Q&A - PSLE English

[nansk]

jwxh:

plse help. tks

..are the answers correct?

Yes, I think so.

[D3-n]

nansk:

jwxh:

plse help. tks

..are the answers correct?

Yes, I think so.

+1

[Happystar328]

nansk - thks for the answer

[Blanja85]

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[sevenseals]

Found this vocabulary cloze question which is quite tricky.


Passage: I was going on one of my rounds when l spotted an elderly woman attempting to sit up on her hospital bed. She looked (1) [thin and sickly] as she lay back on the hospital bed, exhausted by her failed attempts to do so....

1. Choose the word(s) closest in meaning to the words \"thin and sickly\".
(1) lanky
(2) pallid
(3) gaunt
(4) scrawny

Believe most pupils and even parents have to check dictionary to find the answer. But even with the dictionary, two of the answers appear to be quite similar. What do you think?

Question taken from MGS CA1 Vocab Cloze at the site below.
http://www.sgtestpaper.com/

[jetsetter]

sevenseals:

Found this vocabulary cloze question which is quite tricky.


Passage: I was going on one of my rounds when l spotted an elderly woman attempting to sit up on her hospital bed. She looked (1) [thin and sickly] as she lay back on the hospital bed, exhausted by her failed attempts to do so....

1. Choose the word(s) closest in meaning to the words \"thin and sickly\".
(1) lanky
(2) pallid
(3) gaunt
(4) scrawny

Believe most pupils and even parents have to check dictionary to find the answer. But even with the dictionary, two of the answers appear to be quite similar. What do you think?

Question taken from MGS CA1 Vocab Cloze at the site below.
http://www.sgtestpaper.com/

I think it's:
(3) gaunt

(1) and (4) out.
(1) just tall & thin, not nec weak/sickly. (4) kinda insulting...

(2) refers more to complexion, am I right?

[Nebbermind]

Glad I didn't need to teach psle English!!

[D3-n]

jetsetter:

sevenseals:

Found this vocabulary cloze question which is quite tricky.


Passage: I was going on one of my rounds when l spotted an elderly woman attempting to sit up on her hospital bed. She looked (1) [thin and sickly] as she lay back on the hospital bed, exhausted by her failed attempts to do so....

1. Choose the word(s) closest in meaning to the words \"thin and sickly\".
(1) lanky
(2) pallid
(3) gaunt
(4) scrawny

Believe most pupils and even parents have to check dictionary to find the answer. But even with the dictionary, two of the answers appear to be quite similar. What do you think?

Question taken from MGS CA1 Vocab Cloze at the site below.
http://www.sgtestpaper.com/

I think it's:
(3) gaunt

(1) and (4) out.
(1) just tall & thin, not nec weak/sickly. (4) kinda insulting...

(2) refers more to complexion, am I right?

Yes, you are right!
gaunt and pallid are similar in that both mean sickly.
However, gaunt has the additional skeletal meaning, including sunken cheeks.
So since thin is included, we can rule out pallid.

[sevenseals]

Thanks to jetsetter and D3@n for the analysis and answer to the "thin and sickly" equals "gaunt" question.

[Blue Pearl]

Learnt alot from this thread thank you.