grammaradvisor.com TEFL HELP!
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Are there any TEFL teachers on here who have completed the grammaradvisor.com online course?
My nephew has studied really hard, but try as he might he keeps failing the final 100 multiple choice test.
He always scored between 63-68, but the pass mark is 70.
He has printed out the test and we've both gone over the answers, and to be honest I agree with his answers, which perhaps isnt saying alot! We both cant find or identify 30 "wrong answers", i'm sure they are there, but using "common sense" and listening to the reason why he has given those particular answers. He only wants the 70, so he passes the course which is vital (to him?) to his future as a TEFL teacher...that and it cost alot of money to enrol!
So if any of you have done this test, or can offer insight, please let me know!!
Rather interestingly, the course says you can only take the test 3 times, but he says he has taken it 4 times, and has the opportunity to take it a fifth time.
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Are there any TEFL teachers on here who have completed the grammaradvisor.com online course?
My nephew has studied really hard, but try as he might he keeps failing the final 100 multiple choice test.
He always scored between 63-68, but the pass mark is 70.
He has printed out the test and we've both gone over the answers, and to be honest I agree with his answers, which perhaps isnt saying alot! We both cant find or identify 30 "wrong answers", i'm sure they are there, but using "common sense" and listening to the reason why he has given those particular answers. He only wants the 70, so he passes the course which is vital (to him?) to his future as a TEFL teacher...that and it cost alot of money to enrol!
So if any of you have done this test, or can offer insight, please let me know!!
Rather interestingly, the course says you can only take the test 3 times, but he says he has taken it 4 times, and has the opportunity to take it a fifth time.
Mods- not sure if this is the correct forum, please feel free to move if needed
ok, here goes, here are a few questions which have been troubling him (obviously I dont want him to cheat, so once I get the answer i'll "push" him in the right direction 
)
Question 1: Which is the following is the correct statement:
-Statements and questions usually use different word order
-Gerunds can function as subjects, but infinitives cannot
-infinitives can function as subjects, but gerunds cannot (his answer)
-none of the above are correct
Question 2: "Zack talked enthustically about the fresh blackberries"- in this sentence is "talked" an Example of:
- a transitive verb and has no direct object
- a transitive verb and has a direct object (my answer)
- an intransitive verb and has no direct object
- an intransitive and has a direct object
Question 3: "Then he made some notes for the owner, Melanie, who was also the cook on the second shift", Which is correct, "who" or Whom"
- who should be changed to Whom becuase it would sound mroe appropriate
- who should be changed to whom because it is the direct object of the clause (my answer)
-who should be changed to whom because it is the subject of the clause (his answer)
- none of the above
I have told him to hold off retaking the exam, while I "speak to a friend". If any of you can help, it would be very much appreciated by an 18 year old who is looking forward to travelling and living his life. As mentioned, I will not give him the answers directly, but rather I will hint at them and let him work it out for himself
Thanks PH
ET.
)Question 1: Which is the following is the correct statement:
-Statements and questions usually use different word order
-Gerunds can function as subjects, but infinitives cannot
-infinitives can function as subjects, but gerunds cannot (his answer)
-none of the above are correct
Question 2: "Zack talked enthustically about the fresh blackberries"- in this sentence is "talked" an Example of:
- a transitive verb and has no direct object
- a transitive verb and has a direct object (my answer)
- an intransitive verb and has no direct object
- an intransitive and has a direct object
Question 3: "Then he made some notes for the owner, Melanie, who was also the cook on the second shift", Which is correct, "who" or Whom"
- who should be changed to Whom becuase it would sound mroe appropriate
- who should be changed to whom because it is the direct object of the clause (my answer)
-who should be changed to whom because it is the subject of the clause (his answer)
- none of the above
I have told him to hold off retaking the exam, while I "speak to a friend". If any of you can help, it would be very much appreciated by an 18 year old who is looking forward to travelling and living his life. As mentioned, I will not give him the answers directly, but rather I will hint at them and let him work it out for himself
Thanks PH
ET.
Question 3 is definitely "none of the above". The "who" is the subject, which doesn't take the accusative "whom". If you take out the comma after "Melanie" and make a new sentence, you'd say "she was also the cook". Not "her was also the cook".
I need to think more about the others.
I need to think more about the others.
Edited by SGirl on Monday 3rd September 11:21
SGirl said:
These are interesting, got any more? 
Thank you, thank you, thank you so much for your help, and to everyone else who answered! His dream is to go to Thailand to teach, and while he doesnt need the 'grammaradvisor' qualification, he wants something which will set him apart from the masses.So, I have about 30 questions! But I dont want to give him all the answers, he should learn it for himself!He only needs to get a 70 to pass! But some of the answers give are not very obvious! (part of the task, I suppose!)
Anyway, here is a few more since you asked so nicely!
Q1: Select the statement in the passive voice:
-The menus were kept near the door
-the cafe has seating for 40 people
-two customers were waiting when Carol walked in (we both selected this answer)
-none of these are passive
q2: "Just outside the cafe, Zach stopped to call a friend"- is this:
- simple present (my answer- arguing (without any knowledge!) stopping and the call are part of the time frame))
- present continuous
- simple past (his answer- arguing the phone call would be present cont.)
- past continous
Q3: "This guy makes his own instruments"- is this:
- simple present
- present continuous (both us answered this, as it suggests its a habitual habit, so he will make his own instrument again at some point in the future)
- simple past
- past continuous
Q4: "Mike has played at the club as a solo act before they played there together" is this:
-present perfect, when the exact time of a past repeated action isnt important (my answer, as time isnt emphasised, but is a factor)
- past perfect, to show the sequence of two past actions (his answer, arguing Mike has played there by himself and with a band, so these are two separate events in the past)
-future perfect
-with stative verbs, use the present perfect for actions which begin in the past and continue to now
Thank you PH!
ET.
Edited by extraT on Monday 3rd September 12:55
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