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Believer Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Answer these questions please.
Hi,
Please choose the answers to the following questions among the choices given.
What animal has a very long body?
1. snake
2. a snake
What red fruit grows in your home town?
1. apple
2. apples
2 an apple
Please choose the answers to the following questions among the choices given.
What animal has a very long body?
1. snake
2. a snake
What red fruit grows in your home town?
1. apple
2. apples
2 an apple
Top answer
1. a snake 2. apples In 1 you could also say "the snake".
- 1.
- a snake 2.
- apples In 1 you could also say "the snake".
- In 2, it's true that "fruit" is singular, but that is because it's uncountable.
- There's no problem in making the answer plural (if that was your doubt).
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1. a snake
2. apples
In 1 you could also say "the snake". In 2, it's true that "fruit" is singular, but that is because it's uncountable. There's no problem in making the answer plural (if that was your doubt).
2. apples
In 1 you could also say "the snake". In 2, it's true that "fruit" is singular, but that is because it's uncountable. There's no problem in making the answer plural (if that was your doubt).
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Hi,
Please tell me why the answer should have articles in front, excepting for choosing to answer in plural for certain things.
What animal has a very long body? a snake or the snake but not just 'snake'
Who is the person who cuts one's hair for money? a barber or the barber but not just 'barber'
How about this?
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Please tell me why the answer should have articles in front, excepting for choosing to answer in plural for certain things.
What animal has a very long body? a snake or the snake but not just 'snake'
Who is the person who cuts one's hair for money? a barber or the barber but not just 'barber'
How about this?
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In a test where you have to choose the grammatically correct answer, it is right to see if the article is used correctly: snake or a snake.
In a vocabulary test, where you have to choose between snake, goose and tiger, for example, the use of the article is
In a vocabulary test, where you have to choose between snake, goose and tiger, for example, the use of the article is
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Thank you.
What you mean by choosing the grammaitically correct answer is that the answer should be in line with the question form?
eg,
What animal has a very long body and slippery skin? A snake has a very long body and slippery skin.
The question and answer is in the same structural form. (Would you use is here or are? I thinking the quest
What you mean by choosing the grammaitically correct answer is that the answer should be in line with the question form?
eg,
What animal has a very long body and slippery skin? A snake has a very long body and slippery skin.
The question and answer is in the same structural form. (Would you use is here or are? I thinking the quest
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By "choosing the grammatically correct answer" I mean that from the possible answers given it is clear whether your grammar or your vocabulary is being tested. In the second case the grammatical form is probably not so important but, as I said before, it is still preferable to give something that can be inserted to give a grammatically correct sentence.
The question
The question
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