeed,
Just, do you not call back we 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 take a following comma if they initiated a phrase.
Anne: Oh! I watched the new TV show last dark.
Jo: Was it any good?
Anne: Yes. Mind you the Boob tube fix is so sometime I could encounter very footling.
I read Guide for Mixed Tense Exercises:
Quote:
Time word: Before:
Fourth dimension clause tense: Simple present, Elementary past
Main clause tense: Simple future
Before Karen leaves for work, she will roller-skate around her firm three times.
Time word: Before
Time clause tense: simple by
Main clause tense: Simple by or by perfect
Before Karen left for piece of work, she (had) roller-skated effectually her house 3 times.
So, in no #12, the speaker is talking about two actions, "I got cough", and "the "intend to cease smoking". "Intend to finish smoking" happened before "I got cough". So, I remember that the past perfect progressive must be used in the main clause tense(I had been intending to terminate smoking) and the past simple in the fourth dimension clause tense(earlier I got this bad coughing).
I had been intending to terminate 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, 2022 5:31:35 PM |
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PS. FounDit , forth 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%.
And so, 4% Ten 25 = 4/100 Ten 25/100 = 100/100 = 100%.
For the 12th question, when I selected "have been", my score decreased by four%. Withal, when selecting 'had been', I scored 96%. That means another question wrong.
| Posted: Wed, June 17, 2022 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 ane you had incorrect is #22 - physical proposal.
Take a expect at the n-gram graph hither.
It's probably merely a phrase you lot've never come beyond - it's by and large a business or legal-blazon idea.
con•crete adj.
ane. constituting an actual thing or instance; real; perceptible; substantial: concrete proof.
two. 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 10:37:14 AM |
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Drag0nspeaker wrote:
You're right on #12 - the most "grammatically right" is the past perfect (plus the simple by), when looked at logically (sorting out WHEN each thing happened).
The one you had incorrect is #22 - concrete proposal.
Take a look at the n-gram graph here.
It's probably just a phrase y'all've never come across - it'due south more often than not a business or legal-blazon thought.
con•crete adj.
i. 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 equally opposed to general: concrete proposals.
Still, I'd say 96 is a
goodscore. Well washed.
I wondered when I read the score of 94 if ii points had been taken off for the "builder/concrete/proposal" question. Just since there was no mention of that, I assumed either respond would be given credit, since "builder" and either "concrete" or "proposal" fits. That was actually a poor question. Only 96 is an splendid score. Well washed.
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Concrete / Proposal is the right reply
| Posted: Tuesday, Apr twenty, 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 incorrect, it's merely that they wanted the states 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'll score 100%!
| Posted: Tuesday, April twenty, 2022 12:thirty:49 PM |
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By the way, the phrase "Mind you" in #xiii should have been followed by a comma: "Mind you, the TV ready is so old...." rather than "Heed yous the Idiot box is and so erstwhile...".
| Posted: Tuesday, April 20, 2022 4:35:54 PM |
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Does anybody 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 reply (according to the britishcouncil.org website) is: concrete proposal (this is what I answered and I got 100%).
It should be noted, though, that few questions in that exam have more than than 1 correct answer. For example, another word for "consummate" tin can also exist "full" if used every bit an adjective (the question in the examination refers to its verb class, thus "end" is accepted as the correct choice).
two. Question 9: (a) is the correct choice (long, black, leather) because the guild of adjectives follows the ranking conventions of standard English: opinion, size, age, shape, colour, origin, cloth, purpose. Thus, long comes before black, and leather is the concluding in rank.
three. Question 12: the past perfect tense is the only grammatically correct choice. Selection c (have been) is grammatically incorrect (the clause "before I got this bad coughing" 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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