A Few Questions

[ocean_soul]

Hello,everybody!
I have a few questions I have a sentence with one word missing( ica n use 4 words on the empty place)
1.To do this exercise (A.distribute)ideal job into the smallest possible parts.
(B.break)
(C.shatter)
(D.batter)
2.Allocate your time so that you not only A.achieve the demands of your
B.keep
C.reach
D.meet
clients but also have room to develop your business.
3.If your self-steem is a direct A.issue B.impact C.outline D.outcome of your work situation,you'll feel inhumiliated when the going gets rough.

 

[Anglika]

We ask people to tell us what they think are the answers and then will give our advice.

So which would you choose for each of these?

 

[ocean_soul]

Oh,ok,I'm very sorry Well,for the 1st one I think it should be distribute into.Even though my first thought was it's break,I'm not really sure.For the 2nd one-acheive a demand.And for the 3rd-outline.

 

[RonBee]

You should break the job into the smallest possible parts.

 

[RonBee]

Allocate your time so that you not only meet the demands of your clients but also have room to develop your business.

 

[Anglika]

Hello,everybody!
I have a few questions I have a sentence with one word missing( ica n use 4 words on the empty place)
1.To do this exercise (A.distribute)ideal job into the smallest possible parts.
(B.break)
(C.shatter)
(D.batter)
2.Allocate your time so that you not only A.achieve the demands of your
B.keep
C.reach
D.meet
clients but also have room to develop your business.
3.If your self-steem is a direct A.issue B.impact C.outline D.outcome of your work situation,you'll feel inhumiliated when the going gets rough.

My apologies - I didn't realize that you had inserted your selection into the sentences.

#1 1.To do this exercise ..... ideal job into the smallest possible parts.

distribute = pass pieces of something to other people; shatter = reduce something to small pieces by vigorous action; batter = hit something repeatedly; which leaves "break". Normal usage would be "break down something into small pieces".

The sentence seems to be missing something as it does not quite make sense.

#2 Allocate your time so that you not only .... the demands of your clients but also have room to develop your business

achieve = to succeed in finishing something; keep = retain; reach = get to; meet = fulfil or satisfy. Of these the one that meets the requirements of the sentence is "meet".

#3 3.If your self-esteem is a direct ..... of your work situation,you'll feel inhumiliated when the going gets rough.

A.issue = a problem that is being discussed; B.impact = a powerful effect that something has on a situation or person; C.outline = a description of the main facts about something; D.outcome = a result or effect of an action, situation

"inhumiliated" is not a word - is it what was in your exercise?

 

[RonBee]

If your self-steem is a direct outcome of your work situation, you'll feel humiliated when the going gets rough.

 

[Anglika]

Sorry, Ron - we must have been typing at the same moment!

 

[RonBee]

Sorry, Ron - we must have been typing at the same moment!

Yes, but your answer was more thorough.
;-)

 

[ocean_soul]

Thanks a lot to both of you,RonBee and Anglika!I wanted to ask a few more questions.Here's a type of exercise which I dislike because I never seem to pont out the right answer.I should point out where the mistake is in the sentence.There may be no error in the sentences.
1.The house(A) of Thomas Jefferson in Virginia is preserved much as it had been(B) when Jefferson lived(C) there.
2.When the police found him,the pilot was hiding(A) hungry,cold and lonely in(B) the hills of a strange country for(C) 6 days.
3.In the settling(A) of America it was imperative to build(B) quickly from materials at hand in order to give shelter to the new population,therefore,many new buildings had been made(C) of wood and have since deteriorated and vanished.
4.There are many possible suspects yet(A) the police realizes(B) that only one person commited(C) the crime.

I think that in the 1st sentence the misatke is in B.Maybe it's has been[/.I] . In the 2nd sentence-in (C) but I'm not sure what the correction is.For the 3 one I have no clue.And in the 4th maybe it's in (C).I suppose it should be has commited .

 

[RonBee]

The house of Thomas Jefferson in Virginia is preserved much as it was when Jefferson lived there.

When the police found him, the pilot had been hiding hungry, cold, and lonely in the hills of a strange country for six days.

In the settling of America it was imperative to build quickly from materials at hand in order to give shelter to the new population, therefore many new buildings were made of wood and have since deteriorated and vanished.

There are many possible suspects, yet the police realize that only one person committed the crime.

 

[Anglika]

Thanks a lot to both of you,RonBee and Anglika!I wanted to ask a few more questions.Here's a type of exercise which I dislike because I never seem to pont out the right answer.I should point out where the mistake is in the sentence.There may be no error in the sentences.
1.The house(A) of Thomas Jefferson in Virginia is preserved much as it had been(B) when Jefferson lived(C) there.
2.When the police found him,the pilot was hiding(A) hungry,cold and lonely in(B) the hills of a strange country for(C) 6 days.
3.In the settling(A) of America it was imperative to build(B) quickly from materials at hand in order to give shelter to the new population,therefore,many new buildings had been made(C) of wood and have since deteriorated and vanished.
4.There are many possible suspects yet(A) the police realizes(B) that only one person commited(C) the crime.

I think that in the 1st sentence the misatke is in B.Maybe it's has been[/.I] It will be "as it was".

In the 2nd sentence-in (C) but I'm not sure what the correction is. A >> should be "had been hiding".

For the 3 one I have no clue. C >> "were made"


And in the 4th maybe it's in (C).I suppose it should be has commited . "Police" here is uncountable = singular verb, so B is wrong.

nb "committed"

 

[ocean_soul]

I have some questions again

I have to choose the word which fits best:
1.Her choice of words caused me considerable A.distraction.B.disruption,C.disorder,D.distress.
2.Every time we are treated as an object,a thing which can be used by someone,we A.expose,B.convey,C.carry,D.suffer a threat to our survival as a person.
3.When you are waiting to be served and the sales people,busy with their A.concerns,B.cares,C.consideration,D.attention ignore you,you can feel a fear,which converts to abger.
4.You can use this anger to be assertive and force the sales people to A.verify,B.confirm,C.affirm,D.acknowledge you as a person.
5.Why is depression so A.popular,B.ordinary,C.numerous,D.common among married woman?

I thing in the 1st one it is 'distress' since it means 'to hurt someone'.For the 2nd one I think it's 'suffer'.In the third sentence-I'm not really sure,I suppose it's 'concern' ot 'care'.In the 4 one-'acknowledge'.And in the last one' 'common'.

 

[Anglika]

All your selections are correct.

There is one minor error in the answers for #3

3.When you are waiting to be served and the sales people,busy with their A.concerns,B.cares,C.consideration,D.attention ignore you,you can feel a fear,which converts to anger.

Usually we say "with their own concerns".

 

[ocean_soul]

Thanks a lot,Anglika!Your help is much aprreciated! :-D

 

[ocean_soul]

I have problems again with an exercise.I have to find the mistake in each sentence.It's possible that there is no mistake:
1.Generally,A.the farewell parties tend B.to make me quite sure that something important C.is happening,and I always have a fine time.
2.The report acknowledged that A.traffic growth would have unacceptable consequences for the environment but had B.a little to say C.on how the problem could be tackled.
3.Recently a group of friends who A.have attended the university together B.some then years previously C.met for lunch.
4.In almost every society,the milestones of passage from one stage A.to another in the biological and social B.development of the individual C.are being celebrated with foos and drink.
5.I A.had been waiting for an hour B.in the falling snow when a truck slid round the corner and stopped several feet C.from where I was standing.
6.All over the country old houses A.are maintained B.as museums and are furnished to show C.the life of earlier days.
7.The car the thief A.has been driving was later found abandoned B.by the station,leading to the theory that he C.had caught an early train.
8.A.Having a strong loyalty to my employers B.as well as not realizing the significance of what I had seen,I C.decided to keep the incident to myself.

I think in the 1'st one it's A.It should be without 'the' since it's in general.In the 2nd one it's on B.Maybe it should be just 'little'.In the 3 one maybe it's in B.But I'm not sure.And I really have no idea for the rest....:-(

 

[Anglika]

You've done really well so far! Take a deep breath and try to finish off. If you do as well on the rest as with the first three, then you will have a 100% score.

Remember that there is not necessarily any mistake.

 

[ocean_soul]

Wll,I read them carefully maybe 100 times and it's really hard.Ok,well,I don't find any mistake in 4 :-?In 5 A.sounds inproper to me(or at least B and C sound correct but I don't know what the correction should be.In 7 I truly have no idea.And in the last one I don't find mistake...

 

[Anglika]

Apart from 7 - where it should be "had been using", there were no other errors, so you actually did very well.:up:

 

[RonBee]

2.The report acknowledged that A.traffic growth would have unacceptable consequences for the environment but had B.a little to say C.on how the problem could be tackled.

The report acknowledged that traffic growth would have unacceptable consequences for the environment but had little to say on how the problem could be tackled.​

3.Recently a group of friends who A.have attended the university together B.some then years previously C.met for lunch.

Recently, a group of friends who had attended the university some years previously met for lunch.​

4.In almost every society,the milestones of passage from one stage A.to another in the biological and social B.development of the individual C.are being celebrated with foos and drink.

In almost every society,the milestones of passage from one stage to another in the biological and social development of the individual are celebrated with food and drink.​

7.The car the thief A.has been driving was later found abandoned B.by the station,leading to the theory that he C.had caught an early train.

The car the thief had been driving was later found abondoned by the station, leading to the theory that he caught an early train.​