Q&A - PSLE English
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need help thx.
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anybody can help dis/
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Hello, for the cloze section, the answers are as follows:
51) enters
53) longer
55) separates
62) drop
63) green
64) distributed
65) caught -
Hi,
Kindly advise which is correct for S&T:
Q) One of the girls injured her leg. She was a dancer.
A1) One of the girls, who was a dancer, injured her leg.
A2) The girl who was a dancer injured her leg.
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It’s a little confusing but I think it’s A1.
This question is testing on restrictive/non-restrictive clauses. The first answer is an example of a non-restrictive clause because it is implying that there are several other girls who are dancers as well. The second answer is restrictive because it implies that only that girl is a dancer, out of all the girls.
Going by that logic, the question is saying that, that particular girl is a dancer. It doesn’t mention that whether the other girls were dancers or not. I suppose the answer is then the first because it’s a given information that she was part of a group and she was also a dancer. I may be wrong on this because the question is kind of tricky so I would suggest waiting for someone else to reply? -
<<64 Days to 2015 PSLE Oral Examination>>
Myth: Oral is a test which your child cannot study for.
Truth: Your child can excel in the PSLE English oral exam he/she make constant practice and learning. Most students that scored A* for English do well for the oral component (It takes up 15 percent of the English paper). Fortunately oral skills are learnable and with practice and repetition, your child can conquer and ace the oral test.
Myth: “I told him to skip the difficult words in the reading passage… told him to come up with a story if he doesn’t know anything about the conversation topic.”
Truth: In our experience of teaching and coaching, we sometimes find well-meaning advice like the above-mentioned one to be more harmful than useful as the examiners are intelligent and experienced, they will not get fooled by this simple “trick”
“I have tried teaching my son to be more open not to be shy… to speak louder…make eye contact… but he still lacked the confidence and not very fluent in articulation. How ah?
This is a common problem parents and classroom teaches face. So hopefully the following tips help your child to prepare better for the upcoming PSLE Oral Examination
Reading aloud
Pupils are assessed on their ability to PRONOUNCE and ARTICULATE WORDS CLEARLY, as well as their ability to read FLUENTLY with appropriate EXPRESSION and RHYTHM.
(What your child can do now – Read 2 oral passages (or a short essay) every day and treat it like the real Oral test. For every word that your child do not feel confident in articulating well, check the dictionary for the pronunciation of the word. Also, make sure your child is reading to someone (could be you) and checked if the listener is engaged and interested or was bored by the monotonous tone of your child)
- Pupils who read the passage quickly seldom score well because of 2 main reasons. Firstly, the accuracy of their pronunciation and fluency of the language will be affected. Secondly, the examiner might not be able to understand the pupil (During the actual test, the examiner will not tell the pupil that he/she is reading too fast, so your child have to gauge for himself). Hence, it is important for pupils to read at the right pace and pitch. However, some pupils still have the tendency to read the passage at a fast pace.
Conversation
Look at the teacher throughout the session. Keep eye contact and give him/her your most beautiful smile. Charm the examiner.
(Everyday, set aside 8min for this practice session. Sit down with your child and ask him/her an open ended question, different themes every day. So by the actual Oral Examination, your child would have experience handling questions from various themes and be more confident in his/her answers)
- For the actual examination, it is better to prepare words to say to buy time (so that your child can have more time to think for a more comprehensive answer)
Lastly,the oral examination can be treated like a performance, your child may not be confident in speaking, but for the 10-15min of the test, he/she have to show the examiner he/she is very confident and is proficient in speaking. -
OLevelStudySkills:
I'm appalled by this as well. I have a few students who told me their school teachers told them to do that.<<64 Days to 2015 PSLE Oral Examination>>
Myth: “I told him to skip the difficult words in the reading passage…”
I mean, would teachers encourage their students to leave blank answers for their exam papers?
This is akin to telling them to do it.
Students MUST NOT skip any difficult words. Try to pronounce it as best.
Firstly, you might be lucky and get the right pronunciation.
Secondly, even if you don't, examiners will appreciate the effort as opposed to students who opt for the \"easy\" way out. -
Pls help.
1)" A third of the students in this university _______from Malaysia and Indonesia." said the principal.
Answer should be is or are?
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