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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
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Correct My Answers, Please.

Hello teachers,

Please, correct my answers and clarify what I wonder about of them:


Regarding the questions 1 & 2 in particular, I guess, I have a problem to differentiate the correct answer in such type of questions, so I'd like to understand the reason behind the answer.


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A. That’s a brown, attractive leather coat.
B. That’s a brown leather coat attractive.
C. That’s an attractive leather brown coat.
D. That’s an attractive brown leather coat.

I'm sure that the answer will never be "B", A doesn't seem that correct too. So I only have to choose between C and D. Frankly, I see both of them are correct. When it comes to "leather " it can be used as a noun and an adjective, and when it comes to "brown", it can be used as a noun and an adjective, too. In those sentence above they came as adjectives. Therefore, I see both of them are correct. Even when I depend on reading them, it sounds correct to me.



2-

A. She has long black hair.
B. She has black long hair.
C. She has hair, long and black.


Here, I ruled out "C", but A & B seem correct to me. I can't find any difference between them. I just feelwhen I read them that the first one sounds to focus on the hair being "long"; it sounds to me that the speakers is amazed with long hair while "B" seems to focus on the color of the hair which meansto me that the speaker is firstly amazed with black hair.



3- The book isn't on the table. It's ...... the table.

A. over
B. under


I choose "under", but after that I thought, what if there is a shelf above the table and the book was on it, I may can say:" the book is over table".



4- We can't get there by 3:00 pm. There is ...... time.

A. few
B. too little
C. too little little
D. too few

I choose "B" although "few time", when I read it doesn't sound that incorrect .



5- I haven't had lunch with my mother ...... a year.

A. for
B. -----
C. since
D. during

I chose "C" but when I read the choice (A), it sounds correct to me, too.



6- The man ...... in the corner is my boss.

A. whose
B. sitting
C. is sitting
D. sits

I chose (C) because according to me, the sentence was like this " The man who is sitting in the corner is my boss". I think we can omit "who" without affecting the original sentence. But honestly, when I read the sentence with choice B, it sounds correct to me, too. Because it seems participle, adjective clause " who is sitting in the corner."


7. If only I had had the courage to do this ......

A. years back.
B. for years.
C. since years.
D. in years.


I'm hesitant between (A) and (C), I chose (A) at the end.



Thanks in advance

  

Top answer

anonymous Regarding the questions 1 & 2 in particular, I guess, I have a problem to differentiate determining the correct answer in such type of questions, so I'd like to understand the reason behind the answer. to have [a problem / problems / trouble] ---ing is the pattern. I often have trouble finding a place to park.

  • anonymous Regarding the questions 1 & 2 in particular, I guess, I have a problem to differentiate determining the correct answer in such type of questions, so I'd like to understand the reason behind the answer.
  • to have [a problem / problems / trouble] ---ing is the pattern.
  • I often have trouble finding a place to park.
  • anonymous A.
  • That’s a brown, attractive leather coat.
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anonymousRegarding the questions 1 & 2 in particular, I guess, I have a problem to differentiate determining the correct answer in such type of questions, so I'd like to understand the reason behind the answer.

to have [a problem / problems / trouble] --

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anonymous

A. She has long black hair.
B. She has black long hair.
C. She has hair, long and black.

Hair color is an inherent property of hair. (We disregard procedures for coloring hair when dealing with the grammar.)

Hair length is much more changeable.

So "long" is not as closely related to hair as "black" is.

Answer: A.

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anonymous

3- The book isn't on the table. It's ...... the table.
A. over
B. under

I choose "under", but after that I thought, what if there is a shelf above the table and the book was on it. Maybe I may can say "the book is over tabl

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anonymous

6- The man ...... in the corner is my boss.
A. whose
B. sitting
C. is sitting
D. sits

I chose (C) because according to me, in my opinion the sentence was like this "The man who is sitting in the corner is my boss".

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D is the first one. It's because of that weird non-spoken rule that native English speakers don't know they know. It just sounds odd to use the word "leather" before the word "brown". The second one is A, for the same reason. 3 would be correct either way,assuming there was a shelf above the table.4 is B. Time is subjective, so the word "few" doesn't work. 5, at least where I'm from, would be "i
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You are an excellent teacher! you clarified it in a smart way, I understand it now. Thanks a lot for your effort in correcting answers and questions, too.

Thank you very much "anonymous" for your valuable clarification. I appreciate it. Regarding the question number

7, I guess if there were "years ago" term among choices, I wouldn't think to choose it or even to be confused abo

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