2015 PSLE Discussion and Strategies

[kiasumen]

Popick:

NerdyMath:

[quote=\"Popick\"]English paper2 synthesis qn 70


\" Don't tell me where you have hidden my present, \" Ruby told her brother.

Ruby told her brother that he was not ___________

Ruby told her brother that he was not allowed to tell him where he had hidden his present.

Is this accepted??

No, it's unacceptable. If you add 'allowed ' , you are actually changing the meaning of the sentence as the original sentence has no 'allowed '.

I don't think that I'm changing the meaning of the sentence. Can someone explain to me? Another query, what about the word' supposed'? :?:[/quote]
Well,don't refers to do not,so allowed may not be changing the meaning,but you are adding an unnecessary word when you can just say ' he was not to.....

[kiasumen]

XP Mai:

kgaihc:

Paper 2 (total 18 qns)


Q1: $8.40 (grapes)
Q2: $441 (bought 4 chairs and a table)
Q3: 19 neighbors
Q4: (a) 126 deg (b) 102 deg (angle)
Q5: 28 (game)
Q6: 72 deg (angle)
Q15 (a) 0.8l (b) 8.1l (bottle)
Q17 (a) Cindy, Beth (b) $2.40 (c) 23
Q18: (a) 26, 31 (b) 8 (c) 127

1Q: $34 (shirt)
2Q: (a) (9w-20) cm (b) 5 cm (algebra)
3Q: (a) 14 04 (b) 15km/h (speed)
4Q: (a) Day 2 (b) 65% (c) $9760
5Q: (a) 120cm2 (b) 48 (triangle)
6Q: (a) 84 (b) 4/13 (potted plant)
7Q: 24 (ticket)
8Q: (a) 20m (b) 104.78m2 (circular path)
9Q: 80 (band and choir)

Why yours more than 18 questions?

warshen:

Synthesis and transformation. The tap is leaking. Water is being wasted. Ans: The tap is leaking, resulting in water wastage. Is this correct?

Was there comma? :skeptical:

If allowed, you're correct.

And yes, it's right. [list]

[*]The tap is leaking, resulting in water waste.

[*]The tap is leaking, resulting in wastage of water.

[*]The leaking tap is resulting in water waste.

[*]The leaking tap is resulting in wastage of water.

[/list]Source: http://ell.stackexchange.com/a/69615/12041

Popick:

English paper2 synthesis qn 70

\" Don't tell me where you have hidden my present, \" Ruby told her brother.

Ruby told her brother that he was not ___________

Ruby told her brother that he was not allowed to tell him where he had hidden his present.

Is this accepted??

Nope.

This is the right answer (of mine think so): Ruby told her brother that he was not allowed to tell her where he had hidden her present.

Yiour algebra question has a wrong answer for b
It is 22 cm

[kiasumen]

Sorry may I know whether the question on the footpath and circles is confirmed to be 104.78. I would liketo know if anyone got what my two sons both got of 54.78 or is it hopefully part of the answer?

[kgaihc]

please check my ds answers, are they correct?


The leakage of the tap is resulting in a wastage of water.
Ruby told her brother that he was not allowed to tell her where he had hidden her present.

[mum217]

Hi, the $34 shirt question is in paper 2? Which Q, my dd can't rem this question. How many marks is the question? Hope it's not too many marks. Dd found the paper difficult... :sad:

[Rhys]

Anyone realised that this year’s maths psle paper does not even have a single 4-5mark question?

[Rhys]

Kengen:

Can I check for what is the answer for the coin question in paper 1? Thanks.

It should be 60grams

[ssuganthini]

Paper1 coin question ans 60g

[jlloke.09430gmail.09430com]

mum217:

Hi, the $34 shirt question is in paper 2? Which Q, my dd can't rem this question. How many marks is the question? Hope it's not too many marks. Dd found the paper difficult... :sad:

I think it's 2m only

[Tom son]

erm the choir question last working is 20 times4. what if i write 20 times5 will they deduct 1 0r two marks