"We gave it a little flair" means "we made it a little more stylish and unique".

Hi Alina, if you book my test preparation lessons, I'd be happy to help you prepare. I've helped students get ready for a variety of different tests, and I have no problem reading the relevant material you provide and preparing questions for you to ensure you feel confident for your test. We can discuss this in more detail if you'd like to book a trial lesson with me ^_^

Think of it this way, the verb 'be' is a state verb and shows the state of something now. E.g. "I am hungry". We use "get" instead of "be" when showing a change from one state to another: "I wasn't hungry before, but I am now. I got hungry because I skipped breakfast". Other examples are: Don't get lost. I got a new job. I got sick. Notice the change in state. We also have some phrases like "get by" meaning having just enough to accomplish something, e.g. "I know enough English to get by when travelling". Or "Get to" meaning having the opportunity to do something you really want to do, for example, "My friend has a spare ticket to my favourite band's concert, so I get to see them live!"

Sorry, I emboldened my answers and changed them green, but it didn't copy over. Don't worry, they were all correct ;)

PART III: Pronunciation Chose the word that rhymes with the word in all caps 14. PROVE (love / dove / move / shove) – might be difficult for second language speakers, but that will help improve their pronunciation 15. DEBRIS (see / Chris / his / rise) – technically doesn’t rhyme because of the double first single syllable – but I get the point 16. ARKANSAS (Kansas / saw / mass / ananas) – I’m not American, so I’m a little unconfident😉 but the ‘s’ is definitely silent, that I know! PART IV: WORD CHOICE Complete the sentence with the best word in the list 17. My ____ is Smith and I am a student (name / hobby / job / car) – easy, good for EFL learners 18: I am a native _____ of Arabic and I am learning English (speaker / talker / translator / born) – reasonable question

Hi Ned, I'm an English teacher, so this was definitely no problem for me. But I've done a lot of exercises for students, and it's definitely not difficult. I agree that the more challenging section could be the pronunciation, but all in all, it's a very useful test. [You might get complaints from some native speakers who don't know their 'they're" from their "their", etc. But they're definitely in the wrong ;)] PART I: WORD CHOICE Fill in the blank with “there”, “they’re” or “their” 1. ____ are many dogs in the park. There – reasonable question 2. The school is located over ____. there – reasonable question 3. They left ____ book at my house. their – reasonable question 4. I think ____ very smart. they’re – reasonable question (So far, maybe a bit tricky for learners, but challenging in a good way) Fill in the blank with “you’re” or “your” 5. ____ very handsome. You’re – reasonable question 6. ____ dog is very aggressive Your – reasonable question – also a useful section for learners PART II: VERB CONJUGATIONS Fill in the blank with the correct form of the infinitive verb in all caps. Choose among the four listed verb conjugations in parentheses 7. I [TO GO] to school yesterday (went / yode / gone / have gone) (I suppose you meant “gode” – I would have written “goed” as a trick question) – reasonable question 8. Tomorrow I [TO GO] home (would go / will go / went / yode) (I’ve seen more difficult, like the option of “will go” for “going to go” for example – yours is reasonable) 9. I have just [TO EAT] food (ate / eaten / eats / eat) – reasonable question 10. I have [TO BE]fine (been / was / being / are) – reasonable question 11. The man [TO WALK] to school (walk / walks / walking / walker) – reasonable question 12. The boy [TO SLEEP] on the sofa (sleep / sleeps / sleepest / sleepeth) – reasonable question 13. Yesterday I did [TO GO] to the store (gone / go / went / yode) – reasonable question PART III: Pronunciation Chose the word that rhymes with the word

Hi Saeed, I've had a little time to check your grammar and vocabulary. I haven't compared the numbers yet, but perhaps I'll have a chance tomorrow. First of all, it's really an impeccable answer with excellent cohesive devices and graph descriptions. Here are the grammar and some phrasing mistakes I picked up on, but in my view this would score at least a band 8. Corrections: The UK’ agriculture was the highest factor... -no The UK's (try to pay attention to possessive when proofreading) In 1900, the agriculture of the UK contributing the nation’s economy the most... - no Contributed to - yes before having a double decrease to be just under 20% in 2000. - no Before halving to just under 20% in 2000 -yes Business and finance had a tiny minority of contribution - unusual phrasing Business and finance contributed infinitesimally/indiscernibly - yes It gained a gradual growth by nearly a double in 50 years. - no It gained gradual growth by nearly double in 50 years. - yes It had a sharp decline within 25 years by almost a third and reached a tenth. - this sounds slightly repetitive and quite unnatural with two ordinals (third and tenth) It drastically declined by a third within 25 years, reaching ten percent of it's original portion. - more natural

Hehe the first one group you pronounced sounds like a South African or Australian, it's just an accent, but as a foreign language learner, I reccomend you pronounce it as the last group! It sounded clear and beautiful. (By the way, I am South African, so no offense to any fellow South Africans.)