Domino

Domino

ee oop lad

bobd22

or "oh, Mierda"

mikelincs

I'd reply, 'better than before'.

mikelincs

basic GCSE isn't a very high level to get a pass in any subject, while waiting toi be called for my Russian oral test I saw some old maths GCSE papers on the desk, I picked on up, and completed it in 10 minutes without calcualtor, pen/pencil or paper, and it asked 'show all your workings'!!, I'd doen it all in my head..

bobd22

How about the visitor who pops into Northmberland and says in his best english to the local Good Morning to get the reply "wots thi fettle" and we think Spanish is confusing

lynnxa

I know.............. I taught GCSE maths & spanish last year

jackytoo

They don't look so easy to me..maybe I am just dim...don't answer that

http://www.pixymaths.co.uk/examples.php

Domino

so you failed Mike - as you said "show all your workings" surely that would allow the examiner to look for any errors and give partial marks even if the final answer is wrong !
stupid I know, but then you would have a decade or three experience on those who are taking it

jackytoo

I don't often hear the spanish say buenas dias to each other, I think it's more used in shops or with the Brits? Could be because I am rarely out and about before mid-morning though

Most popular form of greeting between people who know each other where I lived were ¿Cómo te va? ¿Qué tal? ¿Qué hay? ¿Qué pasa? Suppose it's regional like the UK. Has anyone mentioned "MornIn"

mikelincs

It really depends at what level you are put into the exam, there are several levels depending on how well your treacher expects you to do, but at the lower levels you can't get the top grades. when I did my Russian I was put into the top set of questions, which allowed me to get thee grade A that I got, in some of the lower levels the candidates were not questioned or expected to know the conjugation of verbs, but they could only get a grade C

sujee

Your confusing maths with mental arithmetic. In maths how you arrive at your answer is often more important than the final answer. If a question has 5 marks awarded you would only get one of those marks if you did the whole thing 'in your head'. Maths is about logical thought and elegant proof. The higher you study the more important method becomes and so at GCSE level showing working is training for higher level study.

Soapdish

I think what this kid is trying to say is, when he comes this summer, he'll go swimming.

So it should say, "Cuando me voy este verano, voy a nadar"... or "ire a natacion"(I will go swimming)you can't say "ir nadando" which in its literal sense means go swimming but it doesn't include the subject of the matter.

Hope that helps.

Soapdish

If its morning then the greeting is Buenos Dias....(masculine BUENOS) if its the evening its Buenas Tardes... (femenine BUENAS).... if you're not sure or are just too lazy to say it, just say Buenas....

I usually say, "Hasta luego jus like you'd say, See ya....I think saying Adios is too final.....or again, you can always say, "Buenas".......

Dick Dasterdly

In most places I've lived, "BUENOS" by itself is very common greeting, as is "HA'LUEGO" on parting.