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do or take?
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Pretty3
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do or take?
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Hi,
Can you tell me what the correct completion is in the following sentence:
- Good luck in your exam. When are you going to ( do - make ) the exam?
Regards :)
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1 Nov 2013
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Tami84
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Hello, it is TAKE the exam. You wrote the wrong options ( do - make ) the exam? Cheers! |
1 Nov 2013
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cunliffe
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Take or sit are better, but I have heard students say they are having or doing an exam.In Br Eng, you could also say, �when have you got your exam? |
1 Nov 2013
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MoodyMoody
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In American English, it �s take the exam. I �ve never heard sit an exam or test; that must be British English. Students don�t make exams; that�s the teacher�s job! |
1 Nov 2013
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yanogator
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@MoodyMoody,
In the US, some people say "sit for an exam" (but never "sit an exam"), especially if it is a professional exam (like the CPA exam), rather than one in school.
Bruce |
1 Nov 2013
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almaz
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In British English, we often say sit an exam.
Source: I�m British.
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1 Nov 2013
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MoodyMoody
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Bruce, I sit corrected! I guess "sit [for] an exam" never made it to my dialect of American English. (I �m from North Carolina, and you �re from California if I remember correctly? Although your picture looks more like Wisconsin or Minnesota.) |
1 Nov 2013
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libertybelle
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I �ve never heard anyone say good luck in your exams - but on/with your exams!
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1 Nov 2013
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cunliffe
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Sit an exam - very standard in Br Eng, as is good luck in your exams. With is OK, but not on. In Italian, in that situation, we don �t wish good luck, btw; we say �in bocca al lupo! � Just thought you might like to know.  |
2 Nov 2013
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