http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslSoftwareOnlineLearning-Games/Forum25.htmAll things online and wareenXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/FixedPhrases2/gpqvx/post.htm#993791Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:26:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:993791Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/FixedPhrases2/gpqvx/post.htm#993791http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments25-993791.xmli like it. please update more.http://www.englishforums.com/English/FixedPhrases2/gpqvx/post.htm#748422Tue, 26 May 2009 06:17:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:748422farihasaleh1http://www.englishforums.com/English/FixedPhrases2/gpqvx/post.htm#748422http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments25-748422.xmlI got 6 out of 7. Although English is technically my second language but I've been learning from the age of 4. That combined with the exposure to international media does the trick I guess :) I wasn't familiar with the expression "big cheese". Learned something new today! Thanks!http://www.englishforums.com/English/FixedPhrases2/gpqvx/post.htm#655008Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:30:30 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:655008Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/FixedPhrases2/gpqvx/post.htm#655008http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments25-655008.xmlThis was difficult you"re right.http://www.englishforums.com/English/FixedPhrases2/gpqvx/post.htm#580393Tue, 26 May 2009 23:58:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:580393yizhivika3http://www.englishforums.com/English/FixedPhrases2/gpqvx/post.htm#580393http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments25-580393.xmlHi Tanit, I'm glad to find that we are both singing from the same hymn sheet (there you go, yet another English idiom to bemuse learners of the language ). Anyway, thanks for providing some background to the CPE exam, which I found interesting reading. I look forward to testing myself against Tanit's Fixed Phrases - 3 in due course .http://www.englishforums.com/English/FixedPhrases2/gpqvx/post.htm#580389Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:58:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:580389Tanit4http://www.englishforums.com/English/FixedPhrases2/gpqvx/post.htm#580389http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments25-580389.xmlHi Yizhivika, I agree with you on all counts! As for the difficulty (as I wrote in the other post) these exercise are meant for students who are sitting for the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE) . This exam is made up of five papers (reading, writing, English in use, listening and speaking), so students are required a high level ("near-native", as you say) of fluency in all of the four skills + an excellent command of grammar. In fact, if we look at the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) , the level of the CPE is C2, which means that successful candidates ... ... can understand with ease virtually everything heard or read. Can summarise information from different spoken and...http://www.englishforums.com/English/FixedPhrases2/gpqvx/post.htm#580276Tue, 26 May 2009 23:58:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:580276yizhivika5http://www.englishforums.com/English/FixedPhrases2/gpqvx/post.htm#580276http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments25-580276.xmlAs a (British) native-speaker of English, I found both this exercise and the previous one relatively straightforward, but I'd imagine that learners of English will find both of the tests a considerable challenge. However, I don't think they should be too discouraged if they score poorly in these tests; I reckon you'd need a near-native fluency in the language (or a lottery winner's luck ) to get all the questions right. That said, I guess the tests do at least provide a useful gauge for advanced learners of English, to measure themselves against a native-speaker's fluency (although I guess too that we have to allow for some degree of Anglo-American cultural bias in the fixed phrases; I suspect that some of them are...http://www.englishforums.com/English/FixedPhrases2/gpqvx/post.htmFri, 27 Feb 2009 00:58:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:579527Tanit6http://www.englishforums.com/English/FixedPhrases2/gpqvx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments25-579527.xmlChoose the correct item. (Same warning as here ) 1. Gavin will "rise|raise|ride|arise" to the challenge of his new promotion. 2. I found the information for the project in the encyclopedia but I couldn't give "chapter|unit|poem|extract" and verse on it. 3. Mr Simkins is the big "cheese|bread|apple|meat" in the company as he has just been promoted to the position of Managing Director. 4. Speaking about his long battle with illness struck a "chord|wire|rope|string" with the audience. 5. Whether you attend the lecture or not is of little "consequence|care|result|circumstance" to me. 6. Having seen the film that won the Oscar, I was disappointed as it wasn't all that it's...