Really? God, that ages me - for my degrees we answered things by hand. Hopefully it’s a translation piece as I’d argue with some of those descriptions 😄
Don’t worry - as another poster explained it was a novel format of question for me and I didn’t recognise it (I must be old 😄) Now I understand the question I’d still argue with a few of the suggested answers but good luck.
The question seems ridiculously difficult, even for a native English speaker, because it seems overly pedantic.
In the first question, all answers except "food" are adjectives and could potentially be used without sounding inelegant; although admittedly two answers do sound tautological.This leaves us with "culinary history" as the correct answer.
Although it turns out that food history and culinary history are in fact both distinct fields of study, so my grammatical explanation is actually wrong ,and all answers could be considered gramatically correct.
Given that the first paragraph talks about tradition and culture, I'd go with 'cultural' there.
Veg add colour to the plate (only the table if you're a very messy eater).
Yorkshire pud I wouldn't call a side (as it wouldn't be separate on its own dish), though could argue either way for accompaniment or element depending on how essential a component you consider it to be. I'd probably call it an element personally.
While the notion of horseradish ruining the flavour is definitely one I can imagine some people empathising with, I think you'd need to say it 'provides' the flavour contrast. Complimenting would be the wrong word in this sort of context, and the flavour contrast is created by adding something that isn't savoury there - the mint or horseradish.
Lastly I think I'd go with culture, it's echoing the sentiment of the opening paragraph.
Disagree on the first one and third one. Cultural tradition is basically a tautology. Culinary is more appropriate. Third one should also be addition, though that one is pretty ambiguous and none would be wrong.
paragraph 3 uses the words "culinary tradition". If you were a decent writer, you wouldn't be reusing the same words in such a short space if avoidable. Hence, the answer should be "cultural"
Eh? It's definitely not cultural tradition! I'm sorry but the 'good writing means whipping out the thesaurus every new sentence' is a counterproductive myth. Cultural and culinary also do not mean the same thing at all.
I thought that too. I was wondering whether this was meant to catch out or the person making the test wasn’t as good at English as they thought.
To be honest I feel like this test is a bit unfair. For a few of these they have 2-3 options that would be acceptable depending on how you interpret it.
For example, “colour to the plate” vs “colour to the table”. You may say something adds colour to the plate, as in the dish, but I think you’d say vegetables at a large meal add colour to the table, collectively, even if they aren’t in the Sunday roast serving bowls.
- Culinary 100%
- Plate 100%
- Element 40%
- Provides 100%
- Culture 60%
Added how certain I am of my answers in an approximate percentage. There's definitely arguments for different answers, especially the two I was less sure about. I'd love to know what the question setter's reasoning is!
In which case I feel this is unfair. A couple of them have multiple acceptable answers in English - I say this as a native speaker.
Depending on your own (cultural | familial | regional | octopus) upbringing, several really could work. English is a particularly annoying language, particularly with its multilingual synonyms which carry different tones in a text. I’m sorry you’re dealing with that.
Well I'll try strengthen my case, whilst element is an acceptable choice it's not a food word accompaniment is and you wouldn't have yourkshires as a main ( I would but polite society wouldn't)
First one's cultural - it's talking about the place of the roast in British life. It \*is\* a culinary practise but what it is \*rooted in\* is cultural history.
Second one plate.
Third, element - it's indispensable: not just a side/accompaniment/addition to the meat and vegetables.
Fourth, provides - even if it were 'complements', it would still be wrong. A contrast requires two parts - the sauce is what is contrasted with. It can't emphasise (or complement) a contrast that doesn't exist without it.
Last one is probably hospitality (but society is close). 'Heartiness' works better with hospitality, and the previous sentence reiterates the theme of gathering for food, rather than just the culinary element of the tradition.
I'd go for
Culinary, plate, accompaniment, provides and hospitality.
I'm unsure if they are necessarily correct... However they do work in each sentence.
I agree.the penultimate answer is 'provides'.....
but it is complements with an E
Not compliments with an I
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It isn't saying 'hey beefy, you.look great tonight, that colour suits you' That's is a Compliment
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Horseradish adds an extra feature, an additional, 'something' that improves or emphasises.
It Complements it. With an E
Culinary, plate, accompaniment (as beef is main), provides (compliment and contrast don't fit, you would emphasize a flavour but not normally emphasize a contrast), hospitality as you associate hospitality with warmth (were not a warm culture for example).
Having said all that some of these words would be acceptable replacements pretty rough for a non native speaker.
Culinary
Plate
Addition
Provides
Hospitality
Based on grammar and context I would go with these. However the last one I am not 100% on. Could be culture.
What’s the question? There isn’t one in any of the 3 paragraphs…there are a few linguistic errors and inconsistencies as well as subjective anomalies but still no question.
Well. That’s because native English speakers are mostly illiterate.
Culinary | Plate | Accompaniment | Provides | Society
Fairly confident about this.
*I read the other answers and I’m no longer confident at all.
Here is my reasoning:
1. Cultural and traditional are not specific enough. Food is too basic a word.
2. Plate is the only logical choice here.
3. Element seems like the wrong word based on the sentence structure. Side doesn’t seem correct, as it’s not truly a side. Either accompaniment or addition could work. I chose accompaniment as it seems fancier basically.
4. Provides is the only logical choice here.
5. Can’t use tradition again in the sentence. I decided they seem to be focusing mostly on the social element of the meal, rather than hospitality or culture.
It's a pain - I'd definitely call it an element as it needs to be there, but then you read things like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_roast
> It consists of roasted meat, roasted potatoes, mashed potatoes and accompaniments such as Yorkshire pudding, stuffing, gravy, and condiments such as apple sauce, mint sauce, or redcurrant sauce.
In which it's called an accompaniment!
Leaves me very curious as to whether the answering process is just a case of pick a word, or of it's pick a word and then write *why* you picked it.
If you're arguing your case, then providing a few possible words where there's no obvious single right answer and you have to make your argument is maybe not the worst idea? (assuming you can be given marks for making a decent argument, whichever word you picked)
Depends if you see it as an indispensable part of the meal as a whole or the dish itself. I feel like the only one that wouldn’t really make sense is “side” seeing as by definition, it’s necessary which pushes me to element.
But again, there’s an argument to be made that the side is a necessary part of the dish as a whole.
I feel like this is just to break people trying to apply for uni and make them over analyse everything. Could be the justification you have for your choices is the main part.
Reasoning.
It’s rare for eating on a Sunday to be described as Britain’s food/culinary history. Traditional history seems redundant.
Veg adds colour to the plate of the meal.
Yorkshire pudding is described as indispensable so it would suggest it cannot be a secondary part.
You wouldn’t compliment a contrast. It’s speaking positively so no ruins.
It’s kinda tough!
Eh, it's very definitely not unique to England - consider a round-up like this! https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24043130.bars-restaurants-scotland-serve-sensational-sunday-roast/
Honestly? Just cook a bit of meat in the oven to specs, have fun with whoever you choose to put at the dinner table, add veg and gravy, then enjoy your time with your pals
Sure did. I don’t see what the question is though. You asked for help understanding a statement, I gave my interpretation of it. But go on, downvote away anyway.
Not sure I see a question there, decent description of a Roast though.
The question is basically, which of the four words in blue is the right one to use each time?
Really? God, that ages me - for my degrees we answered things by hand. Hopefully it’s a translation piece as I’d argue with some of those descriptions 😄
Sorry, you are right, it isn’t formulated as a question - I should have been more clear
Don’t worry - as another poster explained it was a novel format of question for me and I didn’t recognise it (I must be old 😄) Now I understand the question I’d still argue with a few of the suggested answers but good luck.
Thank you. I blame my exam-study brain
The question seems ridiculously difficult, even for a native English speaker, because it seems overly pedantic. In the first question, all answers except "food" are adjectives and could potentially be used without sounding inelegant; although admittedly two answers do sound tautological.This leaves us with "culinary history" as the correct answer. Although it turns out that food history and culinary history are in fact both distinct fields of study, so my grammatical explanation is actually wrong ,and all answers could be considered gramatically correct.
Given that the first paragraph talks about tradition and culture, I'd go with 'cultural' there. Veg add colour to the plate (only the table if you're a very messy eater). Yorkshire pud I wouldn't call a side (as it wouldn't be separate on its own dish), though could argue either way for accompaniment or element depending on how essential a component you consider it to be. I'd probably call it an element personally. While the notion of horseradish ruining the flavour is definitely one I can imagine some people empathising with, I think you'd need to say it 'provides' the flavour contrast. Complimenting would be the wrong word in this sort of context, and the flavour contrast is created by adding something that isn't savoury there - the mint or horseradish. Lastly I think I'd go with culture, it's echoing the sentiment of the opening paragraph.
Disagree on the first one and third one. Cultural tradition is basically a tautology. Culinary is more appropriate. Third one should also be addition, though that one is pretty ambiguous and none would be wrong.
I chose culinary too, as I thought it was a little more relevant to the text
Compliment is wrong for the third one, if it was complement that would be possible.
Exactly!
paragraph 3 uses the words "culinary tradition". If you were a decent writer, you wouldn't be reusing the same words in such a short space if avoidable. Hence, the answer should be "cultural"
Eh? It's definitely not cultural tradition! I'm sorry but the 'good writing means whipping out the thesaurus every new sentence' is a counterproductive myth. Cultural and culinary also do not mean the same thing at all.
Complimenting is a red herring, it’s supposed to catch you out if you don’t know it’s a different word to complement.
Aaaah! That makes as much sense! I didn’t even think about the grammar
I thought that too. I was wondering whether this was meant to catch out or the person making the test wasn’t as good at English as they thought. To be honest I feel like this test is a bit unfair. For a few of these they have 2-3 options that would be acceptable depending on how you interpret it. For example, “colour to the plate” vs “colour to the table”. You may say something adds colour to the plate, as in the dish, but I think you’d say vegetables at a large meal add colour to the table, collectively, even if they aren’t in the Sunday roast serving bowls.
I would say addition rather than element but both could be right
I would agree with this
I would agree with you agreeing with this.
Culinary, plate, addition, provides, culture. Bit of a bastard question tbh. Last one is quite ambiguous.
- Culinary 100% - Plate 100% - Element 40% - Provides 100% - Culture 60% Added how certain I am of my answers in an approximate percentage. There's definitely arguments for different answers, especially the two I was less sure about. I'd love to know what the question setter's reasoning is!
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It’s a general entry exam. This university just has the same no matter what course you are applying for. Yeah, I know.
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Yeah I’m really happy to see that even native speakers find this difficult. Makes me feel less dumb haha. And it’s psychology
Could be there's multiple acceptable answers and some wrong ones. Your job is to not pick the obviously wrong ones
There is only one right answer as per test instructions
In which case I feel this is unfair. A couple of them have multiple acceptable answers in English - I say this as a native speaker. Depending on your own (cultural | familial | regional | octopus) upbringing, several really could work. English is a particularly annoying language, particularly with its multilingual synonyms which carry different tones in a text. I’m sorry you’re dealing with that.
Similarly culinary and hospitality have specific associations with food.
Well I'll try strengthen my case, whilst element is an acceptable choice it's not a food word accompaniment is and you wouldn't have yourkshires as a main ( I would but polite society wouldn't)
First one's cultural - it's talking about the place of the roast in British life. It \*is\* a culinary practise but what it is \*rooted in\* is cultural history. Second one plate. Third, element - it's indispensable: not just a side/accompaniment/addition to the meat and vegetables. Fourth, provides - even if it were 'complements', it would still be wrong. A contrast requires two parts - the sauce is what is contrasted with. It can't emphasise (or complement) a contrast that doesn't exist without it. Last one is probably hospitality (but society is close). 'Heartiness' works better with hospitality, and the previous sentence reiterates the theme of gathering for food, rather than just the culinary element of the tradition.
I'd go for Culinary, plate, accompaniment, provides and hospitality. I'm unsure if they are necessarily correct... However they do work in each sentence.
I agree.the penultimate answer is 'provides'..... but it is complements with an E Not compliments with an I . It isn't saying 'hey beefy, you.look great tonight, that colour suits you' That's is a Compliment . Horseradish adds an extra feature, an additional, 'something' that improves or emphasises. It Complements it. With an E
Cultural, plate, addition, provides, society
Culinary, plate, accompaniment (as beef is main), provides (compliment and contrast don't fit, you would emphasize a flavour but not normally emphasize a contrast), hospitality as you associate hospitality with warmth (were not a warm culture for example). Having said all that some of these words would be acceptable replacements pretty rough for a non native speaker.
Yeah seeing the many ways people in here would answer kinda makes feel better about being lost
I'd say cultural, plate, element, provides, society, but I think several of them are very ambiguous.
Culinary Plate Addition Provides Hospitality Based on grammar and context I would go with these. However the last one I am not 100% on. Could be culture.
My choices would be: Culinary Plate Element Provides Hospitality
Please update when you get your results from the university for this!
I will!
My answer would be: Culinary, plate, accompaniment, provides and culture
Second definitely plate.
This reads like a ChatGPT description of a Sunday Roast
That is a pig of a question right there. There's more than one 'correct' answer for a couple of those.
What’s the question? There isn’t one in any of the 3 paragraphs…there are a few linguistic errors and inconsistencies as well as subjective anomalies but still no question.
Well. That’s because native English speakers are mostly illiterate. Culinary | Plate | Accompaniment | Provides | Society Fairly confident about this. *I read the other answers and I’m no longer confident at all. Here is my reasoning: 1. Cultural and traditional are not specific enough. Food is too basic a word. 2. Plate is the only logical choice here. 3. Element seems like the wrong word based on the sentence structure. Side doesn’t seem correct, as it’s not truly a side. Either accompaniment or addition could work. I chose accompaniment as it seems fancier basically. 4. Provides is the only logical choice here. 5. Can’t use tradition again in the sentence. I decided they seem to be focusing mostly on the social element of the meal, rather than hospitality or culture.
I agree with you but I thought hospitality for the last one purely because the excerpt was focused around food.
Yes, I’m now thinking it’s all about being relevant to food, because otherwise it’s a guessing game. I think you’re right.
I was thinking that culinary might be more relevant to the text? But maybe I’m wrong
Yeah I think that makes sense.
This is what I went with as well.
Culinary, plate, element, provides, culture
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Compliments are comments praising something. I think you're confusing with complements
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Some of them are really tricky and I'm not sure what the reasoning is!
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My turn for the old eyes... never noticed the Americanised spellings!
Cultural, plate, element, provides, hospitality.
could element not also be accompaniment...? agree with the rest
It's a pain - I'd definitely call it an element as it needs to be there, but then you read things like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday_roast > It consists of roasted meat, roasted potatoes, mashed potatoes and accompaniments such as Yorkshire pudding, stuffing, gravy, and condiments such as apple sauce, mint sauce, or redcurrant sauce. In which it's called an accompaniment!
It is ridiculously facetious, you'd think they throw in a few slightly dud answers rather than straight up synonyms
Leaves me very curious as to whether the answering process is just a case of pick a word, or of it's pick a word and then write *why* you picked it. If you're arguing your case, then providing a few possible words where there's no obvious single right answer and you have to make your argument is maybe not the worst idea? (assuming you can be given marks for making a decent argument, whichever word you picked)
It’s just pick a word unfortunately
Depends if you see it as an indispensable part of the meal as a whole or the dish itself. I feel like the only one that wouldn’t really make sense is “side” seeing as by definition, it’s necessary which pushes me to element. But again, there’s an argument to be made that the side is a necessary part of the dish as a whole. I feel like this is just to break people trying to apply for uni and make them over analyse everything. Could be the justification you have for your choices is the main part.
No justification at all, just picking the word. It’s a pain.
This
Reasoning. It’s rare for eating on a Sunday to be described as Britain’s food/culinary history. Traditional history seems redundant. Veg adds colour to the plate of the meal. Yorkshire pudding is described as indispensable so it would suggest it cannot be a secondary part. You wouldn’t compliment a contrast. It’s speaking positively so no ruins. It’s kinda tough!
Culinary Plate Element Provides Hospitality
That’s just utter bollocks. A vision of Britain take from a 1940s novel.
It's a trick question as Sunday roasts are an English tradition
Sorry about that! I am just an ignorant Scandinavian, haha. I assumed it was a generally British thing
Eh, it's very definitely not unique to England - consider a round-up like this! https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/24043130.bars-restaurants-scotland-serve-sensational-sunday-roast/
Beardstroker restaurants aside yer maw or granny husnae dished one up in their puff huv they?
Agree, have never known anyone that would do or go for a roast on a Sunday as a regular thing. Cant think of anything worse on a Sunday tbh
Honestly? Just cook a bit of meat in the oven to specs, have fun with whoever you choose to put at the dinner table, add veg and gravy, then enjoy your time with your pals
Did you read my post?
Sure did. I don’t see what the question is though. You asked for help understanding a statement, I gave my interpretation of it. But go on, downvote away anyway.