could you please shed some light as to why? I've never heard either one of them.

Am I on the right track? Not really. In this context "take careful notes" means to be sure not to miss any important points. "take notes carefully" implies that you should be sure your notes are neat and and pretty to look at.

For a start, does the bolded part in the above sound good? It sounds okay to me. Secondly, is it better to say "benefits of joining" instead of "benefits to joining?" No, "benefits to" is the only one that sounds

Dropping "on" doesn't sound idiomatic to me but I suppose it's possible you might hear it somewhere.

She has carried her 50 years well. I wouldn't phrase it like this. It's better as "She carries her age well." or "She carries her years well." It means that she looks good for her age. You might also say of someone

I'm still a bit confused. What does the latter "it" in the following refer to? It takes hard work and natural ability to make it as a professional athlete. "make it" is a phrasal verb. "to reach a certain point

Could you please tell me which one is more common among native speakers? Neither.

The money in a bank account is claimed by reverted to the state if there haven't been any hasn't been any money transaction s the account in 30 years. "revert" implies that the money belonged to the state to begin with. How many

It takes hard work and natural ability to make it as a professional athlete. It takes hard work and natural ability to be a professional athlete. Both are correct. I don't see any particular reason to prefer one over the other.

It looks like you got most of them. I only see two that look wrong. 8. Squirrels hibernate in the winter. 1. A general or scientific truth 16. Professor Melvyn Fenwick Gives Talk on Moon. 3. A newspaper headline