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- ^Exercise A: Fill-in-the-Blanks HELP screen^
-
- Exercises ask you to complete a sentence by supplying the missing idiom.
-
- In this exercise, the ten idioms are shown on the screen. You are asked to
- type the idiom from the list which best completes the sentence.
-
- The screen looks like this:
-
- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ E X E R C I S E - Lesson 1 Level 2 ║
- ╚════════════════════════════════════════════╝
- ┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Sandy and Fred ______________________________________ │
- │ from the start, and they still go everywhere together. │
- └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-
- FILL IN THE BLANKS: Choose an idiom from below
-
- ACT UP BARGE IN
- BLOW THE WHISTLE ON BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS
- GET ON ONE'S NERVES HIT IT OFF
- JACK UP KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE
- MAKE UP WASTE ONE'S BREATH
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- ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ PRESS [F1] DISPLAY HINT [F2] CHANGE SCOPE Current Lesson ║
- ║ [F9] QUIT Exercise [F10] HELP ║
- ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
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- ^[F1] DISPLAY HINT^ Press [F1] to show the hint.
-
- ^[F2] CHANGE SCOPE^ Press [F2] to switch the scope of the lessons the
- exercise will cover, to: 1) current lesson (idioms are selected from the
- current lesson of ten idioms), 2) previous lessons (idioms are randomly
- selected from all previous lessons, including the current lesson), or 3) all
- lessons. The word, ~Current~, ~Previous~ or ~All~, appearing after [F2] CHANGE
- SCOPE, indicates the currently chosen scope.
-
- ^[F9] QUIT Exercise^ Hit this key to get out of the exercise screen and
- return to the Main Menu.
-
- ^[F10] HELP^ To view this help screen.
-
- In some cases you may also see ~[TAB] Switch~. The [Tab] key is used when the
- idiom part of the sentence is broken into two parts, so that you can switch
- from one part to another.
-
- IdioMagic will let you know whether the answer you gave is ~CORRECT~ or
- ~INCORRECT~. If your answer is incorrect, it will ask if you want to try
- again. To try again, type Y as your answer. In this exercise, IdioMagic
- accepts two forms of the answer as correct. You can type the idiom exactly as
- it appears on the list, or--if the grammar of the idiom as it is used in the
- exercise is different--you can type it in the tense that fits the sentence.
- Thus:
-
- "I went to the bank, and on the way home I stopped to get gas. I killed
- two birds with one stone."
-
- On the exercise screen, this sentence will appear as follows:
-
- I went to the bank, and on the way home I stopped to
- get gas. I __________________________________.
-
- You can type KILL TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE or KILLED TWO BIRDS WITH ONE
- STONE, and IdioMagic will happily accept either one. IdioMagic will also
- accept some answers that are just a little bit off (grammar and typo's), in
- which case it will flash a message asking you to ~CHECK FOR CORRECT
- SPELLING/USAGE~.