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Oh, yeah...so, is this one correct?
one of our forum member gave her exam today
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| #48 (permalink) Sat Oct 31, 2009 23:34 pm TOEFL Experience |
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| ya its absolutely correct |
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| #49 (permalink) Sat Oct 31, 2009 23:44 pm TOEFL Experience |
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I can't admit something without reason...and to be perfectly honest, sometimes I can not trust a native speaker without looking the word up in a dictionary or somewhere I can really trust.
so you meant:
gave her exam = took her exam
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| #50 (permalink) Sat Oct 31, 2009 23:45 pm TOEFL Experience |
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| took is also fine |
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| #51 (permalink) Sat Oct 31, 2009 23:49 pm TOEFL Experience |
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| gave her exam today or yesterday is more more preferable to took her exam today or yesterday |
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| #52 (permalink) Sat Oct 31, 2009 23:50 pm TOEFL Experience |
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I want to write this question in Grammar forum and we can see what comments would be passed on it.
I found it tricky and your response as a person who is pretty good at English makes me really curios about it.
what are the verbs we can use with exams and tests?
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| #54 (permalink) Sat Oct 31, 2009 23:54 pm TOEFL Experience |
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| #55 (permalink) Sat Oct 31, 2009 23:58 pm TOEFL Experience |
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| Alan is right |
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| #56 (permalink) Sun Nov 01, 2009 0:09 am TOEFL Experience |
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He is definitely right as a teacher and a native speaker of English but what about BARRON'S book? I just thought that it might be a difference between American English and British English in this case.
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| #57 (permalink) Sun Nov 01, 2009 0:14 am TOEFL Experience |
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I'm just a learner I'm not that sure what I'm saying or writing.
I believe that the words we can use with exams and tests is important to know for us.
Let's see what other members and teachers think about it.
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| #58 (permalink) Sun Nov 01, 2009 0:26 am TOEFL Experience |
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| No book is perfect...you will always find minor errors here and there but that wont affect your score |
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| #59 (permalink) Sun Nov 01, 2009 0:57 am TOEFL Experience |
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I just wrote these to find something on Google:
"on the exam"- "on the test"- "on the midterm"- "on the final"
If I can't trust books, so what else is dependable. who can I trust?
I believe that since majority of books are written by experience, sophisticated, knowledgeable and well-educated people, they are more reliable.
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Richard_Jack.c,
It's hard to say whether 'giving an exam' is a mistake or not. This expression is, I believe, widely used in Indian English. As Indian English is one of the major dialects of the English language, its peculiarities should be thought of as variations, not errors. In American English, though, a person who 'gives an exam' is, to the best of my knowledge, a teacher. Students either take it or have it. Or, sometimes, sit for it, although that's a bit more formal. I'm under the impression that things are more or less the same in British English, too. You may want to consult a native speaker for a more detailed explanation, though.
As for your other question, I personally don't see anything wrong with using the preposition 'on' with the words 'exam' and 'test'. I've seen it used like this a lot of times, in quite reputable sources. |
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