Archive for The Motor Forum talking cars since 2006          The Motor Forum Forum Index -> Games BeN English Test http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4246472.stm I got 16/20. I thought I could have done much better.   I expect to be thouroughly trounced... Racing Mmm...18/20. Och well. Should have got 20! DaveGibson 20/20. I'd have been more than disappointed if I hadn't scored that. Matt 18 Racing Cheered myself up by doing some mock GMAT questions and getting them all right. Li'ldude 13/20... My god, I'm worser than them Eastern Europeans... I blame French and German, they have different spellings and punctuation? woof woof 20 Martin 18/20.  I was starting to get worried as I got question 4 & 6 wrong and I thought it was going to get harder!! Blarno 17. Ah, well! Skyhook 17. Oh dear... Boxer6 17 for me, too. Why on EARTH is it "Jane's house"? I was taught that an apostrophe in a word indicated the presence of a "missing" letter or letters. I must look it up in my Collins' dictionary when I go home!!!   Eff One 20. Since I'm a copy editor, I'd have been pretty disappointed with less! I can spell and correct grammar pretty much instinctively, but I find it quite difficult to identify terms like metaphors etc. Boxer6 Eff One wrote: 20. Since I'm a copy editor, I'd have been pretty disappointed with less! I can spell and correct grammar pretty much instinctively, but I find it quite difficult to identify terms like metaphors etc. So, "Jane's House" or "Janes House"? And, why? DaveGibson Where's my ZX6? wrote: 17 for me, too. Why on EARTH is it "Jane's house"? I was taught that an apostrophe in a word indicated the presence of a "missing" letter or letters......... An apostrophe is also used to indicate possession. So, "ZX6's house isn't in England." shows both the possessive and missing letter uses. Note, though, that "it's" only indicates the missing letter (as in "it is") and the possessive is written "its" without an apostrophe. Boxer6 DaveGibson wrote: Where's my ZX6? wrote: 17 for me, too. Why on EARTH is it "Jane's house"? I was taught that an apostrophe in a word indicated the presence of a "missing" letter or letters......... An apostrophe is also used to indicate possession. So, "ZX6's house isn't in England." shows both the possessive and missing letter uses. Note, though, that "it's" only indicates the missing letter (as in "it is") and the possessive is written "its" without an apostrophe. Thanks Dave. I get it now (I hope!) Mrs Skyhook Re: English Test 20/20, very easy. I don't expect to get that for the Maths test next week, Maths was never my strong subject.  BeN, getting 16 when your first language is not English is quite an achievement. Dr. Hfuhruhurr Bugger! Only 19. "him" 18 for me, when I saw the first few questions I thought hmmm... I am going to fail this! DaveGibson Re: English Test Mrs Skyhook wrote: 20/20, very easy. I don't expect to get that for the Maths test next week,.......... I think you might have to search for the maths test, Mrs S, the date on that English test webpage was 15 Sept 2005. BeN Re: English Test Mrs Skyhook wrote: 20/20, very easy. I don't expect to get that for the Maths test next week, Maths was never my strong subject.  BeN, getting 16 when your first language is not English is quite an achievement. Considering that I've been told my English standard is 'above average' compared to my peers, I think I might have done better...        The Motor Forum Forum Index -> Games Page 1 of 1