BBC's English Test

[Cheese]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4246472.stm

I got 20/20 :snooty:

[GepperRankins]

it got hard on about the fifth so rather than fail i gave up :storyofmylife:

[Guillaume]

I got 17/20.
I'm going to commit seppuku. It's been nice knowing you.

[Santa]

before you take the test here is Anti-Manker Software (http://wordweb.info/free/)

[Rick Phlegm]

19/20

Got the very first one wrong. :pinch:

[JPaul]

20/20, but I objected to the use of the curly wurly.

[Barbarossa]

I got 17 out of 20, but that's because I'm an apostrophobic (and I also didn't know the meaning of the word "Avarice")

[Santa]

could someone explain me the different elements
i know
simili
metaphor
but wtf are the others
they seem organical gnetic physics engenering elements

[Spider_dude]

i gave up at the meaning of words bit

[Busyman]

20/20 Terrablee eazee. :ermm:

[tesco]

17/20

[Cheese]

20/20 Terrablee eazee. :ermm:

Good job none of the words you were asked to spell had a 'u' in them.

[MagicNakor]

20/20.

:shuriken:

[manker]

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/5536/snag02790xe.jpg

Statistics say that anyone who didn't post a screenshot added an average of 4.67 to their score :snooty:

[Busyman]

20/20 Terrablee eazee. :ermm:

Good job none of the words you were asked to spell had a 'u' in them.
Soooo? :unsure:

[Cheese]

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/5536/snag02790xe.jpg

Statistics say that anyone who didn't post a screenshot added an average of 4.67 to their score :snooty:

That's defiently photoshopped. :skizo:

[Busyman]

http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/5536/snag02790xe.jpg

Statistics say that anyone who didn't post a screenshot added an average of 4.67 to their score :snooty:

That's defiently photoshopped. :skizo:
...or the real deal after 7 tries.

It's so defientative.

[ziggyjuarez]

9/20 :01:

[Gripper]

You scored 13/20

Thanks for your entry.

Hehe,oh well I'm sure with mankers help I can only improve:)

[Busyman]

You scored 13/20

Thanks for your entry.

Hehe,oh well I'm sure with mankers help I can only improve:)
I'm no English major but really thought that test elementary. I mean I expected at least SAT callibber.

I expect the math test will be better.

[oxygenuk]

11/20

[Gemby!]

i gave up when the meaning of words came up. i dont DO a wide vocab

[Gripper]

...ulary

[Gemby!]

i dont even know what that means ! :rolleyes:

[Rat Faced]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4246472.stm

I got 20/20 :snooty:

I refuse to answer, on the grounds that i'd show how thick i was. :snooty:

[Smith]

I got 11/20 :unsure:

[clocker]

I scored 21/20.

Did you guys not get the bonus question?

[DarthInsinuate]

15/20, i didn't read the question on a couple :mellow:

[worldpease]

I won't even tell ya' what I got.

[Rip The Jacker]

I scored 13/20. God this test reminded me of High School.

Tests are so stupid, and don't mean anything. So I didn't know what Taciturn, Ostentatious, and Avarice meant, who gives a shit? Those are three words I will never ever use. So Taciturn means quiet, great. I still won't use the word, why not just say quiet? It's much easier.

It's not everyday someone comes up to you and says "Man RTJ is so Ostentatious!" Why? Because you'd say something like "Wtf are you talking about? Speak English man!"

[/Rant]

:frusty:

[MagicNakor]

Well, taciturn has a different tone to it than quiet does. Ostentatious is generally used to describe things, not people (eg: ostentatious furniture).

/nitpick

Edit: //slashyslashy

:shuriken:

[whypikonme]

20/20, but I objected to the use of the curly wurly.

That was a bit of luck, getting the question mark one right.

[Keikan]

12

[Jon L. Obscene]

11/20 :(

But I got necessary right :01:

Jonno :cool:

[NikkiD]

http://nikki.wgs.ca/score.jpg

Surprising, considering English was always one of my worst subjects. I think that was due to the fact that I was generally hell bent on proving the teachers wrong and correcting their spelling.

[Gemby!]

you lot may know the difference between a simile and a metaphor BUT do you know what the effect of the simile or metaphor is ??

thats what my english teacher is always babbling on about :D

[JPaul]

you lot may know the difference between a simile and a metaphor BUT do you know what the effect of the simile or metaphor is ??

thats what my english teacher is always babbling on about :D
Asking that question is like opening a can of worms.

[Jon L. Obscene]

You mean wriggly?

Oh and a smilie is one of these -> :)

Jonno :cool:

[Cheese]

Avoid similes like the plague.

[Barbarossa]

Avoid similes like the plague.

:lol: Like it!!!

[manker]

Avoid similes like the plague.

:lol: Like it!!!But you just used the :lol: one.

http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/816/dabs5sy.gif

[Barbarossa]

:lol: Like it!!!But you just used the :lol: one.

http://img309.imageshack.us/img309/816/dabs5sy.gif


:lol: Like it!!! (but not quite as much... :unsure: )

[Gemby!]

you lot may know the difference between a simile and a metaphor BUT do you know what the effect of the simile or metaphor is ??

thats what my english teacher is always babbling on about :D
Asking that question is like opening a can of worms.

can it be something a little less 'eww'. i dont like worms :rolleyes:

[Barbarossa]

Asking that question is like opening a can of pop. :)

[DarthInsinuate]

Asking that question is like opening a can of Pepsi.

[Jon L. Obscene]

erm.......only if the pop/pepsi is shaken up :rolleyes:

Jonno :cool:

[JunkBarMan]

LOL. The last question asks: What's missing from this sentence?

Its all over now


Answers

1. Comma
2. Apostrophe
3. Hyphen
4. Question Mark


While 2 does seem like the correct answer, there still remains the fact that a period is missing to make this a complete sentence.

I got 18/20 right, missed the first question and I couldn't recall the definition of avarice.

[MediaSlayer]

17/20 but i was robbed

should've been 18

[Gemby!]

erm.......only if the pop/pepsi is shaken up :rolleyes:

Jonno :cool:

but then it wont taste nice :(

eventhough i dont like pop/pespsi this is a very important cinsideratiion me thinks