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Sunny123 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
jump
Hello everyone. Please let me know which choice is correct and why?
A. As soon as I came in, I saw the thieves.......over the wall
1)had jumped 2)jump 3)jumped 4)were jumping
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A. As soon as I came in, I saw the thieves.......over the wall
1)had jumped 2)jump 3)jumped 4)were jumping
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Top answer
1,2 and 4 are OK.
- 1,2 and 4 are OK.
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1. There was some evidence that the thieves had jumped over the wall - footprints perhaps, 4. They were in the process of jumping over.. Both seem legitimate to me, or do you think I am reading too much into it?
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The test-makers want 2. They would have put "that" after "saw" if they wanted to signal that more than one answer was possible, such as 1, 3, and 4.
CJ
CJ
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You are probably tight, CJ. However, as 1 and 4 would be acceptable without 'that', I think it's a bad question.
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But I take the point that I should be cautious when commenting on what are clearly exam or test questions. I am a native speaker and experienced writer but not a teacher.
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I am a teacher, and form teacher trainer and UCLES and IELTS examiner. I agree with your original response.
If a response that an educated native speaker might give is considered incorrect, then we have a bad exercise.
If a response that an educated native speaker might give is considered incorrect, then we have a bad exercise.
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