Words and Wordplay questions, could you please help me choose the correct answer.?

Simon

2017-03-05 5:03 pm

I’m here in Taiwan. Yahoo – Knowledge + posted the following questions asking for a correct answer. In question 1, we have different answers between “had” and “took”. In question 2, we have different answers between “notes” and “memos”. In question 3, we have different answers between “brochure” and “report”.
Sorry my English is still poor, if the above sentences don’t make sense, hope you can still understand and help me understand the variance between our different choices, thanks very much.

1. I ______ notes during the presentation.
did
had
put
took
2. Did you take ___ at the last meeting?
notes
memos
reports
points
3. As you can see in our publicity ______, we offer a number of services.
brochure
form
notice
report

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[匿名]

2017-03-05 11:07 pm

✔ 最佳答案

1. I took notes during the presentation.
did; had; put; are all wrong. It does not make sense to write, '...I did notes...'. We do not 'do' notes. We 'make' notes, or we 'take' notes.
2. Did you take notes at the last meeting?
memos; reports; points; are all wrong. We do not take 'memos' at a meeting. Memos are written in a different place than at a meeting. Neither do we take 'reports', because they, also, are written in a different place. To take 'points' at a meeting does not, also, make sense. You might 'receive' or 'give' points, but certainly not at a meeting.
3. As you can see in our publicity brochure, we offer a number of services.
form; notice; report; are all wrong. A 'brochure', by its nature, is a publicity item. A publicity 'form' is not the word to use, because a form is what we fill in [fill out, if you are studying American English] when we have to give information to someone. A publicity 'notice' does not fit, here, because a notice gives information to those who care to read it, rather as a poster does. A publicity 'report' is, likewise, unsuitable. A report is an account of something that has - usually - already happened, such as: a report on the last general meeting; a report on the state of the company's finances.
I wish you well.

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