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How is your grammar, can you score 100%

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FootieAngel

FootieAngel Report 5 Feb 2013 18:51

I got 10 i only do up to KS3 good job really x

Researching:
Martin, Loundes, Kendrick, Mocroft, Vanes, Cadman, Finch, Brazenhall, Boden, Goodman, Beddard, Lagoe, Innocent Dudley, Willenhall, Mancetter, Atherstone, Staffordshire, Warwickshire

VIVinHERTS

VIVinHERTS Report 5 Feb 2013 18:35

12/14 :-)

Researching:
Researching Tucker in London/Australia. Cliff in U.S.A. Fuller, Eaton & Sa(u)nders(on) in Bedfordshire. Turner, Morley, Blythe & Webb in Cambridgeshire/Suffolk. Want in Hertfordshire.

SueMaid

SueMaid Report 5 Feb 2013 09:53

I got 11 out of 14 - I is good I is ;-)

JustJohn

JustJohn Report 5 Feb 2013 09:44

JP :-D :-D

Probably means that you don't use gerunds and passive and conditional pronouns in your everyday life. But I guess you can still survive :-D ;-)

Researching:
Amelie my granddaughter's ancestry. My ban until 1 Jan 2021

Justice of Peace

Justice of Peace Report 5 Feb 2013 09:40

I got 5, can I upgrade please :-) ;-) :-)

JustJohn

JustJohn Report 5 Feb 2013 08:36

Stephen. Well, I know absolutely everything. And I got 11. I think 11 is best score possible to get. Well done. We have to show a little weakness, otherwise we are condescending :-D

And the auntie of gerund, the Liverpool footballer, is known as Auntie Nim, GB. Simple ;-) Any more questions for the coracle?

Researching:
Amelie my granddaughter's ancestry. My ban until 1 Jan 2021

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 4 Feb 2013 23:19

Did not bother to even attempt it as never heard of antonym, conditional and passive.

When did that lot come into English ?

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Bobtanian

Bobtanian Report 4 Feb 2013 23:02

9,11,12,13 wrong

sad in I?

How many people did not understand the questions, never mind the answers ?


I guessed at a few.....

Bob

Researching:
me and my darling wife at our wedding in 1960

JustJohn

JustJohn Report 4 Feb 2013 22:54

We can't all be cleverer than average. I thought the thread read "How is your grandma?" And I still think gerund is a footballer :-( :-( :-(

Researching:
Amelie my granddaughter's ancestry. My ban until 1 Jan 2021

MR_MAGOO

MR_MAGOO Report 4 Feb 2013 22:10

Should have paid attention in the English class Wend instead of messing about with the boys at the back of the class..... ;-) ;-)

Wend

Wend Report 4 Feb 2013 22:05

Smartharse, Mr. M. I only got 10 :-(

Researching:

MR_MAGOO

MR_MAGOO Report 4 Feb 2013 22:02

I got 12/14........1 & 11 wrong........... :-D

jax

jax Report 4 Feb 2013 21:56

My sister went to Southend HS for girls....she got the clever gene :-D

Researching:
Nothing much

Kense

Kense Report 4 Feb 2013 21:50

No Rollo, Southend HS (for boys).

David

David Report 4 Feb 2013 20:48

Sorry to admit I only scored 7

Researching:
Sometimes nothing is a real cool hand.

DazedConfused

DazedConfused Report 4 Feb 2013 20:09

I got 7 - but seriously I did not understand half of the questions and had to guess.

This was far more advanced grammar than I did in school in the 60's.

Researching:
We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!

SuffolkVera

SuffolkVera Report 4 Feb 2013 17:29

13/14. I got no. 11 wrong which was just carelessness on my part. Not sure how many I would have got right at age 11 though. Although it was a long while ago I did study languages at A Level, including A Level Latin which is a huge help with lots of languages, including English.

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 4 Feb 2013 17:15

King Edward VI Ken ?

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

RolloTheRed

RolloTheRed Report 4 Feb 2013 16:51

12/14 ... must do better.

Dare I suppose that schools today still issue a copy of H W Fowler to all students?
If the pounds and pence won't run to H W Fowler I guess Nigel Molesworth is a useful guide to grammar as well:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Topp-Success-including-Classics/dp/0141191694

http://nova100.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c684553ef0162ff242f6b970d-800wi

How many people did not understand the questions, never mind the answers ?

Researching:
The Man In the High Castle

Kense

Kense Report 4 Feb 2013 16:48

14, but then I am from Essex.

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