Choose two, and None for 11 plus English

    A short video on choose two, and None, a worked example, the mistake children most often make, and a question to try. The rule to remember: count what it asks for: a clean line is allowed.

    The English papers, topic 3 of 5 · 2 minute video

    How to see it

    Every question has one answer, unless it asks for more. Choose TWO answers means mark two, so underline TWO before you start. And a find-the-mistake line can have no mistake at all. In a GL-style paper, the line is split into groups A to D, and N means no mistake. In a Quest-style paper, one of the options is None.

    A worked example

    A GL-style spelling line. Check each group. Weird bends the i before e rule, and it is spelt right. Noise, right. Definitely has finite in the middle, so that is right. From next door, right. No mistake, so the answer is N.

    The common mistake: marking one answer when the question asks for two, or never choosing None

    The trap has two sides. You find one answer to a Choose TWO question, and stop. Or you are sure there must be a mistake, so you pick a word that was right. Let a clean line be clean.

    Try one

    Nadia packed a torch and a map, but she left her compass on the kitchen table.

    Choose TWO answers. Which two things did Nadia take?

    1. Aa torch
    2. Ba compass
    3. Ca map
    4. Da kitchen table
    5. Ea phone
    Show the answer

    Right: A and C

    The compass stayed on the table. Two answers asked for, two answers marked.

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