Tuesday, January 26, 2010

English Test Theater

Correcting the 1st year English midterms....

A collection of interesting answers. <3

Q: If you call Ms. Natalie and want to ask her what she's doing, what do you say?
CORRECT ANSWER: "What are you doing (now)?"
A: "What is it now?"
A: "Wats?"
A: "What is this?"
A: "I'm speak English?"
A: "Whose Ms. Natari doing."
A: "I timu bont play." (???)
A: "Where you playing now?"
A: "What is are you doing?" (Hedging their bets...)
A: "iPley stabey."
A: "What time is it now?"

Q: Where is your house?
A: "Yes, it's summer."
A: "Yes, he bas"
A: "Here." (<3 <3)
A: "Yes"
A: "No."
A: "It's studying English"
A: "whet"

Q: (There is a picture that they must write three sentences about. A girl named Tomomi is listening to music, a boy named Kenta is running, and two children named Yuji and Miki are playing tennis)
A: "Tomomi moujituk."
A: "Yuji and Miki are tennising now."
A: "Tomomi is the music."
A: "I pley baseball."

Q: If someone is walking too quickly on a dangerously icy street, what do you say?
CORRECT ANSWER: "Be careful." "Don't walk fast." (or stuff like that, as long as it's proper.)
A: "bont"
A: "You are not quickly!"
A: "Be careful is fast."
A: "Don't warking fast!" (<3 <3)
A: "Don't fost."
A: "Exuce cus me?"
A: "No"
A: "Don't could road walking." (I wish I could give this kid a bonus point. It's obvious he's trying to say "Don't walk on a cold road" or something like that. Creative!)
A: "Don't farst."
A: "rood wooking."
A: "Look! lunning not!"
A: "Excuse me. Be careful." (This was correct. I just thought it was precious.)

Q: You don't know where Miyazu Station is. How do you ask someone?
CORRECT ANSWER: "Where is Miyazu Station?"
A: "I don't ho."
A: "Miyazu Station?" (Though this would work, probably. <.<)
A: "What's Miyazu Station?" (close, honey!)
A: "How is a Miyazu Station?"

Q: You see someone swimming in an area with a 'no swimming' sign. How do you give them a strong warning?
CORRECT ANSWER: "Don't swim (here)." or "Be careful."
A: "What do you do swimming"
A: "Don't is swimming!"
A: "Swimming be careful." (Really close! I thought this was a great try.)

Q: How is the weather today?
A: "I am studying English"
A: "It's crudy."
A: "It five-ten."

They tried so hard!! Well, most of them did....some of them I'm not sure what they want to be saying, but...

3 comments:

Hal said...

XD XD That's awesome. . .

The Zany Bishojo Evalana said...

XD! Oh, those are great.

stein! said...

i am literally tearing up with laughter... especially the "wat?" answer because i can only picture YOU saying it....