| 4/10 Thick as on 16:46 - Jan 2 with 1357 views | NthQldITFC |
5/10, which is a lot worst than I thought I would of done. |  |
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| 4/10 Thick as on 17:09 - Jan 2 with 1296 views | XYZ |
| 4/10 Thick as on 16:46 - Jan 2 by NthQldITFC |
5/10, which is a lot worst than I thought I would of done. |
"... a lot worst than ...", "... I would of done ..."
0/10. Must do better. |  | | |
| 4/10 Thick as on 17:09 - Jan 2 with 1293 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
7/10 allot gooder than wot I would of thought.
Exams are getting easier aren't they? It is ridiculous the level of grammatical terminology primary school children are expected to know now. I get that good literacy is very important but knowing the terminology is not the same as good literacy. |  |
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| 4/10 Thick as on 17:10 - Jan 2 with 1293 views | jeera |
9/10
I got number 5 wrong and put 'subordinating conjunctions' as my answer instead of 'preposition'.
I probably should know better but clearly didn't. |  |
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| 4/10 Thick as on 17:43 - Jan 2 with 1243 views | ronnyd |
3/10, thankfully i'm now back in the real world. | | | |
| 4/10 Thick as on 17:57 - Jan 2 with 1218 views | Illinoisblue |
| 4/10 Thick as on 17:09 - Jan 2 by XYZ |
"... a lot worst than ...", "... I would of done ..."
0/10. Must do better. |
How do you spell whooooosh? |  |
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| 4/10 Thick as on 18:02 - Jan 2 with 1199 views | Guthrum |
| 4/10 Thick as on 17:10 - Jan 2 by jeera |
9/10
I got number 5 wrong and put 'subordinating conjunctions' as my answer instead of 'preposition'.
I probably should know better but clearly didn't. |
8 for me. Got my adjectives and adverbs mixed up at one point. |  |
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| 4/10 Thick as on 18:04 - Jan 2 with 1179 views | XYZ |
| 4/10 Thick as on 17:57 - Jan 2 by Illinoisblue |
How do you spell whooooosh? |
Fair cop I suspect, oh well. | | | |
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| 4/10 Thick as on 20:00 - Jan 2 with 1052 views | factual_blue |
I got eleven, but I think I may need a comparable maths test. |  |
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| 4/10 Thick as on 20:23 - Jan 2 with 1005 views | Geomorph |
| 4/10 Thick as on 20:00 - Jan 2 by factual_blue |
I got eleven, but I think I may need a comparable maths test. |
4/10. Will stick to geomorphology |  | | |
| 4/10 Thick as on 22:48 - Jan 2 with 909 views | ZXBlue |
The thing is, they simply didnt teach this stuff when I was at school.
And rightly so, imo. There is very little to gain from knowing how to label parts of speech. Much better to enjoy reading and writing and learn how to actually use the language than to drily pick it apart and learn to label things by rote. | | | |
| 4/10 Thick as on 22:58 - Jan 2 with 889 views | jeera |
| 4/10 Thick as on 22:48 - Jan 2 by ZXBlue |
The thing is, they simply didnt teach this stuff when I was at school.
And rightly so, imo. There is very little to gain from knowing how to label parts of speech. Much better to enjoy reading and writing and learn how to actually use the language than to drily pick it apart and learn to label things by rote. |
They're just parts of speech.
If someone is learning English language how can it be pointless to understand how sentences are structured? It's hardly a modern concept.
I'm amazed they didn't teach the difference between nouns, adjectives and verbs in English when you were at school
That school needed reporting.
*Edited for poor English, of course. [Post edited 2 Jan 2022 23:02]
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| 4/10 Thick as on 23:06 - Jan 2 with 871 views | Clapham_Junction |
| 4/10 Thick as on 22:48 - Jan 2 by ZXBlue |
The thing is, they simply didnt teach this stuff when I was at school.
And rightly so, imo. There is very little to gain from knowing how to label parts of speech. Much better to enjoy reading and writing and learn how to actually use the language than to drily pick it apart and learn to label things by rote. |
While I don't think it's necessary as a native English speaker (like you, I wasn't taught most of the stuff mentioned in that quiz beyond the basics of nouns/adjectives/verbs), I think it's very helpful to know the theory of how a language functions when you learn a second language.
I taught English abroad and had to do a course before starting work in which I learnt all the stuff in the quiz (10/10 btw). At the time I was trying to learn Hebrew and having a more technical understanding of how English worked really helped with my Hebrew learning. I wish I had known all that stuff when I was learning French at school. [Post edited 2 Jan 2022 23:07]
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| 4/10 Thick as on 23:20 - Jan 2 with 841 views | ZXBlue |
| 4/10 Thick as on 22:58 - Jan 2 by jeera |
They're just parts of speech.
If someone is learning English language how can it be pointless to understand how sentences are structured? It's hardly a modern concept.
I'm amazed they didn't teach the difference between nouns, adjectives and verbs in English when you were at school
That school needed reporting.
*Edited for poor English, of course. [Post edited 2 Jan 2022 23:02]
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It is totally unecessary. It is just putting labels on things. Part of the conservative back to basics approach one suspects.
I broadly knew what adjectives and verbs were. But knowing what is a preposition, and ultra specific labels and tenses? Just isn't needed and makes English a chore and a rote learning exercise. [Post edited 2 Jan 2022 23:30]
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| 4/10 Thick as on 23:45 - Jan 2 with 790 views | Freddies_Ears |
| 4/10 Thick as on 22:48 - Jan 2 by ZXBlue |
The thing is, they simply didnt teach this stuff when I was at school.
And rightly so, imo. There is very little to gain from knowing how to label parts of speech. Much better to enjoy reading and writing and learn how to actually use the language than to drily pick it apart and learn to label things by rote. |
7/10, but I expected to do better as I have a relevant degree! My excuse is that the terminology has changed over the last 40 years... | | | |
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