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20 May
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What is the difference between English speaking test and spoken English test ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between English speaking test and spoken English test ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- English (US)
English Speaking Test is Preasant Tense meaning you are actively taking the test “I am taking the english speaking test”
English Spoken test is Future Tense meaning you are going to take the test “I am GOING to take the english spoken test”
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- English (US)
English spoken test doesn’t really make much sense, but english speaking test means that your are the one speaking in the exam
- Simplified Chinese (China)
@sammy_bo_bammy What about “spoken English test”? For example, I’m going to take a spoken English test. Is it correct?
- English (US)
@handsomeish Yeah in that context it makes sense, for future it would be spoken and for pressant/current it would be speaking :))
- Simplified Chinese (China)
@sammy_bo_bammy So does this sound right? “I’m taking a spoken English test.”
- English (US)
No, I am taking the speaking english test, and I am going to take the spoken english test! :)))
- Simplified Chinese (China)
@sammy_bo_bammy OK, but what’s the difference between “English speaking test” and “speaking English test”?
- English (US)
English Speaking Test is Preasant Tense meaning you are actively taking the test “I am taking the english speaking test”
English Spoken test is Future Tense meaning you are going to take the test “I am GOING to take the english spoken test”
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
@sammy_bo_bammy Gotcha. But you said “speaking English test”. Is this the same as “English speaking test”?
- English (US)
@handsomeish Yeah, the second one sound better though must have been a miss-type on my end lol
- Simplified Chinese (China)
@sammy_bo_bammy Thanks! And why did you write “present” as “preasant” and “pressant”? Are they the popular spellings in the US now?
- English (US)
@handsomeish present is correct I am just really bad at typing hahahhaah
- Simplified Chinese (China)
@sammy_bo_bammy Ah, OK. Thank you for your help!
- English (US)
Yeah! No problem, and good luck with English!
- English (US)
These terms have nothing to do with tense. “Spoken” and “English” are both adjectives that modify “test” in “spoken English test”. And it’s the same for “English speaking test”. “Test” is the noun. “English” and “speaking” are the adjectives.
I think “English speaking test” would be more commonly used between the two because “spoken English test” could imply that you are being tested on spoken English lol (as opposed to other forms of it). It doesn’t necessarily mean that you will actually be speaking. You could receive a test paper that asks you to write down the differences between spoken English and written English, how different accents/dialects sound, etc. And that would be considered a spoken English test even though you wouldn’t be doing any speaking yourself.
“English speaking test” can indicate that you will be speaking, but it could also be interpreted as the test itself is English speaking lol, i.e. the test can speak English (similar to how an English speaking person is a person who can speak English). That’s why I think “speaking test in English” or simply “speaking test” are more common and more accurate because they won’t be misunderstood.
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- Simplified Chinese (China)
@sammy_bo_bammy Thank you for your wishes! You’re a nice person.
- Simplified Chinese (China)
@bsloan7 Thanks so much for your explanation! What about the opposite of “English speaking test”? Is it better to say “English written test” or “English writing test”? I wanted to express it’s a test that only includes writing things. Students who are taking the test don’t even need to open their mouth.
- English (US)
@handsomeish “English writing test” or just “writing test” would probably be best.
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