Ponctuation & co

First I want to share the latest news with you… Nicholas took his oral test over the phone in Vancouver last Friday: he said it went fairly well given that the assessor led him in the fourth part of the exam (which was not the case when he had been assessed a couple of months earlier)… based upon my observations and my optimistic state of mind, I would say that it means he got the level he needs (B) for sure and… perhaps even a higher level (apparently assessors over the phone do not hesitate to take strong candidates one step higher)…

And… Mark, who was afraid of having failed his C, got his results Friday morning: they gave him an E (exemption)!… It seems that New Brunswick is doing pretty well (first Joyce and now Mark)!…

Congratulations Mark!

July is almost behind us… incredible!… Since we did not have much of a summer yet, it rather feels like early spring around here… yet, there are constant reminders that we are quickly moving towards the Back to School frantic period… we can already see ads on TV reminding parents to buy school supplies for their kids…

While browsing for a test, I found a text related to this topic and I thought it would be good timing… It is a quizz on punctation… Honestly I found this one rather easy and I got a perfect mark in no time! I am convinced that you will not encounter difficulties… actually I did not see even one trap!…

We had non stop pouring rain for the past four days!

There was a break early this morning and it looked like this… which I would not call a summer day!

June 2007 fog on a winter day IMG_4329

If you have nothing else to do on this Sunday morning, click here to play my quizz…

Have fun!

;-)

 

Photo credit by Philip Lean, Canberra, Australia 

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2 Comments

  1. Isabelle
    Posted July 26, 2009 at 3:32 pm | Permalink

    Bonjour Lyne,

    J’ai eu 45/50. J’ai chuté sur dis-le-moi !! Après avoir choisi la réponse correcte, j’ai changé d’avis et choisi une autre réponse. Conclusion : ne jamais revenir sur ses premières impressions ;)

    Passe une très bonne semaine !

    • Posted July 26, 2009 at 5:02 pm | Permalink

      Bonjour Isabelle,

      En effet c’est ce que je me tue à répéter à mes étudiants : faites confiance à votre instinct parce que, neuf fois sur dix, votre première réponse s’avère être la bonne! ;-) Mais, j’ai l’impression que les tests à choix multiples font souvent douter…

      Toi aussi, passe une bonne semaine et j’espère qu’à Paris le temps est au beau fixe (ici ça laisse à désirer pas mal!)!

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