Q&A - PSLE English

[bitchymum]

Thank you so much.

[Verysuperkiasu]

Some of the words in the vocab cloze has very close answers. For eg the word ‘predicament’ can also be crisis or dilemma. Both crisis and dilemma are in the options. Is the meaning of predicament closer to crisis or dilemma? Checked the dictionary they all are synonyms

[Lieu]

notredame:

Q: My mother asked, \"Did you do the homework which your teacher gave you?\"

My Mother __________________.
A: My mother asked if I had done the homework which my teacher had given me.

Is the following answer also acceptable:
My mother asked me if I had done the homework which my teacher had given me.

Based on the S&T book published by Marshall Cavendish, both with and without \"me' are acceptable.

[thehybrid]

Q: This plot of land is bare. Many years ago, Empire Hotel used to stand here.

A:where_______.

The answer provided is:This bare plot of land is where Empire Hotel used to stand many years ago.

Is this answer also accepted?
This plot of land, where Empire Hotel used to stand many years ago, is bare.

[AdvancedAcademia]

thehybrid:

Q: This plot of land is bare. Many years ago, Empire Hotel used to stand here.

A:_________________________________where________________________________________.

The answer provided is:This bare plot of land is where Empire Hotel used to stand many years ago.

Is this answer also accepted?
This plot of land, where Empire Hotel used to stand many years ago, is bare.

I don't see anything wrong with it. You are just using an inserted clause to express the same idea.

[jetsetter]

AdvancedAcademia:

thehybrid:

Q: This plot of land is bare. Many years ago, Empire Hotel used to stand here.

A:_________________________________where________________________________________.

The answer provided is:This bare plot of land is where Empire Hotel used to stand many years ago.

Is this answer also accepted?
This plot of land, where Empire Hotel used to stand many years ago, is bare.

I don't see anything wrong with it. You are just using an inserted clause to express the same idea.

Hi, depends on the emphasis writer desires...where he/she wants to draw the reader's attention to...
The prescribed answer puts the emphasis on the fact that Empire Hotel used to stand there years ago.
The second alternative answer, by inserting the relative clause, is putting the emphasis on the bareness of the land instead.

[beariecrystal3]

My brother has always been taller than _____ even though he is three years younger.


1) i
2) me
3) mine
4) myself

Can someone help me. is it I or me? Thanks

[D_major]

Ask one synthesis question:


You must enter the theatre before the performance begins. If not, you can enter during the intermission.

The answer in the exercise book is:

You enter the theatre either before the performance begins or during the intermission.

Is it also correct to write:

You must enter the theatre either before the performance begins or during the intermission. :?:

What is the difference?

[AdvancedAcademia]

beariecrystal3:

My brother has always been taller than _____ even though he is three years younger.


1) i
2) me
3) mine
4) myself

Can someone help me. is it I or me? Thanks

This is the perennial chestnut... depending on your emphasis and the school of grammar thought you ascribe to. Take a read of http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/i-versus-me?page=all for a quick explanation. (Its an American site, but I think it nicely summarizes the predicament.)

[XXXX]

beariecrystal3:

My brother has always been taller than _____ even though he is three years younger.


1) i
2) me
3) mine
4) myself

Can someone help me. is it I or me? Thanks

If you want to pass exams, it is \"I\". If you want to learn English as it is spoken, then \"me\". Think of the I as implicitly meaning \"I am\".

(To those who insist on this form even in spoken English, have you ever heard this [grammatically correct] construction: \"She is taller than she.\" ? Invariably people will say, \"She is taller than her.\")