Q&A - PSLE English

[2632parent]

Please help on the following

Q1) After he had completed the 2.4km race, the athlete ( laid/ lay ) down on the grass in exhaustion.
If the answer is "lay" , can kindly explain why?

Thank You

[2632parent]

Please help on the following

Q1) After he had completed the 2.4km race, the athlete ( laid/ lay ) down on the grass in exhaustion.
If the answer is "lay" , can kindly explain why?

Thank You

[nicnac]

2632parent:

Please help on the following

Q1) After he had completed the 2.4km race, the athlete ( laid/ lay ) down on the grass in exhaustion.
If the answer is \"lay\" , can kindly explain why?

Thank You

Lay is the past tense of lie

Laid is the past tense of lay (as in lay eggs)

[nicnac]

nicnac:

2632parent:

Please help on the following

Q1) After he had completed the 2.4km race, the athlete ( laid/ lay ) down on the grass in exhaustion.
If the answer is \"lay\" , can kindly explain why?

Thank You

Lay is the past tense of lie

Laid is the past tense of lay (as in lay eggs)

Lie (present tense) / Lay (past tense) / Lain (past participle)

Lay (present) / Laid (past) / Laid (past participle)

[TheWriter]

Hi


The same question was asked a few pages back. Here’s my response from back then.

laid is the past tense of ‘lay’ (which is used for objects).

Thus, in present tense:

I lie on the grass.

I lay a picnic mat on the grass.

In past tense:

I lay on the grass.

I laid the picnic mat on the grass.

TheWriter

[SOS mum]

Can anyone advise whether marks will be deducted for omission of punctuation.in s&t? Eg. as follows:


You should not jaywalk along the road otherwise you will be caught and fined.

Correct ans: You should not jaywalk along the road; otherwise you will be caught and fined.

[SOS mum]

S&T qn:

"I have not seen you since you were married two years ago," Andrew said to Jenny.

Ans sheet: Andrew told Jenny that he had not seen her since she had been married two years before.

Dd’s started with "Andrew said to Jenny that …before"

Is it acceptable?

[TheWriter]

Yes, but having a S&T that requires a semicolon is unusual. The common S&T question where punctuations are vital are those with modifiers. E.g:


David is usually punctual. He is late for work today.

The adverb, \"usually\", modifies the adjective \"punctual\". Synthesised, there will be a modifier in the form of a phrase (in bold):

David, who is usually punctual, is late for work today. The omission of the commas in this instance is cause for deduction of marks.

But I digress; I don't think PSLE expects students to be familiar with using semicolons.

TheWriter

[S-H]

Hi can someone help the following S&T, thanks!


The accused has strenuously denied any wrongdoing.

There has _____________________________.

[1stimer]

There has been strenuous denial of any wrong-doing by the accused?