Are 1st Born Babies More Susceptible to Crying
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| Posted: Th, June 11, 2020 eight:58:37 PM |
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These are 25 questions from the test at learnenglish.britishcouncil.org
Only I was scored with 94% and intermediate level although I selected in each choice with "certain" on the answering of the question "Are you lot sure? Not sure. Fairly sure. Certain."
1.
Choose the all-time word to complete the judgement.
The infant 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
3.
Cull the best give-and-take or phrase to complete the judgement.
... was a potent wind final night.
a. At that place
b. Hither
c. This
4.
Cull the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
Firstly, I want to congratulate you all. Secondly, I would like to wish you skillful luck and ... I hope y'all have enjoyed the course.
a. in the end
b. at last
c. finally
5.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
You ... make clean your teeth twice a day to avoid having problems.
a. tin
b. should
c. will
vi.
Choose the all-time 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 consummate the dialogue.
Jack: I think it's going to rain.
Jill: I ... , the clouds are clearing.
Jack: We'll soon see.
a. disagree
b. complain
c. argue
8.
Choose the best discussion or phrase to complete the judgement.
I really don't like this meal. ... money in the world wouldn't go me to eat it.
a. Whatever
b. Enough
c. All the
9.
Cull the best discussion or phrase to complete the sentence.
Last year, Joanna bought two ... coats in New York.
a. long, black, leather
b. black, long, leather
c. leather, black, long
10.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
I must study to the meeting that Cyrus completed his start piece of work well ahead of schedule. ..., however, his work has been handed in belatedly.
a. Sequentially
b. Subsequently
c. Consequently
eleven.
Cull the all-time discussion or phrase to consummate the sentence.
That's very skillful of you but you ... take paid me dorsum until tomorrow.
a. needn't
b. wouldn't
c. couldn't
12.
Cull the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
I ... intending to end smoking even before I got this bad cough.
a. would accept been
b. had been
c. take been
13.
Cull the best word or phrase to complete the dialogue.
Anne: Oh! I watched the new TV evidence concluding night.
Jo: Was it whatever expert?
Anne: Yep. ... the TV set up is so old I could see very little.
a. Heed you
b. Withal
c. Past the way
14.
Choose the discussion or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
consider
a. recollect about
b. seem well
c. go for
You removed a message
15.
Choose the word or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
talk
a. stroll
b. point out
c. converse
16.
Choose the word or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
complete
a. finish
b. go through
c. full
17.
Choose the word or phrase which has a like significant to:
return
a. business relationship
b. get back
c. reverse
18.
Choose the word or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
study
a. go after
b. business relationship
c. respect
xix.
Choose the all-time word to complete the judgement.
She hit her ... while she was playing football game.
a. motor
b. tail
c. shoulder
twenty.
Choose the best discussion to consummate the sentence.
The ... went to the police force.
a. crime
b. solicitor
c. shoulder
21.
Choose the all-time word to complete the sentence.
It was bad but it was not a ... .
a. gate
b. magazine
c. crime
22.
Some words are often used together, e.k. evil-smelling + socks. Cull a word which is oft used with:
concrete
a. architect
b. thrill
c. proposal
23.
Some words are ofttimes used together, e.g. smelly + socks. Cull a word which is often used with:
tender
a. diet
b. words
c. brute
24.
Some words are often used together, e.g. smelly + socks. Choose a word which is oftentimes used with:
sophisticated
a. dress
b. handbag
c. ship
25.
Some words are often used together, due east.g. evil-smelling + socks. Choose a discussion which is oft used with:
blunt
a. motility
b. proposition
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 judgement.
I ... intending to stop smoking fifty-fifty before I got this bad coughing.
a. would have been
b. had been
c. accept been
I would have chosen C. "accept 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 scored 94, however. With 25 questions, each should be worth 4 points each, and so you should have scored a 96.
| Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2020 11:29:05 PM |
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Very interesting. I pretty much agree with all the choices marked every bit correct.
Simply I have some commments:
--In #4, the words should exist "First" and "2d", non "Firstly" and "Secondly". Simply "finally," is the correct choice.
--In #ix, in my opinion the choice "long, black, leather coats"--though better than the other two choices--isn't really skilful. It ought to exist "long black leather coats" without the commas.
--In #12, different 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 #13, I accept to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Mind you"--I would adopt "However--simply "However" that wasn't i of the choices, and "Listen you" is better than the other two.
--And in #22, "concrete proposal" seems a better matched pair than "concrete architect" in virtually contexts. In the absenteeism of a context for the sentence, "concrete architect" is an acceptable answer.
| Posted: Friday, June 12, 2020 ii:18:33 AM |
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tautophile wrote:
Very interesting. I pretty much concur with all the choices marked as right.
But I have some commments:
--In #4, the words should exist "First" and "Second", non "Firstly" and "Secondly". But "finally," is the right choice.
--In #9, in my opinion the option "long, black, leather coats"--though ameliorate than the other two choices--isn't really good. It 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 mean you ceased intending to finish smoking.
--In #xiii, I take to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Heed you"--I would adopt "However--simply "Yet" that wasn't 1 of the choices, and "Mind you lot" is amend than the other two.
--And in #22, "concrete proposal" seems a amend matched pair than "physical builder" in most contexts. In the absenteeism of a context for the sentence, "concrete builder" is an acceptable reply.
#four Firstly and secondly are usually used in British English language.
I agree with FounDit for #12 I prefer "accept been", information technology's how most British people would use that phrase.
#13 Mind y'all 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 get together in the same way staff of life and baker or bat and cricketer practice.
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 lucifer American English.
| Posted: Friday, June 12, 2020 6:57: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 "all-time choice".
Personally, I'd use "has been" or "was" in well-nigh circumstances.
In #22, "concrete proposal" is a common phrase. "Concrete builder" isn't.
A builder may use concrete occasionally, but there's no such chore as "physical builder".
Yes, I'd commonly apply "mind you".
Mind you, it is a little "primitive"
, in that the verb "heed" meaning "pay attention" is not at present used intransitively; AND imperatives don't nowadays have that form with the 'person' after the verb. "Listen you" = "(You) take find!" = "but I'm mentioning so that you can take notice"
| Posted: Saturday, June 13, 2020 3:xv:06 AM |
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My "native speech" is AmE, merely I lived in England for 4 years and have many British friends, and so I'm very familiar with BrE. My first wife grew upwardly in Gateshead and later in Banbury, and so I know both Geordie and Thames Valley speech--so much so that when I saw the movie "Billy Eliot" [2000]--set mostly in Tyneside and full of Geordie accents--in the theater here in Illinois, I was the merely person in the audience who understood all of what was being said.
I know, for case, nearly "mind yous"--which is the best choice of the iii put forward in #xiii. It's a well-known BrE phrase, and is not unknown in AmE. Of the three choices given, it'south the one I would cull.
Just, if one of the choices for #13 were "However", that is the ane I would pick. It'south perfectly expert BrE and AmE.
I have 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 adequate, and more formal.
| Posted: Sabbatum, June 13, 2020 8:38:31 AM |
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Gateshead to Banbury - couldn't be much different, dialectically, and stay in England!
Like FounDit, I'm curious how 25 questions tin can give a score of
94%.
That means one question wrong and one "half-right".
Most of the questions (being multiple choice) can't exist 'one-half-right'.
| Posted: Sunday, June 14, 2020 ix:54:59 PM |
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Hi Everyone!
Thank you all very much indeed,
But, do you lot not retrieve we must have a comma after "mind you"?
There is no comma in the original question question. So, I excluded the 'a' and 'c' since both must accept a post-obit comma if they initiated a phrase.
Anne: Oh! I watched the new TV show last night.
Jo: Was information technology any good?
Anne: Aye. Heed you the TV prepare is so erstwhile I could meet very trivial.
I read Guide for Mixed Tense Exercises:
Quote:
Fourth dimension give-and-take: Earlier:
Time clause tense: Simple nowadays, Simple past
Main clause tense: Unproblematic future
Before Karen leaves for work, she volition roller-skate effectually her house three times.
Time word: Before
Time clause tense: simple past
Main clause tense: Simple past or past perfect
Before Karen left for work, she (had) roller-skated effectually her house three times.
And so, in no #12, the speaker is talking nearly two actions, "I got cough", and "the "intend to stop smoking". "Intend to terminate smoking" happened earlier "I got cough". And then, I think that the past perfect progressive must exist 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 end smoking(chief clause tense) even earlier I got this bad cough(fourth dimension clause tense).
a. would take been
b. had been
c. have been
| Posted: Tuesday, June xvi, 2020 5:31:35 PM |
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PS. FounDit , along with Dragonspeaker , I am deplorable 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 4%.
So, four% Ten 25 = iv/100 X 25/100 = 100/100 = 100%.
For the 12th question, when I selected "accept been", my score decreased past four%. Withal, when selecting 'had been', I scored 96%. That means another question wrong.
| Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 12:57:39 AM |
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You lot'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 i yous had wrong is #22 - concrete proposal.
Accept a wait at the n-gram graph here.
It'south probably but a phrase you've never see - it's by and large a business or legal-blazon idea.
con•crete adj.
1. constituting an bodily 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.
However, I'd say 96 is a
skilfulscore. Well done.
| Posted: Midweek, June 17, 2020 10:37:xiv AM |
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Drag0nspeaker wrote:
You're right on #12 - the nearly "grammatically correct" is the by perfect (plus the uncomplicated by), when looked at logically (sorting out WHEN each matter happened).
The i y'all had wrong is #22 - concrete proposal.
Have a look at the north-gram graph hither.
Information technology's probably just a phrase y'all've never come up across - it'due south mostly a business or legal-type thought.
con•crete adj.
1. constituting an actual thing or instance; existent; perceptible; substantial: concrete proof.
two. pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions; item equally opposed to general: concrete proposals.
Even so, I'd say 96 is a
practicedscore. Well washed.
I wondered when I read the score of 94 if ii points had been taken off for the "builder/concrete/proposal" question. But 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 answer
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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: "concrete proposal".
Not that "physical architect" per se is wrong, it'southward just that they wanted us to cull the most frequent lexical collocation, which is "concrete proposal".
Just stick to all the answers given by A cooperator - except for 22 - and yous'll score 100%!
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By the manner, the phrase "Mind you" in #13 should have been followed past a comma: "Mind you, the TV set is so one-time...." rather than "Listen y'all the Tv set is so old...".
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Does anybody realize this post is from June 2020?
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1. All of the answers cooperator posted are correct, except question 22: the correct answer (co-ordinate to the britishcouncil.org website) is: concrete proposal (this is what I answered and I got 100%).
It should exist noted, though, that few questions in that test have more than than i correct answer. For example, some other word for "complete" tin can also be "full" if used as an adjective (the question in the test refers to its verb form, thus "finish" is accustomed every bit the correct choice).
2. Question ix: (a) is the right pick (long, black, leather) because the order of adjectives follows the ranking conventions of standard English language: opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, fabric, purpose. Thus, long comes before blackness, and leather is the last 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 cough" is in the past tense, and the "intention" precedes the emergence of the cough).
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