Pretend to hear

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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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Please,help me with this question.

[Alan]

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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[Calla_Lily]

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 ?
Thanks in advance

[Torsten]

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

I didn`t know the translation of "pretend" and that`s why I`ve made mistake

[Spartanka]

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.

Best regards,
Victoria

[Viator]

Dear teachers:

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

Thx in advance!

[Gray]

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

In this context it means -- he is listening to the talk.
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