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Linhtho0211 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Couldn't help/stop oneself laughing?

Please help me to check my exercise below.
1. Andrew couldn’t ___ himself laughing at the expression on Maggie’s face.
Help stop escape avoid
I chose A but my teacher chose B

It took a few days after the cheque had arrived for me to realize that our life would never be the same again – it was a dream (1) ____ true. Like everyone else, I had often (2) ____ what it would be like not having to worry about paying the bills and just making ends meet.
1. A made; B come; C being; D become
I chose A but my teacher C

2 A planned; B predicted; C imagined; D enjoyed
I chose C but my teacher D

The following is a piece of an exercise whose task is to conjugate the verbs in bracket:
In recent years on the bog screen we (1SEE) ______Lukas Haas play the boy who (12_WITNESS) ______ a murder in the film "WITNESS".
Me: 1.have seen; 2.witnesses
My teacher: 1.have seen; 2.witnessed

The following is a piece of a gap-filling exercise:
Even in our own times, researchers have tried to prove that a person’s character is somehow connected (1) ____ the way they look.
Me: with
My teacher: to
  

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1. Andrew couldn’t ___ himself laughing at the expression on Maggie’s face. Help stop escape avoid I chose A but my teacher chose B I'd go along with your teacher because of the "himself" It took a few days after the cheque had arrived for me to realize that our life would never be the same again – it was a dream (1) ____ true.

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  • Andrew couldn’t ___ himself laughing at the expression on Maggie’s face.
  • Help stop escape avoid I chose A but my teacher chose B I'd go along with your teacher because of the "himself" It took a few days after the cheque had arrived for me to realize that our life would never be the same again – it was a dream (1) ____ true.
  • Like everyone else, I had often (2) ____ what it would be like not having to worry about paying the bills and just making ends meet.
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1. Andrew couldn’t ___ himself laughing at the expression on Maggie’s face.
Help stop escape avoid
I chose A but my teacher chose B

I'd go along with your teacher because of the "himself"

It took a few days after the cheque had arrived for me to realize that our life would never be the same again – it was a dream (1) ____ true. Like everyone else, I had
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The following is a piece of an exercise whose task is to conjugate the verbs in bracket:
In recent years on the bog screen we (1SEE) __Lukas Haas play the boy who (12_WITNESS) _ a murder in the film "WITNESS".
Me: 1.have seen; 2.witnesses
My teacher: 1.have seen; 2.witnessed

I'd choose 1.1, 1.2, because the film is wrapped, his playing in it belongs to the past.
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Hi. Welcome to English Forums.
linhtho0211Please help me to check my exercise below.
1. Andrew couldn’t stop himself laughing at the expression on Maggie’s face.
Help stop escape avoid
I chose A but my teacher chose B. Right. "Can't help Ving doesnt take oneself.

It took a fe
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Anyway thank you so much for your help.
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Oh... I have got behind a little bit. Let's wait for teachers. Emotion: smile
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Hi,
linhtho0211
1. Andrew couldn’t ___ himself laughing at the expression on Maggie’s face.
Help stop escape avoid
I chose A but my teacher chose B


I wouldn't choose any of the presented options. I think the sentence is poorly written and it should be "Andrew couldn't help/stop laughting".

The expression "help yourself" means a
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What is the purpose to create such confusing exercises? If you put synonyms as answers to choose from, then the result that you can achieve is an unwanted one of shaking the student's self-confidence. There are exercises which really develop student's skills and instill self-confidence in them and, sorry to say, there are some which are like linguistic traps to fall into.
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