Q&A - PSLE English

[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.\")

[htan045]

Hi appreciate your input on the following S&T question (taken fr Catholic High 2011 Prelims):


I did not complete my assignment on time. I would be punished by the teacher.

___________________________________ unless___________________________.

Thanks.

[beariecrystal3]

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.\")

Thanks

[XXXX]

htan045:

Hi appreciate your input on the following S&T question (taken fr Catholic High 2011 Prelims):


I did not complete my assignment on time. I would be punished by the teacher.

___________________________________ unless___________________________.

Thanks.

I'm probably going to regret this...
I would not complete my assignment on time unless I would be punished by the teacher.

But this sounds very clunky. Something like:
I'd never complete my assignment on time unless [I'd be punished by the teacher] / [the teacher would punish me].

Anyway, HTH. I'm intrigued to know what the model answer is.

[beariecrystal3]

Annie is looking forward to ______ the new vampire movie at the end of the year.

1) watch 2)watched 3)watching 4)have watched

The answer key’s answer is watching. Curious why it is watching and not watch.

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If you _______ the accident, you should have made a police report.
1) witness 2) have witnessed 3) will witness 4)had witnessed

The right answer shown on the answer key is had witnessed.Why isnt it have witnessed?

[htan045]

The answer key is :I would be punished by the teacher unless I complete my assignment on time.



I thought it's not quite right as the sentences given are in past tense, but I'm not sure if it should be :-
(a). I would be punished by the teacher unless I completed my assignment on time.

OR

(a). I would be punished by the teacher unless I had completed my assignment on time.

Any thoughts on this?

XXXX:

htan045:

Hi appreciate your input on the following S&T question (taken fr Catholic High 2011 Prelims):

I did not complete my assignment on time. I would be punished by the teacher.

___________________________________ unless___________________________.

Thanks.

I'm probably going to regret this...
I would not complete my assignment on time unless I would be punished by the teacher.

But this sounds very clunky. Something like:
I'd never complete my assignment on time unless [I'd be punished by the teacher] / [the teacher would punish me].

Anyway, HTH. I'm intrigued to know what the model answer is.