What's Wrong? - 2 - Answer Sheet and Explanations
favorite reptile 'Reptile' refers to snakes, lizards, etc. 'Animal' or 'mammal is needed.
is the cheetah. It is truly an amazing creature which can trot 'Trot' means to run slowly - for example: a horse trots - this is hardly applicable when speaking about the fastest animal on the face of the earth!
at a top speed of 60 m.p.h.! I've always wanted to go to the cool planes The planes of Africa are probably anything but 'cool' - 'hot' is a much better description.
of Africa to see the cheetah in action. I imagine it would be a disappointing Based on the speakers desire to see cheetah, disappointing isn't what he/she expects. 'Thrilling' would be appropriate.
experience looking at those cheetah run. A few weeks ago, I was watching a National Geographic special on the radio You watch something on the television, not the radio.
and my wife said, "Why don't we go to Africa next summer?". I hopped We use the idiomatic expression 'jump for joy' NOT 'hop for joy'.
for joy! "That's a lousy Like in the above example, the speaker is very excited about going. 'Lousy' is not appropriate. 'Fantastic' would be much better.
idea!", I stated 'Stated' is much too subtle. 'Shouted' is more appropriate.
. Well, next week our plain This is a homophone - the correct spelling is 'plane' which is a short, idiomatic form of airplane
leaves for Africa and I can hardly imagine 'Belive' is more appropriate here.
that we are going to Africa at first We use 'at last' to express something which finally happens after a long wait
What's Wrong? - Vocabulary - Reading Quiz - 1
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