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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
Just 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? Non sure. Fairly sure. Certain."
1.
Cull the best give-and-take to complete the sentence.
The baby boy saw ... in the mirror and started to cry.
a. itself
b. herself
c. himself
2.
Cull the all-time give-and-take 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 word or phrase to consummate the sentence.
... was a potent current of air last nighttime.
a. In that location
b. Here
c. This
4.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the judgement.
Firstly, I want to congratulate yous all. Secondly, I would like to wish you good luck and ... I promise yous have enjoyed the course.
a. in the end
b. at last
c. finally
v.
Choose the all-time word or phrase to consummate the sentence.
You ... clean your teeth twice a day to avoid having problems.
a. tin
b. should
c. will
half dozen.
Choose the all-time give-and-take or phrase to complete the judgement.
The children idea 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 remember it's going to rain.
Jill: I ... , the clouds are clearing.
Jack: We'll soon see.
a. disagree
b. mutter
c. argue
8.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
I really don't like this meal. ... money in the globe wouldn't get me to eat it.
a. Whatever
b. Enough
c. All the
ix.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
Terminal year, Joanna bought two ... coats in New York.
a. long, black, leather
b. black, long, leather
c. leather, black, long
x.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
I must report to the meeting that Cyrus completed his start piece of piece of work well ahead of schedule. ..., however, his work has been handed in late.
a. Sequentially
b. Afterwards
c. Consequently
11.
Choose the all-time word or phrase to complete the judgement.
That'southward very good of yous but yous ... 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 cough.
a. would take been
b. had been
c. have been
13.
Choose the all-time word or phrase to complete the dialogue.
Anne: Oh! I watched the new TV show terminal night.
Jo: Was it any skilful?
Anne: Yes. ... the Telly fix is and so quondam I could see very little.
a. Mind you
b. Still
c. By the fashion
14.
Choose the word or phrase which has a like meaning to:
consider
a. remember about
b. seem well
c. go for
You lot removed a message
15.
Choose the word 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 meaning to:
consummate
a. finish
b. go through
c. full
17.
Choose the give-and-take or phrase which has a like meaning to:
return
a. business relationship
b. become back
c. reverse
18.
Cull the give-and-take or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
report
a. go later
b. account
c. respect
19.
Choose the best give-and-take to complete the sentence.
She hit her ... while she was playing football.
a. motor
b. tail
c. shoulder
20.
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.
It was bad but information technology was not a ... .
a. gate
b. mag
c. criminal offense
22.
Some words are often used together, due east.thousand. smelly + socks. Cull a word which is oft used with:
concrete
a. builder
b. thrill
c. proposal
23.
Some words are often used together, east.g. smelly + socks. Choose a word which is oft used with:
tender
a. diet
b. words
c. beast
24.
Some words are often used together, eastward.1000. smelly + socks. Choose a word which is ofttimes used with:
sophisticated
a. dress
b. purse
c. ship
25.
Some words are ofttimes used together, e.g. smelly + socks. Cull a word which is often used with:
edgeless
a. movement
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 all-time give-and-take or phrase to complete the judgement.
I ... intending to end smoking even earlier I got this bad coughing.
a. would have been
b. had been
c. take been
I would have called C. "take been". It could exist argued that using "had been" gives the impression you lot gave up the intention before getting the bad coughing. 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, so y'all should have scored a 96.
| Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2020 eleven:29:05 PM |
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Very interesting. I pretty much agree with all the choices marked equally correct.
Simply I take some commments:
--In #4, the words should be "First" and "Second", not "Firstly" and "Secondly". But "finally," is the correct selection.
--In #9, in my opinion the choice "long, black, leather coats"--though ameliorate than the other ii choices--isn't really practiced. It ought to exist "long black leather coats" without the commas.
--In #12, unlike FounDit, I adopt "had been intending..." to "accept been intending...". To me, "had been intending" does non mean you lot ceased intending to stop smoking.
--In #13, I have to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Mind you"--I would prefer "Yet--but "However" that wasn't one of the choices, and "Listen you" is ameliorate than the other two.
--And in #22, "concrete proposal" seems a meliorate matched pair than "concrete builder" in near contexts. In the absenteeism of a context for the judgement, "physical builder" is an acceptable answer.
| Posted: Fri, June 12, 2020 2:18:33 AM |
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tautophile wrote:
Very interesting. I pretty much hold with all the choices marked as correct.
But I have some commments:
--In #4, the words should be "First" and "Second", not "Firstly" and "Secondly". Simply "finally," is the correct choice.
--In #9, in my opinion the choice "long, blackness, leather coats"--though ameliorate than the other two choices--isn't really expert. It ought to exist "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 ceased intending to cease smoking.
--In #13, I have to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Listen you lot"--I would adopt "However--but "However" that wasn't 1 of the choices, and "Heed you" is ameliorate 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 acceptable respond.
#4 Firstly and secondly are commonly used in British English.
I concord with FounDit for #12 I prefer "have been", it'southward how most British people would utilise that phrase.
#xiii Listen you is the phrase that an ordinary British person would utilize.
#22 is a question of association it is not near forming an actual pairing architect and concrete become together in the aforementioned fashion bread and baker or bat and cricketer practice.
Retrieve the British Council is trying to teach people to speak English as it is used in United kingdom today, on behalf of the British Regime, some of its usages won't match American English.
| Posted: Friday, June 12, 2020 six: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 "all-time choice".
Personally, I'd employ "has been" or "was" in most circumstances.
In #22, "concrete proposal" is a mutual phrase. "Concrete builder" isn't.
A builder may use concrete occasionally, just there's no such task equally "physical architect".
Yep, I'd commonly apply "mind you".
Heed you lot, it is a trivial "archaic"
, in that the verb "mind" meaning "pay attention" is not now used intransitively; AND imperatives don't nowadays have that form with the 'person' afterwards the verb. "Heed y'all" = "(You) take discover!" = "just I'chiliad mentioning so that you tin can have observe"
| Posted: Saturday, June 13, 2020 three:xv:06 AM |
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My "native spoken language" is AmE, but I lived in England for four years and take many British friends, and so I'm very familiar with BrE. My beginning wife grew upward in Gateshead and later in Banbury, then I know both Geordie and Thames Valley voice communication--so much then that when I saw the picture "Billy Eliot" [2000]--ready generally in Tyneside and full of Geordie accents--in the theater here in Illinois, I was the only person in the audition who understood all of what was existence said.
I know, for example, about "mind yous"--which is the best choice of the three put frontward in #13. It's a well-known BrE phrase, and is non unknown in AmE. Of the 3 choices given, it's the ane I would choose.
Only, if one of the choices for #thirteen were "However", that is the ane I would choice. It'due south perfectly good BrE and AmE.
I have seen both American and British usage guides that prefer "first" and "2d" to "firstly" and "secondly". Most usage guides concur, though, that the "-ly" forms are acceptable, and more formal.
| Posted: Saturday, June 13, 2020 eight: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 can give a score of
94%.
That means 1 question incorrect and 1 "one-half-right".
Virtually of the questions (being multiple option) can't be 'half-correct'.
| Posted: Lord's day, June fourteen, 2020 ix:54:59 PM |
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Hi Everyone!
Cheers all very much indeed,
But, practice y'all not think we must have a comma after "listen you"?
There is no comma in the original question question. 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 final night.
Jo: Was it whatever proficient?
Anne: Yes. Mind y'all the Idiot box set up is then quondam I could see very little.
I read Guide for Mixed Tense Exercises:
Quote:
Fourth dimension word: Before:
Time clause tense: Elementary nowadays, Simple past
Master clause tense: Uncomplicated time to come
Before Karen leaves for piece of work, she will roller-skate around her house three times.
Fourth dimension give-and-take: 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 house three times.
And so, in no #12, the speaker is talking well-nigh two deportment, "I got coughing", and "the "intend to finish smoking". "Intend to stop smoking" happened before "I got cough". So, I think that the by perfect progressive must be used in the main clause tense(I had been intending to terminate smoking) and the past simple in the time clause tense(earlier I got this bad cough).
I had been intending to stop smoking(master clause tense) even before I got this bad cough(fourth dimension 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 , 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 tin can give a score of four%.
So, iv% Ten 25 = 4/100 X 25/100 = 100/100 = 100%.
For the 12th question, when I selected "accept been", my score decreased by 4%. However, when selecting 'had been', I scored 96%. That means another question incorrect.
| Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 12:57:39 AM |
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You're right 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 you had wrong is #22 - concrete proposal.
Take a look at the due north-gram graph here.
It's probably just a phrase yous've never come across - it's mostly a business or legal-type idea.
con•crete adj.
1. constituting an actual thing or instance; real; perceptible; substantial: physical proof.
2. pertaining to or concerned with realities or bodily instances rather than abstractions; particular equally opposed to general: physical proposals.
Still, I'd say 96 is a
skillfulscore. Well done.
| Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 10:37:14 AM |
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Drag0nspeaker wrote:
You lot're right 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 1 you had incorrect is #22 - physical proposal.
Have a look at the northward-gram graph here.
It'southward probably but a phrase you've never see - it's mostly a business concern or legal-blazon thought.
con•crete adj.
1. constituting an actual thing or instance; real; perceptible; substantial: concrete proof.
2. pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions; particular as opposed to general: physical proposals.
However, 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/concrete/proposal" question. But since in that location was no mention of that, I assumed either answer would be given credit, since "builder" and either "physical" or "proposal" fits. That was actually a poor question. Merely 96 is an excellent score. Well washed.
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Physical / Proposal is the right reply
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Babouri Salim wrote:
CONCRETE / Proposal is the right answer
Yes, exactly: all the answers past A cooperator are right except 22c: "concrete proposal".
Non that "physical architect" per se is wrong, it's just that they wanted us 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 yous'll score 100%!
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By the way, the phrase "Listen you" in #xiii should have been followed past a comma: "Mind you, the Telly ready is then sometime...." rather than "Mind you the Television set set is so erstwhile...".
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Does anybody realize this mail is from June 2020?
| Posted: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 8:39:58 AM |
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i. All of the answers cooperator posted are right, except question 22: the right respond (co-ordinate to the britishcouncil.org website) is: physical proposal (this is what I answered and I got 100%).
Information technology should exist noted, though, that few questions in that examination have more than than one correct answer. For example, another give-and-take for "consummate" tin also be "full" if used equally an adjective (the question in the test refers to its verb form, thus "end" is accepted every bit the right option).
2. Question ix: (a) is the right choice (long, black, leather) because the order of adjectives follows the ranking conventions of standard English: opinion, size, historic period, shape, colour, origin, material, purpose. Thus, long comes before black, and leather is the last in rank.
three. Question 12: the past perfect tense is the merely grammatically right choice. Choice c (accept 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 coughing).
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