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metcet20
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help me please
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what �s the correct option and why?
The ....... near our village is beautiful.
A country B woods
C view D countryside |
26 Sep 2013
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tenbest
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D - COUNTRYSIDE ...
the place must be pacific because there is " The " .....
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26 Sep 2013
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aliciapc
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I �d say the view. I don �t think the country / countryside is near the village, the village must be in the country / countryside ... and the woods are ... so I guess it �s view. Anybody? |
26 Sep 2013
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Nicola5052
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I would say countryside although view also fits. With view it would sound better to say the �the view from � our village. Mind you, if there is something to good to look at near the village �view � would definitely fit! |
26 Sep 2013
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cunliffe
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D. Not �view �, as Nicola says, it would have to be �view from � |
26 Sep 2013
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ueslteacher
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I �d choose D can �t really say why not A Not woods bc the verb in the sentence is in singular Not view as you �d expect more than one view near the village so it doesn �t make sense to me.
Anyways, let �s see what the native speakers will say.
OOPS, I must have been posting with the others:)
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26 Sep 2013
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tenbest
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D - COUNTRYSIDE ...
the place must be pacific because there is " The " .....
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26 Sep 2013
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debbie6
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countryside or woods
countryside meaning the surrounding area
woods - that is what we call a forested area
NO COUNTRY BECAUSE THAT DOESN �T MAKE ANY SENSE
NO VIEW BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE TO SAY VIEW FROM THE
VILLAGE. |
26 Sep 2013
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ueslteacher
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it CAN �T be woods because of the verb. You can �t have woods in that sentence - The woods near our village is beautiful- can you?
Definitely countryside |
26 Sep 2013
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ldthemagicman
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Dear
Metcet20,
A.
�The COUNTRY near our village is
beautiful.� (Which country? Scotland?
Algeria? New Zealand?) NO
B.
�The WOODS
[plural] near our village is [singular] beautiful.� (�The WOODS [plural] near our village ARE
[plural] beautiful�, is correct.) NO
C.
�The VIEW
near our village is beautiful.� (Which
SPECIFIC view is beautiful? The view to
the north? Or to the south? Or to the east? Or to the west of the village? The view beside the river? The view from the cliffs? If they had written: �The VIEW FROM our village is beautiful�,
that would have been correct, but they didn�t.
They said �The VIEW NEAR our village�, without specifying WHICH
view.) NO
D.
�The COUNTRYSIDE near our village is
beautiful. Our COUNTRYSIDE includes a
vast, salmon-rich river; rolling heather-covered hills; and fertile,
flower-filled fields. The countryside near
our village is truly beautiful!� (Oxford
English Dictionary - �COUNTRYSIDE� [mass noun] The land and scenery of a rural
area: �They explored the surrounding
countryside�.) YES
ANSWER = D
= "COUNTRYSIDE"
Les Douglas
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26 Sep 2013
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