Hello and welcome to this video. Today I'm going to test your knowledge of advanced English
grammar, vocabulary, sentence structure and expressions. Are you ready? Do you think you
can pass the test? Well, let's find out. Of course, I'm Jennifer from JForrestEnglish.com
and this channel is dedicated to helping you feel confident speaking English in public
so you can take your career and your life to the next level.
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so you're notified every time I post a new lesson. Now let's start your test.
Here's how the test is going to work. You're going to see a question and you'll see four
options. You have to decide which option best completes the sentence. I'll show the question
for only five seconds, which isn't a long time. So feel free to hit pause,
complete the question and then hit play and I'll explain the answer. Are you ready? All right,
let's get started with question one. To text Sue. It's her birthday today.
The correct answer is C. Don't forget to text Sue. It's her birthday today. The key
word in this question is to, which is the infinitive to text. Now there's only one
possible option in the choices below where you can have the infinitive and that's C, don't forget
to text. Now if this question didn't have to, and it was just the base. Well, then A, B and D would
be correct and C would be incorrect. Question two, Mary went jogging today. Hmm. of the rain.
The correct answer is B, in spite of the rain. And that's your keyword here, of.
In spite of and Despite have the same meaning. But you don't say Despite Of, you just say Despite.
If you want to learn more about this, I have a full lesson explaining this. I'll leave the
link in the description below. Question three, I think I'm allergic to your cat. I can't stop.
The correct answer is B, sneezing. Now this is a tricky one because you can have, grammatically,
stop plus infinitive, stop to sneeze. And you can have stop plus gerund, stop sneezing. But
the meaning is different. When we're talking about no longer doing an action, we use stop plus
gerund. And based on the context of the question, were talking about no longer doing an action so
we need the gerund. If you want to learn more about this, I'll leave a link in the description
below. Question four. If you don't know the meaning of a word, you can...in a dictionary.
And the answer is C. You can look it up in the dictionary.
Now this one is a vocabulary question because you need to understand what these expressions mean.
To look something up is another way to say to search for or to find that specific information.
Now we use this all the time because every time you Google, you're looking up information.
So I use this expression literally every single day. Hey, what time does the restaurant close?
Can you look it up? I don't know. Can you look it up? Oh, we need to look it up. We should look that
up. You'll use this every single day. Question five, my doctor...me I should exercise more.
And the answer is, A, my doctor told me I should exercise more.
Now this is one that students confuse a lot. I hear students say, told to me. I told to her. No,
that doesn't work grammatically. We don't want to, so get rid of that to. I told her. I told you.
She told me. So that's what we mean. And also I hear students they say me. She said me to
exercise more. No, we don't want me after said. She said I should exercise more. We want a clause
after said. If you want to learn more about this, I have a full video explaining it.
You can find the link in the description below. Question six, my boss...me to her dinner party.
And the answer is B, my boss invited me to her dinner party. Now this one
is both a vocabulary question, because the only logical choice is invite. But it's also because
of sentence structure. We could change the sentence structure and make it work. For example,
my boss suggested that I come to her dinner party. We could say that. But I'd have to
completely change the sentence structure. So all the options could work if we change the
sentence structure. The only logical choice with the sentence structure is B, my boss invited me.
Because you invite someone to something. My boss invited me to the movies, to her house,
to the restaurant, a specific location. Now if you want to learn more about suggested,
because a lot of students say suggested me, which isn't correct, I'll leave a link to a video on
that topic in the description below. Question seven. Sorry, I didn't quite...what you said.
And the answer is, A. Sorry, I didn't quite catch what you said. This is an expression, to catch
something in this content is the exact same as hear. I didn't hear what you said. But notice
option D is in the past form and that doesn't work grammatically. So it has the same meaning,
but it's the wrong verb tense. So A, catch, is exactly the same. Now this is an expression
you can use all the time, especially since you've probably struggled to understand native speakers.
So if somebody says something to you, and you don't quite catch it, you can say sorry,
I didn't catch that. I didn't catch that. I didn't quite catch that. Quite, it's just a word we add
to mean a little bit. I didn't quite catch that. So add that to your vocabulary. You'll use it
all the time. Question eight. I don't sleep in now, but I...sleep in until noon on weekends.
And the answer is B, I used to. I used to sleep in on weekends. Now notice all the options
are slightly different sentence structures. And they're all grammatically correct, if you use the
correct meaning. but for here we're talking about an action that used to take place in the past.
So an action you routinely did in the past, but you no longer do now, and for that we need used,
with a D. You don't hear it in pronunciation, but it's there in spelling. I used to work at
the bank, but now I work at the mall. So a routine action in the past, but you no longer do it now.
Students confuse this sentence structure all the time. I have a detailed lesson on this.
You'll find the link in the description below. Question nine. I don't need help, but thanks...?
And the answer is, but thanks for offering. Thanks for offering. Thanks for offering. This is one
that I hear a lot of mistakes with as well. Now notice here I have thanks for.
After for, because for is a preposition, you must use the gerund verb. For
offering. Thanks for and then you can use a gerund verb or you can use a noun. Thanks for your help.
Thanks for the offer, your offer. Thanks for offering. And your final
question. Number 10. This film sounded interesting but it...to be really boring.
And the answer is D, it turned out to be really boring. This is a vocabulary question because you
need to understand what these expressions mean. We use to turn out when we're talking about the end
result of something. So let's say you're trying a new recipe and it's for chocolate chip cookies.
You've never made this recipe before. Your friend could say how did the recipe turn out? How did
the cookies turn out? Your friend is asking about the end result. Basically your friends is asking
were they good? Or were they bad? How did the recipe turn out? And you can reply Oh, it was
awesome. They were delicious. The best chocolate chip cookies I've ever had. And in this context,
they're talking about the movie's end result. How did the movie turn out? It was really boring.
It turned out to be really boring. So how did you do with the quiz? Put your score in
the comments below. And if you learned some new expressions or new sentence structure,
make sure you practice your new expressions or sentence structure in the comments below as well,
so you get really comfortable and confident with them. I hope you enjoyed this quiz. I
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