Q&A - PSLE English

[sharonkhoo]

bebe:

Hi, can anyone advise the following T&S question?


Many people read the news article with interest.

The news article was read with interest by many people

or

The interesting news article was read by many people

The first sentence is correct. 'read with interest' does not mean the same thing as 'interesting article'.

[sharonkhoo]

SOS mum:

Hi, can anyone advise on the differences and examples of using dash and hyphen in punctuation section? Many tks n God Bless:)

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/3/7/98/

[bebe]

slmkhoo:

bebe:

Hi, can anyone advise the following T&S question?


Many people read the news article with interest.

The news article was read with interest by many people

or

The interesting news article was read by many people

The first sentence is correct. 'read with interest' does not mean the same thing as 'interesting article'.

Thanks!

[SOS mum]

slmkhoo:

SOS mum:

Hi, can anyone advise on the differences and examples of using dash and hyphen in punctuation section? Many tks n God Bless:)

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/3/7/98/

:thankyou: :lovesite:

[bebe]

slmkhoo:

bebe:

Hi, can anyone advise the following T&S question?


Many people read the news article with interest.

The news article was read with interest by many people

or

The interesting news article was read by many people

The first sentence is correct. 'read with interest' does not mean the same thing as 'interesting article'.

Thanks!

[bebe]

Can help me with the following?


Each and every one of us (is / are)
Each and every one of you (is /are)
Each and every team member (is / are )
Some of the funiture (is / are)

[sharonkhoo]

bebe:

Can help me with the following?


Each and every one of us (is / are)
Each and every one of you (is /are)
Each and every team member (is / are )
Some of the funiture (is / are)

All should be 'is'. 'Each' and 'every' refer to single people.
For phrases with 'some', it depends on the noun. Furniture is uncountable, so the verb is 'is'. For a countable noun, it would be 'are'.
eg. Some of the books are torn.

[bebe]

slmkhoo:

bebe:

Can help me with the following?


Each and every one of us (is / are)
Each and every one of you (is /are)
Each and every team member (is / are )
Some of the funiture (is / are)

All should be 'is'. 'Each' and 'every' refer to single people.
For phrases with 'some', it depends on the noun. Furniture is uncountable, so the verb is 'is'. For a countable noun, it would be 'are'.
eg. Some of the books are torn.

Thanks for the prompt reply!

[S-H]

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


Mrs Tan was very annoyed as her helper had broken another plate.
Much ____________________________________________.

[PollutedS]

S-H:

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


Mrs Tan was very annoyed as her helper had broken another plate.
Much ____________________________________________.

Much to her annoyance, Mrs Tan's helper had broken another plate.