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Pretend to hear #1 (permalink) Fri Jan 14, 2005 0:17 am   Pretend to hear
 

Test No. incompl/elem-4 "Listen/Hear", question 9

He sometimes pretends he can't ......... a single word you are saying but all the time he's taking it all in.

(a) listen to
(b) listening to
(c) hear
(d) hearing

Test No. incompl/elem-4 "Listen/Hear", answer 9

He sometimes pretends he can't hear a single word you are saying but all the time he's taking it all in.

Correct answer: (c) hear
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Hear #2 (permalink) Fri Jan 14, 2005 11:14 am   Hear
 

First you need an infinitive form of a verb to complete the sentence. You should choose hear because you are talking about the ability to hear. The sentence in fact means: He behaves as if he can't hear but in fact he can hear and he ubderstands everything that is said.
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Pretend to hear #3 (permalink) Fri Sep 12, 2008 23:57 pm   Pretend to hear
 

correct sentence:
He sometimes pretends he can't hear a single word you are saying but all the time he's taking it all in.

Correct answer: (c) hear

Your answer was: incorrect
your sentence:
He sometimes pretends he can't listen to a single word you are saying but all the time he's taking it all in.

Translate sentence or define "hear"

Can I use "listen to" in the sentense ?
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Pretend to hear #4 (permalink) Sat Sep 13, 2008 12:09 pm   Pretend to hear
 

Well, it would be grammatically correct but the sentence wouldn't make any sense.

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Pretend to hear #5 (permalink) Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:11 am   Pretend to hear
 

I didn`t know the translation of "pretend" and that`s why I`ve made mistake
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Thank you a lot! #6 (permalink) Sat Jun 20, 2009 2:35 am   Thank you a lot!
 

Hello my dear teachers,

Thank you very much for yours explanations. Now I really understood all shades between HEAR and TO LISTEN TO. Yours examples and elucidations (Can I use in this sentence this word or it will be better if I'd said "explanations"?) are great and very useful. At first I've got a lot mistakes in the test, because of misunderstanding of two meanings, but with the second attempt I've got 9/10.

P.S. My advice to begginers - to read all explanations, even if your answer was correct. I recomend you to do it, because you can find some interesting things, which you didn't know before.

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Pretend to hear #7 (permalink) Thu Jul 02, 2009 2:05 am   Pretend to hear
 

Dear teachers:

What does "he's taking it all in" mean?

Thx in advance! :wink:
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Pretend to hear #8 (permalink) Thu Jul 02, 2009 4:34 am   Pretend to hear
 

What does "he's taking it all in" mean?

In this context it means -- he is listening to the talk.
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Pretend to hear #9 (permalink) Mon Jun 28, 2010 13:30 pm   Pretend to hear
 

this question is hard to understand, anyway thanks
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Pretend to hear #10 (permalink) Tue Dec 07, 2010 1:58 am   Pretend to hear
 

I think it was tricky .I interpret that the sentence is saying he pretends he doesn't listen and he doesn't care but in fact he loves you and listens to whatever you say
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Pretend to hear #11 (permalink) Sat May 14, 2011 17:15 pm   Pretend to hear
 

Hello Torsten
I got this answer correct and I understand the meaning of "talking it all in" in this sentence but, can you give some examples of its use in other contexts please?

Thank you!
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