CPE exam: The children agreed to take it in turns to tidy the playroom

While preparing for the CPE exam I came across the following sentence transformation task: The children agreed they would each tidy the playroom on alternate days. turns The children ________________________ the playroom. My answer was: The children agreed to take turns tidying the playroom. The key states: The children agreed to take it in turns … Read more

To request “signed photographs” vs “signing photographs”

I was doing a Cambridge English Advanced, Use of English, Part 3 task today, when I came across the following sentence: Though fans continued to hound her with requests for SIGN photographs seven decades lates, letters went unanswered and requests for interviews were seldom granted. What I had to do is change the word SIGN … Read more