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Hi, this question is concerned with a formal test in the public-school. I designed the question and one of my students just asked me if her answer would make a correct one.
Here is the context. (student's age is 14.)
"Tane is the god of the forest. The worms are eating the tree leaves. He wants to save the forest. So he (ask, the birds, help, for)".
The question is that the students had to put the words in brackets in grammatical order.
The intended answer is "asks the birds for help".
And the student argues that "asks help for the birds" can make the context right.
Do you think the student's answer can be correct with having the same meaning as the intended one?
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cho7712 "asks help for the birds" This is incorrect. cho7712 The intended answer is "asks the birds for help". This is correct.
- cho7712 "asks help for the birds" This is incorrect.
- cho7712 The intended answer is "asks the birds for help".
- This is correct.
- cho7712 "Tane is the *** of the forest.
- The worms are eating the tree leaves.
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cho7712"asks help for the birds"
This is incorrect.
cho7712The intended answer is "asks the birds for help".
This is correct.
cho7712"Tane is the *** of the forest. The worms are eating the tree leaves. He wants to save the forest.
"The worms are eating the tree leaves" is
0No, the two sentences have different meanings.
He asks the birds for help. (The birds are going to help him.)
He asks help for the birds. (He wants someone to help the birds).
In the first, the birds are helping him
In the second, he (and someone else) are helping the birds.
Clear?
0Thank you all for your answers.
I cannot appreciate enough for how much you are of help. I really thank you for your advice.
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