Floor Koppejan
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- Sep 12, 2019
- Member Type
- English Teacher
- Native Language
- Dutch
- Home Country
- Netherlands
- Current Location
- Netherlands
Dear all,
I am new to this forum and this is my first question. I am a Dutch teacher of English and currently we're having a debate about a multiple-choice question in a placement test.
The sentence reads The teacher encouraged her students .............. to an English pen-friend.
The options are: A should write B write C wrote D to write
I'd say the correct answer is D. The Key however suggests A as the correct answer. My colleagues agree on D being right, but some of them are convinced that A is right as well. I don't think so, but I find it difficult to argue why.
"The teacher encouraged her students should write to an English pen-friend." comes across as unnatural to me. If The teacher encouraged would be replaced byThat it could work as an answer to a question such as What did Ms Peterson tell you? That her students should write to an English pen-friend.
Am I right in thinking this, and if so, can anyone of you tell me why?
Kind regards,
Floor
I am new to this forum and this is my first question. I am a Dutch teacher of English and currently we're having a debate about a multiple-choice question in a placement test.
The sentence reads The teacher encouraged her students .............. to an English pen-friend.
The options are: A should write B write C wrote D to write
I'd say the correct answer is D. The Key however suggests A as the correct answer. My colleagues agree on D being right, but some of them are convinced that A is right as well. I don't think so, but I find it difficult to argue why.
"The teacher encouraged her students should write to an English pen-friend." comes across as unnatural to me. If The teacher encouraged would be replaced byThat it could work as an answer to a question such as What did Ms Peterson tell you? That her students should write to an English pen-friend.
Am I right in thinking this, and if so, can anyone of you tell me why?
Kind regards,
Floor