Q&A - PSLE English

[SOS mum]

(1) The giant’s face has changed colour. He _______ any minute now.

Shouts/shouted/is shouting/will shout

(2) The owner of a canoe-hire business is watching the people who has/have hired canoes.

TIA:)

[TheWriter]

will shout (any minute now => hasn't shouted yet) / have (people/canoes)

[SOS mum]

TheWriter:

will shout (any minute now => hasn't shouted yet) / have (people/canoes)

:lovesite: :thankyou:

[kathlpp]

The boys were tired after the hike. _________, they wanted to go for a swim in the river.

I thought the answer is "Yet" but answer sheet is "However".
why?

[2Transformer]

Hi, can someone help on this S&T questions?

TIA


Q1
The victim fainted. She had lost an excessive amount of blood.

Due to _____________________________________________________________ .


Q2
Vehicles could not travel on the narrow road due to the fallen tree.

_________________________________________________ prevented _______________________________________________________________.

[2Transformer]

45has:

Due to excessive bleeding, the victim had fainted.


The fallen tree prevented vehicles from traveling on the narrow road.

:thankyou:

[TheWriter]

kathlpp:

The boys were tired after the hike. _________, they wanted to go for a swim in the river.

I thought the answer is \"Yet\" but answer sheet is \"However\".
why?

However is used more frequently but in terms of context, I cannot see why \"yet\" would be unacceptable if it was given as an option.

TheWriter

[S-H]

Hi, does anybody know when do we use "had had" in a sentence? Thanks!

[SOS mum]

(A) Tiffany was so tired that she ______ on the mattress and drifted into dreamland right away.

(1) lay (2) lain (3) laid (4) lie Ans: lay

(B) Mother _____ on the settee and dozed off.
(1) lie (2) lay (3) laid (4) lain Ans: lay

She _____ her book on her lap and dozed off.
(1) lie (2) lay (3) laid (4) lain Ans: laid

M confused with the answers…shldnt (A) and (B) be laid…ps help…TIA:)

[sharonkhoo]

SOS mum:

(A) Tiffany was so tired that she ______ on the mattress and drifted into dreamland right away.

(1) lay (2) lain (3) laid (4) lie Ans: lay

(B) Mother _____ on the settee and dozed off.
(1) lie (2) lay (3) laid (4) lain Ans: lay

(C) She _____ her book on her lap and dozed off.
(1) lie (2) lay (3) laid (4) lain Ans: laid

M confused with the answers...shldnt (A) and (B) be laid..ps help...TIA:)

There are 2 different verbs here:
'Lie' as in to lie down - past tense is 'lay' (that's the explanation for (A) and (B))

'Lay' as in to put down - past tense is 'laid' (that's (C))