English Test

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Originally Posted by Lunerica

But remember what the person says before that, "I haven't made up my mind yet" - so in the context it is forget.

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Going off that though, you haven't forgotten, you just simply haven't made up your mind. Surely when you're faced with a decision, you're fully aware of the choices placed infront of you? If you'd forgotten them, then there wouldn't be a decision to make, and instead of forgetting, you'd simply delay the decision.

Surely, living in England, you don't really use forget instead of drag on though? When do English people EVER say that? It doesn't make sense at all, sorry buddy.

21. Forget
22. consider
23. expecting

If I were use what I've learned in school, the correct answer would be:

21 - The book is on the table;
22 - The book is on the table;
23 - The book is on the table;

:lol: :lol: :lol:

1. - Forget
2. - Consider
3. - Expecting

Have fun.

guys I have no idea about the answers yet, these answers are not to be revealed by the Ministry Education Department, so imma gotta wait for my teacher to figure out the answer.

will update once~

btw gahh tough question right? xd

21). Delay
22). Consider
23). Expecting

P.s. I'm Russian :blushing:

Willl Never End:)

I'd say the following is correct:

21. Delay
22. Determine
23. Expecting

Ok, because this question is completely wrong, I am going to go ask several English teachers in a grammar school this question and see what they say.

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Originally Posted by Lunerica

Ok, because this question is completely wrong, I am going to go ask several English teachers in a grammar school this question and see what they say.

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There's always a dictionary:

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drag on - last unnecessarily long
drag on - proceed for an extended period of time; "The speech dragged on for two hours"

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From the sentence, I'd say A. But none of them would actually be a correct translation.

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Originally Posted by Lunerica

Looking in contexts, Delay is wrong, if you naturally would suggest delay is right; that is your county/country natural speak for it and not because it is literally right.

don't delay! fathers day is right around the corner,

don't forget! fathers day is right around the corner.

forget makes 100% more sense than delay in the context of the conversation.

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It has to be delay, that's the only answer that makes sense. They are talking about buying a present for Father's Day. They are saying the other needs to hurry up and buy something soon, as they haven't got a long time to decide.

I'm really not sure what logic you used to get forget, but for me the context says it has to be delay.


But hey, I only got a B at GCSE, so it's entirely likely I could be wrong. Though I tend to be right about this type of question.

I got a B in GCSE as well, but got full marks across the board in SPAG marks.

Anyway, look at what Dhiva says: "I need to talk it over with my sisters."

then Melissa replies "Don't forget!" as in not to forget to talk to them.

This is the only way it makes sense, don't delay really doesn't make sense.

Lunerica is sharp, and has raised valid points to why forget would be the ideal word. Yes, drag on is a synonym to delay, but does that really matter? Contextual, they're both adequate terms.

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Originally Posted by Lunerica

I got a B in GCSE as well, but got full marks across the board in SPAG marks.

Anyway, look at what Dhiva says: "I need to talk it over with my sisters."

then Melissa replies "Don't forget!" as in not to forget to talk to them.

This is the only way it makes sense, don't delay really doesn't make sense.

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A would make sense because Dhiva could be postponing due to not having heard back from her sisters yet and not wanting to tell Melissa that.
B would make sense because with Father's day around the corner, she doesn't have the time to talk it over with her sisters anymore.
C would make sense because Melissa could remind Dhiva to ask her sisters.
D would make sense for the same reason as A, just doesn't sound as fancy.

I'm no English expert, in fact, it isn't even my native language, so feel free to correct.

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Originally Posted by Solaire

A would make sense because Dhiva could be postponing due to not having heard back from her sisters yet.
B would make sense because with Father's day around the corner, she doesn't have the time to talk it over with her sisters.
C would make sense because Melissa could remind Dhiva to ask her sisters.
D would make sense just like A, just doesn't sound as fancy as A.

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It needs to make sense in the context they are speaking of. Forget is the only one which does that.

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Originally Posted by Lunerica

I got a B in GCSE as well, but got full marks across the board in SPAG marks.

Anyway, look at what Dhiva says: "I need to talk it over with my sisters."

then Melissa replies "Don't forget!" as in not to forget to talk to them.

This is the only way it makes sense, don't delay really doesn't make sense.

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Don't delay! makes more sense. As in, fair enough, but you better hurry as you don't have long.

I can understand where you are coming from, but drag on simply doesn't mean forget, at least I've never heard it to be.

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Originally Posted by Robert

Don't delay! makes more sense. As in, fair enough, but you better hurry as you don't have long.

I can understand where you are coming from, but drag on simply doesn't mean forget, at least I've never heard it to be.

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As I said earlier, the question is structured in such a retarded way. It doesn't explain to what extent you need to look at it. But regardless it is correct that forget is the correct answer. you need to take in the whole conversation, not just the word.

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Originally Posted by Lunerica

It needs to make sense in the context they are speaking of. Forget is the only one which does that.

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Anything besides B makes sense to me then.

I give up now - no point arguing, I will post my findings of what my teachers say tomorrow.

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Originally Posted by Lunerica

As I said earlier, the question is structured in such a retarded way. It doesn't explain to what extent you need to look at it. But regardless it is correct that forget is the correct answer. you need to take in the whole conversation, not just the word.

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I am, and that's why it can't be forget. The whole, word meaning delay, just strengthens the argument.

But yeah, it is structured badly, which I find ironic. An English test trying to teach people not to use bad English, uses bad English. It looks like it was structured to say Don't delay!, and they have then replaced it with drag on like they are synonymous when they really aren't.

Again, delay has to be the correct answer because not only is that the only word that makes sense in this context, it also can mean drag on in other context.

I sort of wonder where the OP is from, perhaps drag on has some specific meaning to their culture that we don't know? It's fair enough saying in England drag on means delay, but dialects can be vastly different. America was founded upon British English, and look at how many different words they've messed around with (though mostly changed by Webster to justify the selling of his dictionary :P)


Also I'd be more interested in what the people who made the test say the correct answer is than your teachers. Language is a very localised subject, ways of speaking vary wildly, and really there is no correct way of speaking in the end. I can only say what would normally be accepted in the North East of England, beyond that you'd need to speak to a University Prof who specialises in global English (if indeed drag on can mean different things in different regions, of this I do not know).

Using Delay is correct in terms of the question but overall it is wrong. In real life you would use forget over delay.

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Originally Posted by Lunerica

Using Delay is correct in terms of the question but overall it is wrong. In real life you would use forget over delay.

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No, depending on the country it is written it would be "correct English" for them to say "don't delay". We are talking about the spoken language of English, not British.

It is asking you for the best meaning of the underlined phrases, it is not asking anything about the context or for you to replace that word back into the sentence.

My findings:

4/6 teachers said Forget
1/6 said delay
the other said he didn't know.

I knew it was "Forget". My answers are pretty accurate. <.<

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Originally Posted by Rishwin

No, depending on the country it is written it would be "correct English" for them to say "don't delay". We are talking about the spoken language of English, not British.

It is asking you for the best meaning of the underlined phrases, it is not asking anything about the context or for you to replace that word back into the sentence.

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I'm talking about British English, and I would say Delay is correct.

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Originally Posted by Lunerica

My findings:

4/6 teachers said Forget
1/6 said delay
the other said he didn't know.

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Well, at least you have one decent teacher, lol.

Also were they all English teachers? How can one not know?

I can only guess the other 4 got it wrong because of the way you asked the question.

Also on a side note, I googled drag on forget, the top results were about drag queens. So I'm not sure google knows what you are talking about either, lol.

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