2016 PSLE Discussions (Born in 2004)

[LanglitEnglish]

jetsetter:

hquek:

[quote=\"Fruitijello\"]There's a question that ask for a similar word to \"thrive\" as in \"the plant thrives...\"

Is the answer \"flourish\" or \"bloom\"?
I checked for synonyms and found both as the answer! Any expert can help?

thrive
θrʌɪv/
verb
verb: thrive; 3rd person present: thrives; past tense: thrived; past tense: throve; gerund or present participle: thriving; past participle: thriven
(of a child, animal, or plant) grow or develop well or vigorously.
\"the new baby thrived\"
prosper; flourish.
\"education groups thrive on organization\"
synonyms:\tflourish, prosper, grow vigorously, develop well, burgeon, bloom, blossom, do well, advance, make strides, succeed; More
antonyms:\tdecline, wither, fail, stagnate, die, moribund, dying, unhealthy

I'm no expert but I think should be flourish.

Flourish.[/quote]Answer: flourish
(Check the dictionary, not the thesaurus in this kind of situation.)

[LanglitEnglish]

Yngmng:

DD chose flourish. According to her, plants don't bloom.

She's right. Plants don't bloom. Flowers do.

[kwcllf]

JJ_chua:

jesyeo:

There's one synthesis qns my DD not very sure


Qns: The guest arrives early. The host panic.
Ans: With.....

Anyone knows the answer?

Not sure if this is correct:
With the early arrival of the guest, the host panic.

The guest came early and the host panicked.

[zbear]

So is today’s English paper considered difficult, easy or manageable?


No kid came out crying becos it’s tough?

[TheMathGenius]

zbear:

So is today's English paper considered difficult, easy or manageable?


No kid came out crying becos it's tough?

I thought it was easy! (I'm not adult :imcool: )

[Yngmng]

DD found it tougher than her prelims paper. Hopefully, maths is better…

[vicki]

I’m not home yet so haven’t ask ds how’s the paper… But reading the thread here… eeks… it doesn’t sound like its an easy paper!!!

[janet88]

ChiefKiasu:

Almighty:

... let our children score 100/100...

:scared: pressure leh...

I don't want to know, nor do I want to ask. it's over. period.

[happyheart]

DS write about telling a secret and causing one person to be dismissed from a position. He hinted in the compo that he realised he did the wrong thing. BUT...he never reveal what is the secret that caused such an impact! :slapshead: Is he out of topic or will he be heavily panelised ? I did not probe it or comment further. Just wanted to get a sense here

[jesyeo]

kwcllf:

JJ_chua:

[quote=\"jesyeo\"]There's one synthesis qns my DD not very sure


Qns: The guest arrives early. The host panic.
Ans: With.....

Anyone knows the answer?

Not sure if this is correct:
With the early arrival of the guest, the host panic.

The guest came early and the host panicked.[/quote]The answer must start with 'With'