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Tenacious Learner Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Are these questions and answers suitable? (E.M.-17)
Hi teachers,
According to this contex:
We went out of the room and closed the door. The shopkeeper smiled at me with his yellow teeth.
‘Wonderful, sir, isn’t it?’ he said. ‘The best Elephant Man in England! Hundreds of people come to see him, you know, hundreds! I take him all over the country, I do!’
Are these questions and answers suitable?
a) Where did they go out of and what did they do? They went out of the room and closed the door.
b) What could the doctor see when the shopkeeper smiled? He could see his teeth.
c) How many people went to see the Elephant Man? Hundreds of them.
d) Where did the shopkeeper and the Elephant Man travel? The traveled all over the country.
Thanks in advance.
According to this contex:
We went out of the room and closed the door. The shopkeeper smiled at me with his yellow teeth.
‘Wonderful, sir, isn’t it?’ he said. ‘The best Elephant Man in England! Hundreds of people come to see him, you know, hundreds! I take him all over the country, I do!’
Are these questions and answers suitable?
a) Where did they go out of and what did they do? They went out of the room and closed the door.
b) What could the doctor see when the shopkeeper smiled? He could see his teeth.
c) How many people went to see the Elephant Man? Hundreds of them.
d) Where did the shopkeeper and the Elephant Man travel? The traveled all over the country.
Thanks in advance.
Top answer
a) Did they leave without shutting the door? It is completely unfair to expect a student to consider 'closing the door' as something of significance done in the narrative. b) What could the doctor see when the shopkeeper smiled?
- a) Did they leave without shutting the door?
- It is completely unfair to expect a student to consider 'closing the door' as something of significance done in the narrative.
- b) What could the doctor see when the shopkeeper smiled?
- He could see his teeth.
- c) How many people had seen the Elephant Man?
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a) Did they leave without shutting the door? It is completely unfair to expect a student to consider 'closing the door' as something of significance done in the narrative.
b) What could the doctor see when the shopkeeper smiled? He could see his teeth.
c) How many people had seen the Elephant Man? Hundreds of them.
d) Where did the shopkeeper and the Elephant Man
b) What could the doctor see when the shopkeeper smiled? He could see his teeth.
c) How many people had seen the Elephant Man? Hundreds of them.
d) Where did the shopkeeper and the Elephant Man
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Mister Micawbera) Did they leave without shutting the door? It is completely unfair to expect a student to consider 'closing the door' as something of significance done in the narrative. Hmm! Point taken. You are right!Hi Mister Micawber,
Thank you for all your corrections.
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Mister Micawberc) How many people had seen the Elephant Man? Hundreds of them.Hi Mister Micawber,
Are you using the past perfect in that one, just because hundreds of people had already seen the Elephnat Man at that time?
At the time the shopkeeper was talking.
TS
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I had to think about that, and thought it was the best all-round choice. What the shopkeeper says is 'come', so he means generally, not just in the past. But framing it as your question sounded odd to me, so I opted for the listener to be able to logically assume that since he knows 'hundreds come', then probably hundreds have already done so.
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Mister MicawberBut framing it as your question sounded odd to me, so I opted for the listener to be able to logically assume that since he knows 'hundreds come', then probably hundreds have already done so.Hi Mister Micawber,
Thank you for your reply. That is a very right conclusion!
TS
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