0
Usenet Posted 19 years ago
English in UK
CAE Test
I made this small test for you:
Choose the correct word (s) to complete each sentence.
1. Hi, Sue. .. a good time?A. Do you have B. Are you having C. You are having D. You have
2. .. the question?A. Do you understand B. You understand
C. Are you understanding
3. I'm sorry I .. able to come to the meeting. I had anothercommitment.
A. didn't be B. wasn't C. was
4. Libby took another biscuit while her mother .. .A. wasn't looking B. hadn't looked C. didn't look
5. Tom can't write. .. his arm.A. He's broken B. He broke C. He was breaking
6. It's only the second time she .. a horse. She's very good atit.
A. rode B. rides C. has ridden
7. a: "Mmm. Something smells good."b: "I .. cakes all morning."
A. 've made B. 'm making C. 've been making
8. When is the rain going to stop? It's been four months .. somesunshine.
A. that we don't have B. that we haven't had
C. that we didn't have D. since we had
9. We .. chocolate when we were children.A. haven't been eating B. didn't eat C. haven't eaten
10. a: "Maya's in hospital."b: 'Is she? Oh, I .. her some flowers." A. 'm sending B. 'll send C. 'm going to send
END
I will try to put up more tests on the page later taday at (URL removed)
Choose the correct word (s) to complete each sentence.
1. Hi, Sue. .. a good time?A. Do you have B. Are you having C. You are having D. You have
2. .. the question?A. Do you understand B. You understand
C. Are you understanding
3. I'm sorry I .. able to come to the meeting. I had anothercommitment.
A. didn't be B. wasn't C. was
4. Libby took another biscuit while her mother .. .A. wasn't looking B. hadn't looked C. didn't look
5. Tom can't write. .. his arm.A. He's broken B. He broke C. He was breaking
6. It's only the second time she .. a horse. She's very good atit.
A. rode B. rides C. has ridden
7. a: "Mmm. Something smells good."b: "I .. cakes all morning."
A. 've made B. 'm making C. 've been making
8. When is the rain going to stop? It's been four months .. somesunshine.
A. that we don't have B. that we haven't had
C. that we didn't have D. since we had
9. We .. chocolate when we were children.A. haven't been eating B. didn't eat C. haven't eaten
10. a: "Maya's in hospital."b: 'Is she? Oh, I .. her some flowers." A. 'm sending B. 'll send C. 'm going to send
END
I will try to put up more tests on the page later taday at (URL removed)
Top answer
[nq:1]I made this small test for you:[/nq] "little test" would be more idiomatic. But I fear you have mistaken the purpose of this newsgroup. John Briggs
- [nq:1]I made this small test for you:[/nq] "little test" would be more idiomatic.
- But I fear you have mistaken the purpose of this newsgroup.
- John Briggs
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
15 Answers
0
[nq:1]I made this small test for you:[/nq]
"little test" would be more idiomatic. But I fear you have mistaken the purpose of this newsgroup.
John Briggs
"little test" would be more idiomatic. But I fear you have mistaken the purpose of this newsgroup.
John Briggs
00
[nq:1]I made this small test for you: I will try to put up more tests on the page later taday at (URL removed) [/nq]
Try designing them so that only one of the multiple choice answers can be correct.
Blue Sow
Try designing them so that only one of the multiple choice answers can be correct.
Blue Sow
00
[nq:2]I made this small test for you: I will try to put up more tests on the page later taday at (URL removed) [/nq]
[nq:1]Try designing them so that only one of the multiple choice answers can be correct.[/nq]
It depends what you mean by "correct".
John Briggs
[nq:1]Try designing them so that only one of the multiple choice answers can be correct.[/nq]
It depends what you mean by "correct".
John Briggs
00
[nq:2]Try designing them so that only one of the multiple choice answers can be correct.[/nq]
[nq:1]It depends what you mean by "correct".[/nq]
One presumes, when taking a test in which multiple choice answers are provided, that some answers are deemed to be correct and others incorrect. Otherwise, the tester will not be able to determine if the participant has passed or failed the test. I
[nq:1]It depends what you mean by "correct".[/nq]
One presumes, when taking a test in which multiple choice answers are provided, that some answers are deemed to be correct and others incorrect. Otherwise, the tester will not be able to determine if the participant has passed or failed the test. I
00
[nq:2]It depends what you mean by "correct".[/nq]
[nq:1]One presumes, when taking a test in which multiple choice answers are provided, that some answers are deemed to be ... is what I meant by 'correct' too, given the context. What, I wonder, did you think that I might mean?[/nq]
Which questions do you think have more than one 'correct' answer? That could throw some light on what you migh
[nq:1]One presumes, when taking a test in which multiple choice answers are provided, that some answers are deemed to be ... is what I meant by 'correct' too, given the context. What, I wonder, did you think that I might mean?[/nq]
Which questions do you think have more than one 'correct' answer? That could throw some light on what you migh
00
At 11:41:21 on Tue, 9 Oct 2007, EnglishPeter (Email Removed) wrote in (Email Removed):
[nq:1]Choose the correct word (s) to complete each sentence. 1. Hi, Sue. .. a good time? A. Do you have B. Are you having C. You are having D. You have[/nq]
E. You vill haff
[nq:1]2. .. the question? A. Do you understand B. You understand C. Are you understanding[/nq]
D. Who cares about
[nq:1
[nq:1]Choose the correct word (s) to complete each sentence. 1. Hi, Sue. .. a good time? A. Do you have B. Are you having C. You are having D. You have[/nq]
E. You vill haff
[nq:1]2. .. the question? A. Do you understand B. You understand C. Are you understanding[/nq]
D. Who cares about
[nq:1
00
[nq:2]I made this small test for you: I will try to put up more tests on the page later taday at (URL removed) t[/nq]
[nq:1]Try designing them so that only one of the multiple choice answers can be correct.[/nq]
In each question, there was in fact only one answer that was "natural" English, as would be spoken by a native speaker.
However, several of t
[nq:1]Try designing them so that only one of the multiple choice answers can be correct.[/nq]
In each question, there was in fact only one answer that was "natural" English, as would be spoken by a native speaker.
However, several of t
00
0
[nq:2]One presumes, when taking a test in which multiple choice ... What, I wonder, did you think that I might mean?[/nq]
[nq:1]Which questions do you think have more than one 'correct' answer? That could throw some light on what you might mean by 'correct'.[/nq]
Most of them could, in spoken English, have made use of more than one of the possible answers and one of them could have used al
[nq:1]Which questions do you think have more than one 'correct' answer? That could throw some light on what you might mean by 'correct'.[/nq]
Most of them could, in spoken English, have made use of more than one of the possible answers and one of them could have used al
00
[nq:2]D can't be arsed to send[/nq]
[nq:1]'Can't be asked' surely? (-:[/nq]
Probably the origin of the phrase, via "arsked". I always liked the phrase "knocked from arsehole to breakfasttime".
[nq:1]'Can't be asked' surely? (-:[/nq]
Probably the origin of the phrase, via "arsked". I always liked the phrase "knocked from arsehole to breakfasttime".
0
Related Questions