how well do you do ?

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literacy test

i got 16. and here i thought i was a brainbox

16/20 with a degree in english can i have another go?

18 out of 20. I am very proud actually, I got a C at GSCE for English, and never studied any further

19

20 - good old 60's education

2o for me, easy peasy! Maths may be a different story though.

19
I'm blaming my poor score on my current sleep deprivation because I knew the answer dammit.

20

deeply agree, snafsicle, it should have said "which of these comes the closest to the meaning of" ... because, really, you are not meaning "quiet" when you say someone is "taciturn", are you. Connotation is quite different.

20

I lived up to my name with 20

19

19 - I said the fist one was a metaphor instead of a simile [roll eyes]

18 here but should be 19 cos I accidentally clicked on the wrong button for one answer, doh! I got no1 wrong.

20. Seemed KS2 to me. I hate how many estate agents can't spell accommodation. Bit like my other pet hate - definitely. Yes, I am officially sad.

20 ...

17 for me. I am not too hot am I. I blame my crap education and the fact that I haven't read eats shoots and leaves because I find apostrophe pedantism irritating.

I got 17/20. I messed up on a couple of the meanings.

20. Am an English teacher though!

gosh, all of you did really well.
i got most of the simile metaphor type ones wrong as couldnt remember which was which. but am surprised at the number of 20's on mn. lots of breinbox'x here.

19 out of 20

I got 'Taciturn' wrong

17

I got 17 Lost concentration half way through and messed up the hyphenated one. Agree with binkie about the meanings tho. I went for the ones that seemed nearest and it obviously wasnt any of the others.

Hopefully do better at the maths.

20- it's a reletively easy one I reckon because my spelling and grammar can be very poor sometimes.

19 for me. Not bad for a girlie who's been out of the country for the past 6 years.

lol- relAtively I meant