I cannot seem to find an appropriate verb to use for a professor when he holds an exam, quiz, etc. so that students take it and get evaluated. Can we say a professor takes an exam? I suppose this is for the student side, right? Then, what is the verb for a professor?
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As a student you take exams and a professors sets the question. So he is the one who is the authority on the exam. I am looking for a word which can be used in the following sentence-     Professor Charles ____________ three exams last month.   If I were to translate from my first language, I would use took, but this seems ambiguous because it is students who take exams. Other words that I thought of but am not sure about are gave, and set.   Which word should I use?
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"He is having a cell phone" - is wrong.   Instead we use:     "He has a cell phone".    However, both A and B below are correct:     A) "We are having a class"       B) "We have a class"     Why?
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There is a picture of a boy who is in class. In the picture the teacher is dictating a text, and the boy is writing it down.  The children are asked to describe this picture in one sentence: (What's he doing?) - He is...  Which verb is correct here, learn or study? Or both are correct? (The children don't know the difference between these two words yet, but they know that "to learn" means 'to get knowledge or skill' and "school" is a place where they gain more knowledge.)      To learn – to gain knowledge or skill by studying, practicing, being   taught, or experiencing something.      To study – to read, memorize facts, attend school, etc., in order to   learn about a subject.
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Which of these is grammatically correct?   As educators, we are always looking for ways to reach all the learners in our classroom as effectively as we are able.   As educators, we are always looking for ways to reach all the learners in our classroom as effectively as we are able to.
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I am helping two students with their English. They asked me why there is -ed at the end of some words in the simple present tense, e.g.  Are you married? He is annoyed. I am worried.  I wasn't sure how to answer this.
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Possible Duplicate:          From the grammatical view both are correct, but please explain the difference in meaning:   The number of students in the class is fifteen. A number of students were late for class.
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I'm currently taking a class that doesn't have a required textbook, which is why I took it. My professor is now saying that due to her scanning and printing out handouts for use we are each required to give her $15. I'm confused by this because isn't the money supposed to go through my university, as a fee for the class, rather than through her? I just want to know if she's allowed to do this
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Over dinner tonight, one of the guests was describing herself as her boss's favorite employee, and asked for a term to describe this.  As the only guest who spoke English as a first language, the question fell on me, but I could not think of any such term.  Is there one?  It would be similar to "teacher's pet" to describe a teacher's favorite student, but in the professional realm.  "Boss's pet" just doesn't seem to fit.
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In this post, I am asking for constituency tests to assist me in writing exercises about phrasal verbs for non-native speakers of English.  I respectfully ask that only native speakers answer the questions in this post. Some background --- I am from the U.S. I am currently working as a private English tutor in Brazil.  A common request from my students is an explanation of phrasal verbs.  I have looked at a variety of materials on the subject, and have been thoroughly dissatisfied with all of them.  The materials are either extremely superficial (read: dodging the issue) or so verbose that my students would be terrified.  None of them state how they decided what is a phrasal verb and what is not with any clarity.  One book by a respected publisher actually listed verbs that take both a direct and an indirect object as phrasal verbs. I turned to the academic literature on phrasal verbs.  There is plenty of discussion and controversy, but for the purposes of my exercises I chose to follow the strategy outlined in Clayton Darwin and Loretta Gray's article &quot;Going after the Phrasal Verb: An Alternative Approach to Classification&quot; (TESOL Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 1). Following Darwin and Gray's strategy has proved helpful for nearly all of the verbs that I want to cover.  However, there are a few that I am uncertain about.  Below I have written some sentences based on their strategy, with the name of the test after each item.  Please indicate your judgment of the sentence.  Thank you in advance for your help.  2 = Sounds OK 1 = Iffy 0 = Yuck!   A. I figured on $1000 for my vacation and on $500 for my cell phone.  (particle repetition test) B. On how much was he figuring?  (fronting test) C. What was the amount of money on which she was figuring?  (relative clause test) D. Mary figured and bet on a good turnout for the event.  (verb insertion test) E. A thief broke into my car and into my house. (particle repetition test) F. Into what building did the thief break?   (fronting test) G. A thief broke silently into our building. (adverb insertion)
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One of the former student    One of the former students       Which one is correct, and why? Can any one explain it clearly?
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What would you do if you have already handed in a thesis to your professor, but you printed an earlier version with a small mistake. You want to have a great grade nevertheless, but I am feeling unsure of what to do:   Would you tell him your mistake and hope that he indulgent and says "Okay, then this does not count as a mistake." Since you recognized your own mistake, he is likely to be forgiving. Or would you say nothing and hope that he won't find the mistake?
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What expression could I use when giving non-detailed answers/explanations about how something works? Let's say I want to explain how a printer works without getting into too much detail, Would it be OK to say:   "At a very superficial level, a printer ...." "At a very high level, a printer ..."   I feel like there are more appropriate expressions to begin such type of sentence. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I never really gave a deep thought at this but recently a teacher of talked about language and there was an implicit question in it. something like  there is a difference between "rather than" and "instead of" in usage. do you know it??  please help and explain with a few examples.
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Here's a standard English sentence:     The folder which is missing from the principal's office contained the answers to today's exam.   (Separate question, discussed elsewhere I'm sure, whether it should really be "which" or "that".)  But simpler is usually better, so I would actually just write:     The folder missing from the principal's office ...   But my question is: I have seen legal statements which would write:     The folder, which folder is missing from the principal's office, contained ...   Assuming that the writer is actually correct in thinking that s/he's adding some value by repeating "folder" after the "which", what value is s/he adding?
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They interviewed several candidates who he thought had the experience and qualifications he required.   My test prep book says this should be "who" because of the subordinate clause's predicate:     They interviewed several candidates who he thought had the experience and qualifications he required.   I feel like it should be "whom" as it's the object of the main clause.     The interviewed several candidates whom he thought had the experience and qualifications he required.   Who's right?
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I happily use the exam document class to create exams and quizzes. I often make at least part of my exams multiple choice, and I'd like to be able to      generate multiple versions of the exam by permuting the answer choices (automatically, rather than by hand as I do now), and   generate an answer key for each version when compiling the exam with answers on.      Do any of you do that or have suggestions about how I might be able to implement that?
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A couple of days ago, I sat for an English exam. There was a question there that asked for the appropriate question tag for the sentence "He's too weak to walk." I answered "isn't he?" but my teacher claimed that the correct answer should be "is he?" since the sentence expresses a negative meaning. Frankly his explanation made no sense to me.  Is he right? Am I missing something? What should be the appropriate question tag for the sentence He's too weak to walk.?    When we're asked to add question tags in tests, we are expected to add tags that agree with the assertion, for example, It's a great day, isn't it? Question tags that genuinely express doubt whether the sentence is true or not aren't expected.