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seoulman1
Joined: 02 Feb 2007
Location: Jamsil
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 Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:18 am Post subject: Is this Konglish or am I stupid? |
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My girl studies one English subject at her university and presented me with some tricky questions. I asked her if her professor was a native English speaker and as I predicted hes not. She has received impeccable scores apart from this one subject.
Anyway the following questions are what I myself are little confused about. The correct answers are rediculously and hard to distinguish. The first to get confused and pissed off as I am gets some yummy candy.
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She became _____ with the idea that she was being watched
a) involved
b) obsessed
d) concerned
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He ______ out the rumor to his friends:
a) spread
b) blurted
c) yelled
3.
Tony drove up in his _____ sports car
a) svelte
b) impressive
c) modified
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In the battle of the bulge there's often no time for small talk.
The word in question is 'bulge' and asks what is the meaning of the word (as it is used in the sentence) from these three:
a) rudeness
b) swelling
c) extremely filthy
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some people, however, seeing the need for changes, agitate for cures which, on examination, appear to be no better than the ailment
The word in question is agitate with possible meanings:
a) protest to get something
b) think clearly or calmly
c) perform successfully |
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butlerian
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:21 am Post subject: |
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| The first 3 aren't bad, but not perfect. The last two are a bit fucked up. |
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the_beaver
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:22 am Post subject: Re: Is this Konglish or am I stupid? |
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My girl studies one English subject at her university and presented me with some tricky questions. I asked her if her professor was a native English speaker and as I predicted hes not. She has received impeccable scores apart from this one subject.
Anyway the following questions are what I myself are little confused about. The correct answers are rediculously and hard to distinguish. The first to get confused and pissed off as I am gets some yummy candy.
1.
She became _____ with the idea that she was being watched
a) involved
b) obsessed
d) concerned
2.
He ______ out the rumor to his friends:
a) spread
b) blurted
c) yelled
3.
Tony drove up in his _____ sports car
a) svelte
b) impressive
c) modified
4.
In the battle of the bulge there's often no time for small talk.
The word in question is 'bulge' and asks what is the meaning of the word (as it is used in the sentence) from these three:
a) rudeness
b) swelling
c) extremely filthy
5.
some people, however, seeing the need for changes, agitate for cures which, on examination, appear to be no better than the ailment
The word in question is agitate with possible meanings:
a) protest to get something
b) think clearly or calmly
c) perform successfully |
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faster
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:27 am Post subject: Re: Is this Konglish or am I stupid? |
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| seoulman1 wrote: |
My girl studies one English subject at her university and presented me with some tricky questions. I asked her if her professor was a native English speaker and as I predicted hes not. She has received impeccable scores apart from this one subject.
Anyway the following questions are what I myself are little confused about. The correct answers are rediculously and hard to distinguish. The first to get confused and pissed off as I am gets some yummy candy.
1.
She became _____ with the idea that she was being watched
a) involved
b) obsessed
d) concerned
2.
He ______ out the rumor to his friends:
a) spread
b) blurted
c) yelled
3.
Tony drove up in his _____ sports car
a) svelte
b) impressive
c) modified
4.
In the battle of the bulge there's often no time for small talk.
The word in question is 'bulge' and asks what is the meaning of the word (as it is used in the sentence) from these three:
a) rudeness
b) swelling
c) extremely filthy
5.
some people, however, seeing the need for changes, agitate for cures which, on examination, appear to be no better than the ailment
The word in question is agitate with possible meanings:
a) protest to get something
b) think clearly or calmly
c) perform successfully |
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kotakji
Joined: 23 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 4:40 am Post subject: |
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| Well 4 and 5 are really strangely worded but at least theirs only one possible answer. The first three you can see as a native speaker which answer the question maker was looking for, but the last answer in each of them wouldnt be incorrect would they? |
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Yesterday
Joined: 15 Aug 2003
Location: Land of the Morning DongChim (Kancho)
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:02 am Post subject: |
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a little stupid because of your thread title -
Post subject: Is this Konglish or am I stupid?
None of the above are Konglish - the first 3 are OK - the last 2 - JUST BAD English....... (but not Konglish)......[/b] |
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seoulman1
Joined: 02 Feb 2007
Location: Jamsil
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:04 am Post subject: |
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Most of the questions could have been answered with two of the answers.
I also chose 'blurted' for question 2 and apparenty thats incorrect. Its spead.
This test would just confuse me if I was studying English. I would hate to be confronted with this level of ambiguitiy. |
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seoulman1
Joined: 02 Feb 2007
Location: Jamsil
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:06 am Post subject: |
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a little stupid because of your thread title -
Post subject: Is this Konglish or am I stupid?
None of the above are Konglish - the first 3 are OK - the last 2 - JUST BAD English....... (but not Konglish)......[/b] |
Sorry I dont know the correct meaning of Konglish. I based it ont he fact that the teacher is Korean... |
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seoulman1
Joined: 02 Feb 2007
Location: Jamsil
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:00 am Post subject: |
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'Swelling' is really the only word that fits grammatically but it's a silly
statement. There wouldn't be time for small talk if you were battling
something 'extremely filthy'. The Battle of the Bulge was the bloodiest of
the battles that U.S. forces experienced in World War II so maybe there's a
connection with 'extremely filthy'.
No 1 below would be 'blurted' from a grammatical point of view - you blurt
something out. However 'spread' is more associated with rumours - but you
wouldn't say 'spread out'.
No 2 would most likely be 'impressive'. 'Svelte' tends to be associated with
people. The car could also be modified.
No 3 could be either �'obsessed' or 'concerned' but 'obsessed' is more
usually associated with the psychological aspects of 'being watched'. |
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kotakji
Joined: 23 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:04 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah my brother in law brought me one of his English exams from college (after the fact) to ask me if I could complete it. I must say that it was a case of obscurantism at its finest. (For the record his professor was Korean as well). Looked something akin to the one above except aimed at an even more 'advanced' student. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:26 am Post subject: |
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| seoulman1 wrote: |
Most of the questions could have been answered with two of the answers.
I also chose 'blurted' for question 2 and apparenty thats incorrect. Its spead |
Are all the questions on the test like these? The ones posted are horribly written. If you're going to make questions where multiple answers could be acceptable, at least give marks for them.
And he should be told "spread out" is not the same as "spread".
Well, look on the bright side, with K-teachers like him, at least you know your job is safe. |
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Privateer
Joined: 31 Aug 2005
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:54 am Post subject: |
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| They're neither Konglish nor bad English, but in some of them more than one answer is possible, which makes it a badly designed test. It also appears that the idiot teacher is awarding points for incorrect answers like 'spread out the rumor', which makes the whole test a joke. |
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yingwenlaoshi
Joined: 12 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:09 am Post subject: |
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| They're neither Konglish nor bad English, but in some of them more than one answer is possible, which makes it a badly designed test. It also appears that the idiot teacher is awarding points for incorrect answers like 'spread out the rumor', which makes the whole test a joke. |
It's 'blurted out the rumor'. 'spread out' is 100% wrong. The test is actually not that bad. Number 3 is a little out there, but the answer is obvious on a logical stand point. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:17 am Post subject: |
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The questions are pretty similar to the ones I had to read for a TOEIC study tape once. I figured "spread out" would be the answer they were looking for. Ever so close to correct use of idioms is a dead giveaway for these sorts of things.
As for the OP, either slow down when writing or check your own writing before commenting on someone elses  |
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Pyongshin Sangja
Joined: 20 Apr 2003
Location: I love baby!
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| Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2007 7:27 am Post subject: |
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| nyway the following questions are what I myself are little confused about. The correct answers are rediculously and hard to distinguish. The first to get confused and pissed off as I am gets some yummy candy. |
I hope you're tired or something, as you seem a little confused here.
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She became _____ with the idea that she was being watched
a) involved
b) obsessed
d) concerned |
B. Has to be. No problem here.
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2.
He ______ out the rumor to his friends:
a) spread
b) blurted
c) yelled |
B. Could also be C. A, no way in hell. You can spread out a blanket, I guess, but not a rumour.
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Tony drove up in his _____ sports car
a) svelte
b) impressive
c) modified |
B and C are equally good. A is not really so bad but, yeah, svelte is usually for people.
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In the battle of the bulge there's often no time for small talk.
The word in question is 'bulge' and asks what is the meaning of the word (as it is used in the sentence) from these three:
a) rudeness
b) swelling
c) extremely filthy |
I think he is talking about weight gain and dieting, the bulge being the belly. However, swelling isn't really associated with weight gain but rather with injuries, starvation or disease. It's difficult to figure out and shows that A) he has no idea what the real Battle of the Bulge is/was B) he should go back to English class.
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some people, however, seeing the need for changes, agitate for cures which, on examination, appear to be no better than the ailment
The word in question is agitate with possible meanings:
a) protest to get something
b) think clearly or calmly
c) perform successfully |
A. No problems here.
Overall, the test is pretty dreadful and requires a student to not only speak English but to know how the teacher likes to mangle it. This would be torn apart by a 6th grade English class in Canada. |
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