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Guardian Grammar Quiz

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
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I got 14. I feel worthy of my grammar-nerd reputation.

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I scored Nine, I didn't know what half of the words meant...
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    SkiveSkive Posts: 15,286 Skive's The Limit
    12

    Got 11 and 13 wrong.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Emmalee wrote: »
    I scored Nine, I didn't know what half of the words meant...

    same :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    11 getting 8, 13, and 14 wrong
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    plugitinplugitin Posts: 2,197 Boards Champion
    13! got abstract noun wrong
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    i was useless at this.

    i got 5- again i don't know what much of it means
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    12 - got the last two wrong!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    12.

    Not bad for an engineer
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    12! Knew more than i thought
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    11/14
    I learnt a lot of new words and meanings today.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    10, and the bits I got right were all stuff I know from doing foreign languages...
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    AuroraAurora Posts: 11,722 An Original Mixlorian
    14 oddly enough O.o

    Learn all these words in English ;)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    11.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    10. Got the diathesis wrong. My spelling is awful though!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Just out of curiosity did any body else start with not knowing what any of the questions meant? But due to the way the questions were written and the answers given, allowed them to get them right anyway. Obviously some questions such as gerund and polar bears were no brainers, but the rest weren't as easy.

    Like question five: "5. Which of the following sentences uses a subordinate clause at the beginning?"
    I've heard of a subordinate clause, but no idea what it means. Yet because it said 'beginning', there was only one that had a few words then a comma, to me that had to be the clause.

    Or questions eleven: "Which sentence is written in the active voice?"
    I didn't know what an active voice meant, but after reading the three answers, two of them spoke about the fires damage, while only one walking talking about the fire directly, which lead to me believe that was the 'voice'.

    And question thirteen: "Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:"
    I had no idea what prepositional phrase meant, but the 'pre' part of the word clearly means before and we all know what a phrase is. Again using the answers given, the only one that fit's the bill of what you could assume would be prepositional phrase, would be "too the foot of the stairs" as by itself it makes no sense. Unlike the other options, which sort of do.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Yea i managed to figure some of that by reading the answers, not cos i actually know what the words mean
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    13, got the prepositional clause wrong. And yes, i know most of this because I study other languages (it's not a command, it's called the imperative!)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Purple_roo wrote: »
    i know most of this because I study other languages (it's not a command, it's called the imperative!)

    :yes: Me too. Although, studied, I don't really any more. English grammar wasn't much taught at my schools.
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    Flake_MustaineFlake_Mustaine Posts: 1,261 Wise Owl
    Lexi99 wrote: »
    Yea i managed to figure some of that by reading the answers, not cos i actually know what the words mean

    Exactly the same here. I managed to get 10.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Purple_roo wrote: »
    (it's not a command, it's called the imperative!)

    Agreed!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    10, though I feel that was a few lucky guesses! Didn't know what half the things are! My grammar is good, but my knowledge of which part of a sentence is called what is not so strong...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    13 but I'm not sure which one I got wrong, because the answers didn't show up. Possibly one of the last two.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    You have to click "show answers" underneath
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I scored 11. Given that I learned English a few decades ago, and that this isn't how I was taught anyway, I'm actually quite pleased with that.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    11 :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Shikari wrote: »
    You have to click "show answers" underneath

    Oddly enough I'm clever enough to have tried that. :p
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    Indrid ColdIndrid Cold Posts: 16,688 Skive's The Limit
    12. I got 8 and 11 wrong. 8 was technically half-right.
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