What's Wrong? - 1 - Answer Sheet and Explanations
Jack Forest is a baker who always provides his customers with tough meat. A baker sells bread not meat. 'Tough' is also not an appropriate adjective as it means 'not tender'.
Last Tuesday, Mrs Brown came into the shop and asked for three filets 'filets' are used with meat. 'Loaf' is used with bread.
of brown bread. Unfortunately, Jack only had two filets filets 'filets' are used with meat. 'Loaf' is used with bread.
remaining. He excused Mrs Brown He asked Mrs Brown to excuse him, not vice-versa!
and promised her that he would have too much the problem is exactly the opposite. Here we would use 'more' or 'enough'.
bread the next time she came. Mrs Brown, being a reliable 'Reliable' is not a customer quality. If anything, it would be a supplier's quality. 'Faithful' or 'regular' would be more appropriate.
customer, assured Jack that she would return. Later that day, Jack was sealing 'Closing' makes more sense here. 'Sealing' means to close a package or letter.
the shop when he the phone rang A phone rings!
. It was Mrs Brown requiring 'Asking' or 'enquiring' is more appropriate.
if Jack had baked another slice A 'slice' is one cut piece of bread. 'Loaf' is more appropriate.
of brown bread. Jack said, "As a matter of truth We use 'as a matter of fact' idiomatically.
, I burnt 'Burnt'? He must not be a very good baker! 'Baked' is more appropriate.
some extra loaves a few hours ago. Would you like me to bring one buy We need the preposition 'by' here, 'buy' is a verb.
?". Mrs Brown said she would and so Jack got into The correct phrasal verb in this case is 'get onto'
his bike and road Once again, this is an incorrect homophone. Use 'rode' which is the past simple of the verb 'ride'.
to Mrs Brown's to deliver the brown toast. 'Toast is what you make for breakfast, once again, 'loaf' is more appropriate.
What's Wrong? - Vocabulary - Reading Quiz - 1
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