I need help in this question (have you ... to the sport club lately)

[Torsten]

Hi Delta,

I'm sure that the test makers want you to choose answer A. It's a standard question in ESL tests.

Regards,
Torsten

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[*Delta*]

Torsten

thanks a lot for your help dear

[Jamie (K)]

Delta, the problem is that both A and B are correct in that sentence and mean the same thing. We're not joking about this! We both know English very well, and I'm trained in English linguistics and am an English teacher. I'm telling you that there is no way to determine whether A or B is the answer the test writers wanted, because both of them are completely correct.

You know, if this is a TOEFL exam, you have the right to appeal questions that you think were wrongly marked or are unfair. In this case, I would do it.

[Haihao]

Now I got to know 'Have you went...' is also possible in southern USA. I love variations! :)

Just a digression but I would like to know whether 'what do you got?' sounds more natural than 'what have you got?' on a daily conversational basis and regardless of grammatical format.

Thank you!

haihao

[Jamie (K)]

[Haihao]

Now I got everythin' I wanna get. :) Thank you, Jamie!

[Lost_Soul]

[Jamie (K)]

[Prezbucky]

One might also write "whadda" to take the place of "what do".

(in the same fashion that one might substitute "gonna" for "going to")

Note: This is for informal writing only.
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