Q&A - PSLE English
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To go over is to move or travel somewhere. To go through is to analyse or discuss through something (in this context).
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Miss Raja
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soyabean:
I think it's a bad question - the phrasal verbs are close synonyms.Pls go _________ the concepts again as some of us are still unsure.
1) over
2) through
The answer is through. Why is it not over? What is the difference?
Thanks!!
From http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/go
go over
1 consider, examine, or check (something):I want to go over these plans with you again
go through
2 search through or examine methodically:she started to go through the bundle of letters -
Please help!
Synthesis and Transformation
Siti tries her best. Siti fails to qualify for the 100m race.
Although_____________________________________________________________. -
Although Siti tries her best, she fails to qualify for the 100m race.
Normally the verbs are in the past tense. -
pup_love_Claire:
Your answer is in present tense but you mentioned the verbs should be in past tense.Although Siti tries her best, she fails to qualify for the 100m race.
Normally the verbs are in the past tense.
I thought the tenses should be following the question? can someone help? -
Xpresstuition-2013:
I think it's an odd question. The only time I can think of that they would make sense in the present tense is when a commentator makes them live as the race ends, and in normal text, they would be in quotation marks. Once the race has ended, the sentences should be in the past tense. However, for the purposes of an exam, the synthesised sentence should follow the tense of the given sentences.
Your answer is in present tense but you mentioned the verbs should be in past tense.pup_love_Claire:
Although Siti tries her best, she fails to qualify for the 100m race.
Normally the verbs are in the past tense.
I thought the tenses should be following the question? can someone help? -
Catholic High 2012 :
qn 68: Jon cheated in the examination. It was very silly of him.
Ans: It was very silly of Jon to have cheated in the examination.
Can this be accepted? It was very silly of Jon to cheat in the examination.
qn 69: I was miserable when my dog died. Ahmad comforted me.
Ans: Sensing my misery when my dog died, Ahmad comforted me.
Can this be accepted? Sensing that I was miserable over the death of my dog, Ahmad comforted me.
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Verysuperkiasu:
Your DD was actually correct for the first one.Actually both could be accepted,I've written both answers in exams before and the markers all marked me correct,however,to be safer,the teacher's answer would not be recommended and yes,it should be \"After throwing away the old jacket,Mother bought a new one\".Is that a trainee teacher?SA1 questions:
1) Susan was amazed that she finished the 100 metre race in less than twenty seconds.
Much to....
Dd's and her other friends' answers :
Much to her amazement, Susan finished the 100 metre race in less than twenty seconds.
Teacher's answer :
Much to Susan's amazement, she finished the 100 metre race in less than twenty seconds.
DD and her friends got zero mark for this question. I thought the name should appear in the main clause which is the second part of the sentence.
2) Mother threw away her old jacket. Then she bought a new one.
After....
DD's answer:
After throwing away her old jacket, Mother bought a new one.
Teacher's answer :
After Mother had thrown away the old jacket, she bought a new one.
DD was marked wrong.
While I agree that the teacher's answer is correct (past perfect 'had thrown' is used for the earlier past action), it is also gramatically correct to say 'After throwing away the old jacket, Mother bought a new one'.
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Verysuperkiasu:
If you notice the trend, this teacher likes to have the subject matter at the front of the sentence.SA1 questions:
1) Susan was amazed that she finished the 100 metre race in less than twenty seconds.
Much to....
Dd's and her other friends' answers :
Much to her amazement, Susan finished the 100 metre race in less than twenty seconds.
Teacher's answer :
Much to Susan's amazement, she finished the 100 metre race in less than twenty seconds.
DD and her friends got zero mark for this question. I thought the name should appear in the main clause which is the second part of the sentence.
2) Mother threw away her old jacket. Then she bought a new one.
After....
DD's answer:
After throwing away her old jacket, Mother bought a new one.
Teacher's answer :
After Mother had thrown away the old jacket, she bought a new one.
DD was marked wrong.
While I agree that the teacher's answer is correct (past perfect 'had thrown' is used for the earlier past action), it is also gramatically correct to say 'After throwing away the old jacket, Mother bought a new one'.
Any advice?
View it from the reader's point of view. Each of the answers by your DD started with \"her\" instead of addressing the person involved (Mother or Susan).
The teacher's answer is more specific and clearer as to who's being referred to. Your DD's answer isn't grammatically wrong. However, as a rule of thumb, it's always best to state the subject first. Hope this helps.
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soyabean:
Sorry to chime in so late. But this is a really bad sentence construction which you would never hear from native speakers. It has been dreamt up to trap the student and that is not the purpose of language! What's worse, the supposedly grammatically correct version sounds much worse than the \"problem\" it is trying to address.Dear all
The boy, as well as the girls ________ going for the concert.
1) IS
2) ARE
What is the answer?
Thanks so much!!
Sure there are rules to follow to pass exams, but really keep an eye on the big picture: can you be understood unambiguously? Does your sentence have a clear subject, verb and object?
Compare:
1. The boy, as well as the girls IS going for the concert.
2. The boy, as well as the girls ARE going for the concert.
Both sound wrong. (In the 2nd case, FOR is simply not used this way - it should be TO.)
A bit better but still clumsy:
The boy as well as the girls ARE going TO the concert.
The subject is compound - the boy AND the girls - so substitute THEY.
THEY ARE [ALL] going TO the concert.
Best:
John AND the girls ARE going TO the concert.
The boy IS going TO the concert; the girls ARE going as well.
Nobody would ever say, \"The boy, as well as the girls IS going for the concert.\"
Rant over.
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