When Should a Baby Start Sitting Up by Themselves
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| Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2020 8:58:37 PM |
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These are 25 questions from the examination 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? Not sure. Fairly sure. Certain."
one.
Choose the all-time word to consummate the sentence.
The babe male child saw ... in the mirror and started to cry.
a. itself
b. herself
c. himself
2.
Choose the all-time discussion or phrase to complete the sentence.
A lot of trains ... late today due to the heavy storms.
a. are run
b. run
c. are running
3.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
... was a potent current of air last night.
a. There
b. Here
c. This
4.
Cull the all-time word or phrase to complete the judgement.
Firstly, I want to congratulate you all. Secondly, I would similar to wish you good luck and ... I hope you take enjoyed the form.
a. in the cease
b. at last
c. finally
5.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the judgement.
Yous ... clean your teeth twice a 24-hour interval to avoid having problems.
a. can
b. should
c. will
six.
Cull the best word or phrase to consummate the sentence.
The children thought they were ... when they saw the bull.
a. in a danger
b. in danger
c. in the danger
7.
Cull the best word or phrase to complete the dialogue.
Jack: I think information technology'due south going to rain.
Jill: I ... , the clouds are immigration.
Jack: We'll soon see.
a. disagree
b. complain
c. argue
eight.
Choose the best word or phrase to consummate the sentence.
I really don't similar this meal. ... money in the globe wouldn't get me to consume it.
a. Whatever
b. Enough
c. All the
9.
Cull the all-time give-and-take or phrase to complete the judgement.
Terminal year, Joanna bought 2 ... coats in New York.
a. long, black, leather
b. blackness, long, leather
c. leather, blackness, long
x.
Choose the best discussion or phrase to complete the sentence.
I must report to the meeting that Cyrus completed his commencement slice of work well ahead of schedule. ..., withal, his work has been handed in belatedly.
a. Sequentially
b. Subsequently
c. Consequently
11.
Choose the all-time word or phrase to complete the sentence.
That'south very proficient of you but y'all ... have paid me back until tomorrow.
a. needn't
b. wouldn't
c. couldn't
12.
Choose the best discussion or phrase to complete the sentence.
I ... intending to finish smoking even before I got this bad cough.
a. would accept been
b. had been
c. take been
xiii.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the dialogue.
Anne: Oh! I watched the new Idiot box evidence terminal night.
Jo: Was information technology any skillful?
Anne: Yes. ... the Boob tube set is so old I could run into very little.
a. Heed you
b. Still
c. By the way
14.
Cull the word or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
consider
a. call back about
b. seem well
c. become for
You removed a message
15.
Choose the discussion or phrase which has a similar meaning to:
talk
a. stroll
b. point out
c. converse
16.
Cull 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 similar meaning to:
return
a. account
b. go back
c. opposite
18.
Cull the word or phrase which has a similar significant to:
report
a. go afterwards
b. business relationship
c. respect
nineteen.
Choose the best word to complete the sentence.
She hitting her ... while she was playing football.
a. motor
b. tail
c. shoulder
twenty.
Choose the best word to complete the judgement.
The ... went to the police.
a. offense
b. solicitor
c. shoulder
21.
Cull the best give-and-take to consummate the sentence.
It was bad but it was non a ... .
a. gate
b. magazine
c. crime
22.
Some words are often used together, east.thou. smelly + socks. Cull a word which is often used with:
concrete
a. builder
b. thrill
c. proposal
23.
Some words are often used together, e.grand. evil-smelling + socks. Cull a discussion which is oft used with:
tender
a. diet
b. words
c. animal
24.
Some words are often used together, e.g. smelly + socks. Choose a word which is often used with:
sophisticated
a. clothes
b. purse
c. ship
25.
Some words are often used together, e.g. evil-smelling + socks. Choose a word which is often used with:
blunt
a. movement
b. proposition
c. instrument
| Posted: Thursday, June 11, 2020 9:45:08 PM |
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The but one I would question is #12
12.
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the sentence.
I ... intending to terminate smoking even before I got this bad cough.
a. would have been
b. had been
c. have been
I would have called C. "have been". It could be argued that using "had been" gives the impression you gave up the intention earlier getting the bad cough. Using "have been" conveys an intention that was on-going when you lot got the cough. I don't know why you scored 94, still. With 25 questions, each should be worth 4 points each, so y'all 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.
Merely I have some commments:
--In #4, the words should be "First" and "2nd", non "Firstly" and "Secondly". But "finally," is the correct selection.
--In #nine, in my opinion the pick "long, black, leather coats"--though amend than the other ii choices--isn't actually good. Information technology ought to be "long black leather coats" without the commas.
--In #12, unlike FounDit, I prefer "had been intending..." to "take been intending...". To me, "had been intending" does not mean you ceased intending to terminate smoking.
--In #13, I accept to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Mind you"--I would prefer "Notwithstanding--simply "However" that wasn't one of the choices, and "Listen you" is better than the other 2.
--And in #22, "physical proposal" seems a better matched pair than "concrete architect" in nearly contexts. In the absenteeism of a context for the sentence, "concrete builder" is an acceptable answer.
| Posted: Friday, June 12, 2020 2:18:33 AM |
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tautophile wrote:
Very interesting. I pretty much concord 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 right pick.
--In #ix, in my opinion the choice "long, black, leather coats"--though better than the other two choices--isn't really good. It ought to be "long blackness leather coats" without the commas.
--In #12, dissimilar FounDit, I prefer "had been intending..." to "take been intending...". To me, "had been intending" does not mean you ceased intending to stop smoking.
--In #13, I have to say I wouldn't used the phrase "Heed you"--I would prefer "All the same--but "However" that wasn't i of the choices, and "Heed you lot" is ameliorate than the other two.
--And in #22, "concrete proposal" seems a better matched pair than "concrete builder" in nearly contexts. In the absence of a context for the sentence, "concrete builder" is an acceptable answer.
#4 Firstly and secondly are unremarkably used in British English.
I concur with FounDit for #12 I adopt "accept been", information technology's how most British people would utilize that phrase.
#13 Listen you is the phrase that an ordinary British person would use.
#22 is a question of clan it is not near forming an actual pairing builder and concrete become 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 as it is used in Uk 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 "all-time choice".
Personally, I'd use "has been" or "was" in near circumstances.
In #22, "concrete proposal" is a common phrase. "Concrete builder" isn't.
A builder may utilise concrete occasionally, just there's no such chore as "concrete builder".
Aye, I'd commonly utilise "mind you".
Heed you, it is a little "archaic"
, in that the verb "listen" meaning "pay attending" is not now used intransitively; AND imperatives don't nowadays have that form with the 'person' after the verb. "Mind you" = "(Y'all) accept notice!" = "but I'thousand mentioning so that yous tin can have notice"
| Posted: Sabbatum, June 13, 2020 iii:15:06 AM |
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My "native speech" is AmE, simply I lived in England for iv years and have many British friends, and then I'm very familiar with BrE. My first wife grew upward in Gateshead and later on in Banbury, then I know both Geordie and Thames Valley speech--so much so that when I saw the motion-picture show "Billy Eliot" [2000]--prepare mostly in Tyneside and full of Geordie accents--in the theater here in Illinois, I was the simply person in the audience who understood all of what was being said.
I know, for example, about "heed you"--which is the all-time choice of the 3 put forward in #thirteen. Information technology's a well-known BrE phrase, and is not unknown in AmE. Of the 3 choices given, it's the i I would cull.
But, if one of the choices for #thirteen were "Notwithstanding", that is the i I would choice. Information technology's perfectly skillful BrE and AmE.
I accept seen both American and British usage guides that prefer "showtime" and "second" to "firstly" and "secondly". Well-nigh usage guides agree, though, that the "-ly" forms are acceptable, and more formal.
| Posted: Saturday, June 13, 2020 8:38:31 AM |
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Gateshead to Banbury - couldn't exist much different, dialectically, and stay in England!
Like FounDit, I'yard curious how 25 questions can requite a score of
94%.
That means 1 question wrong and one "one-half-right".
Almost of the questions (beingness multiple choice) can't be 'one-half-right'.
| Posted: Sun, June 14, 2020 9:54:59 PM |
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Hi Everyone!
Thank you lot all very much indeed,
But, do y'all not think we must have a comma afterward "heed 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 Television bear witness last dark.
Jo: Was it any good?
Anne: Yes. Listen y'all the Goggle box is so old I could see very little.
I read Guide for Mixed Tense Exercises:
Quote:
Time word: Earlier:
Time clause tense: Uncomplicated present, Simple past
Chief clause tense: Uncomplicated time to come
Earlier Karen leaves for work, she volition roller-skate around her house three times.
Time word: Before
Time clause tense: simple by
Main clause tense: Simple past or by perfect
Earlier Karen left for work, she (had) roller-skated effectually her house three times.
Then, in no #12, the speaker is talking almost two actions, "I got cough", and "the "intend to finish smoking". "Intend to terminate smoking" happened before "I got cough". So, I retrieve that the by perfect progressive must exist used in the primary clause tense(I had been intending to stop smoking) and the past elementary in the fourth dimension clause tense(earlier I got this bad cough).
I had been intending to stop smoking(main clause tense) fifty-fifty before I got this bad coughing(time clause tense).
a. would take been
b. had been
c. have been
| Posted: Tuesday, June 16, 2020 five: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 can requite a score of 4%.
So, iv% X 25 = four/100 X 25/100 = 100/100 = 100%.
For the twelfth question, when I selected "take been", my score decreased past iv%. Notwithstanding, when selecting 'had been', I scored 96%. That means some other 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 affair 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 you lot've never come across - it's more often than not a business or legal-type idea.
con•crete adj.
i. constituting an bodily thing or instance; real; perceptible; substantial: concrete proof.
ii. pertaining to or concerned with realities or actual instances rather than abstractions; particular equally opposed to general: concrete proposals.
Notwithstanding, I'd say 96 is a
goodscore. Well done.
| Posted: Wednesday, June 17, 2020 ten:37:xiv AM |
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Drag0nspeaker wrote:
You lot're right on #12 - the most "grammatically correct" is the past perfect (plus the unproblematic past), when looked at logically (sorting out WHEN each thing happened).
The i you lot had wrong is #22 - concrete proposal.
Take a look at the n-gram graph here.
It's probably simply a phrase y'all've never come beyond - it's more often than not a business or legal-type idea.
con•crete adj.
1. constituting an actual thing or instance; real; perceptible; substantial: concrete proof.
two. pertaining to or concerned with realities or bodily instances rather than abstractions; item as opposed to full general: concrete proposals.
Still, I'd say 96 is a
proficientscore. Well done.
I wondered when I read the score of 94 if 2 points had been taken off for the "architect/concrete/proposal" question. But since there was no mention of that, I assumed either answer would be given credit, since "architect" and either "concrete" or "proposal" fits. That was really a poor question. But 96 is an excellent score. Well washed.
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CONCRETE / Proposal is the correct reply
| Posted: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 10:49:21 AM |
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Babouri Salim wrote:
Concrete / Proposal is the correct answer
Aye, exactly: all the answers by A cooperator are right except 22c: "concrete proposal".
Not that "concrete architect" per se is wrong, information technology'southward just that they wanted united states to choose the near frequent lexical collocation, which is "physical proposal".
Just stick to all the answers given past A cooperator - except for 22 - and yous'll score 100%!
| Posted: Tuesday, April 20, 2021 12:30:49 PM |
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By the manner, the phrase "Mind you" in #13 should have been followed past a comma: "Mind you lot, the TV set is so old...." rather than "Listen you the TV set up is so old...".
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Does anybody realize this post is from June 2020?
| Posted: Wednesday, March 2, 2022 eight: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%).
It should exist noted, though, that few questions in that test have more than 1 correct answer. For example, another give-and-take for "complete" can also be "total" if used as an describing word (the question in the examination refers to its verb course, thus "finish" is accepted equally the correct choice).
ii. Question 9: (a) is the correct selection (long, black, leather) because the society of adjectives follows the ranking conventions of standard English: opinion, size, age, 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 coughing" is in the past tense, and the "intention" precedes the emergence of the coughing).
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