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take part vs. take portion #1 (permalink) Thu Mar 01, 2007 22:59 pm   take part vs. take portion
 

Common Errors in English, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #6 "At the Conference", question 2

Probably the most interesting meeting of the whole week was the one when everybody had the opportunity to take portion.

(a) Probably
(b) the whole
(c) had
(d) portion

Common Errors in English, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #6 "At the Conference", answer 2

Probably the most interesting meeting of the whole week was the one when everybody had the opportunity to take part.

Correct entry: part
The error was: (d) portion
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What is portion here?

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take part vs. take portion #2 (permalink) Fri Mar 02, 2007 13:27 pm   take part vs. take portion
 

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Wrong. Its space should be filled by 'part'.
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