Meaning of words. (1 Viewer)

[Reikira]

What happens if you do not know the meaning of a specific word in a question in an English exam?

Are you allowed to ask the supervisor what it means?

 

[herbs1]

learn 2 english. All the words are easy and the rest have footnotes to explain them

 

[Absolutezero]

No, you're not. You're expected to know it.

 

[yours]

If it's really obscure they put a footnote.
For example, once in an english ext.1 exam the question involved 'ignobility' and the footnote explained it as the opposite of nobility. Also in some paper 1s there have been footnotes e.g. I can't remember where, maybe it was last year's belonging paper, there was some photography term for the originals of photos and a footnote explaining it.

Anyway the point is, if you don't understand it and there's no footnote, you will get the mark you deserve.

 

[powlmao]

What happens if you do not know the meaning of a specific word in a question in an English exam?

Are you allowed to ask the supervisor what it means?

No you can't, honestly the words are fairly obvious what they mean

 

[jamesfirst]

Ey. not always.

Sometimes, I don't get what a specific word means in an essay question.

 

[herbs1]

umm, the whole point of English is to know...English. I am surprised any of you don't know the meaning of words, especially in year 12. Don't you lads read?

 

[interesting]

umm, the whole point of English is to know...English. I am surprised any of you don't know the meaning of words, especially in year 12. Don't you lads read?

no i only read my core texts which are like twice per year LOL

 

[Reikira]

so worried about this too fucked up eng essay because i didn't know what insight meant D:

+1

lol i didnt know the meaning of word in the belonging question for my trials and i fucked it up.

 

[Reikira]

umm, the whole point of English is to know...English. I am surprised any of you don't know the meaning of words, especially in year 12. Don't you lads read?

Well, i am asian so that is probably why.

 

[herbs1]

no i only read my core texts which are like twice per year LOL

Well, i am asian so that is probably why.

I really hope you berks aren't doing commerce/law or med. Lots of reading lol

 

[jamesfirst]

there was only 1 time where I didn't get what a specific word meant. lol

 

[AAEldar]

I always understand the words, just never the question.

Like when the question assumes that I agree with what the author is saying and then asks me to elaborate on why I agree - I'm too literal for this crap D:

 

[Shadowdude]

Well, i am asian so that is probably why.

m8 i'm asian and i did extension 2 english

being asian is no excuse for not knowing words

 

[Reikira]

m8 i'm asian and i did extension 2 english

being asian is no excuse for not knowing words

There are always exceptions lol

 

[yours]

+1

lol i didnt know the meaning of word in the belonging question for my trials and i fucked it up.

what was the word

 

[Shadowdude]

There are always exceptions lol

Really, when Standard English students - some of whom are real shockers (words of my English teacher) - are sitting a similarly written test, there's no excuse.

onomatopoeia. lol jks that shit was hard to spell back in the ol' days

m8