ESL General English Grammar Questions

Re: Chronological order

Clive — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:50:21 GMT

Hi Chantelzn,
You are doing an excellent job of confusing us all about this.

Clive

Re: Chronological order

Goodman — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:20:16 GMT

I won't spend too much time with this puzzle myself. The pieces don't fit.

Re: Chronological order

chantelzn — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:49:55 GMT

no, no, sorry, its the order in which these took place

Re: Chronological order

Clive — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:48:00 GMT

Hi,
Pretoria Durban. Johannesburg. And in the future, Capetown and then Johannesburg.

But not at Port Elizabeth.

Clive

Re: Chronological order

chantelzn — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:44:37 GMT

hi, chronological order, meaning, the order in which 'we' stayed in these places.

Re: Chronological order

Clive — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:52:10 GMT

Hi,

Indeed, I agree that it's an unclear and very odd test.
Does chronological order mean, for example, the order in which the statements were said, or the order in which 'we' stayed in these places and did these things?

Statement e, for example, could be said at any time.

Statement g, for example, could be said before or after statement d.

Or I could just make a chronological list of places, eg
Pretoria Durban Johannesburg Capetown Johannesburg

Clive

Re: Chronological order

Goodman — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 22:13:29 GMT

Whoever wrote this test, I think he had a few too many. This is a crazy test!

Chronological means time line. After reading it 4 times, I am still confused because of the tenses, names of cities and town and unclear description.

If this is your answer:g, e, d, b, f, a, c, it would look like this:

g. We lived in Pretoria for a while before we moved to Durban.

e. We were going to move to Port Elizabethin 1983 but my job there fell through

d We lived in Durban for 5 years.

b After we've lived in Cape Townfor a few years, we'll move back to Johannesburg.
f. By the time we move to Cape Town, we'll have spent 3 years in Johannesburg.
a. We're going to live in Cape Town
c. We live in Johannesburg.

It makes no sense to me. Maybe I need a drink to help me see better…

Re: Chronological order

chantelzn — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:29:26 GMT

Thank you for your quick response. I think the answers in chronological order is g, e, d, b, f, a, c

Re: Chronological order

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:54:56 GMT

essential clues are tenses and words like before and after that describe how two events are relative to each other in time. From oldest to most current, the order is g,d,e,c,a,f,b

Re: Chronological order

Clive — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:48:21 GMT

Hi,

It's not just tenses. For example, consider words like 'before' and 'after', which are pretty clear clues.

Try this yourself, and post your answer, and we'll be happy to check it for you.

Best wishes, Clive

Chronological order

chantelzn — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:42:17 GMT

I have to put these statements below in chronological order & figure out what the essential clues are. I think the essential is the tenses, am I right??? Please help?????

These are the statements

a. We're going to live in Cape Town

b. After we've lived in Cape Town for a few years, we'll move back to Johannesburg.

c. We live in Johannesburg.

d. We lived in Durban for 5 years.

e. We were going to move to Port Elizabeth in 1983 but my job there fell through

f. By the time we move to Cape Town, we'll have spent 3 years in Johannesburg.

g. We lived in Pretoria for a while before we moved to Durban.