Q&A - PSLE English

[Joy of Learning 111]

Kiatkhim:

Please advise.


If you had come with me to the performance, you (would have) or (would have had) enjoyed the show!

Thanks.

(would have)

That is, 'would have' + 'enjoyed' (past participle).

This is an example of the 3rd Conditional.

[Kiatkhim]

Joy of Learning 111:

Kiatkhim:

Please advise.


If you had come with me to the performance, you (would have) or (would have had) enjoyed the show!

Thanks.

(would have)

That is, 'would have' + 'enjoyed' (past participle).

This is an example of the 3rd Conditional.

Thank you.

[Nv-mom]

Qns:He spent a year devouring his grandfather’s entire library________.(on/in/off)

Please suggest the answer or any other suitable word.

[Joy of Learning 111]

Nv-mom:

Qns:He spent a year devouring his grandfather's entire library________.(on/in/off)

Please suggest the answer or any other suitable word.

The sentence:

‘He spent a year devouring his grandfather’s entire library.’

makes complete sense.

‘Devour’ does not take a preposition. Here, ‘devouring’ means reading quickly and eagerly. We do occasionally enjoin someone to ‘read up’ on the matter. However, I think the question-setter is confusing this meaning with the more common meaning of eating hungrily, for which we could say ‘eat up’ or ‘gobble up’.

There is a nice Latin term you could use:

‘He spent a year devouring his grandfather’s entire library in situ.’

This would mean he read in the place where the books are normally kept.

Although I recommend Latin terms for the ‘O’ and ‘A’ levels, I would not recommend them for the PSLE.

[Nv-mom]

Hi joy of learning, thank you so much for the explanation

[jwxh]

___________ more dustbins in the school ___________ less littering?


(1) Do … mean
(2) Do ----means
(3) Does … mean
(4) Does … Means

plse help

[jwxh]

Ben was barely fiiteen when she won first prize in the competition, _________ he?


1) did
2) was
3) didn’t
4) wasn’t

plse help

[Joy of Learning 111]

jwxh:

___________ more dustbins in the school ___________ less littering?


(1) Do .... mean
(2) Do ----means
(3) Does ... mean
(4) Does ... Means

plse help

(1) Do ... mean

because 'Do' is the finite verb (plural form) agreeing with 'dustbins' and 'mean' is non-finite (base form).

[Joy of Learning 111]

jwxh:

Ben was barely fiiteen when she won first prize in the competition, _________ he?


1) did
2) was
3) didn't
4) wasn't

plse help

4) wasn't

because of 'was'.

[NerdyMath]

"Sam, come quickly!", shouted Jane, "Melissa _________ into the pond!"


1) falls
2) fallen
3) has fallen
4) had fallen

Answer is 3. Why isn’t 4 accepted? DS wrote 4 as the action of Melissa falling happened before Jane shouted.