Q&A - PSLE English

[tianzhu]

[quote]Q70

Linda is my cousin. The boys in the school adore her.
____________________ whom __________________________.

Worksheet's answer
Linda, whom the boys in the school adore is my cousin.

My younger sister's answer
Linda is my cousin whom the boys in the school adore.[/quote]Hi VC

Let me take on your second question first.

An adjectival clause which is a group of words used to describe someone or something. It begins with a relative pronoun.

Adjectival clauses are usually placed near to or as close as possible to the word they modify.

In this particular instance, we have a specific noun, Linda. The adjectival clause in this case does not define the noun before it as the noun is already very clear. This is what is termed as non defining clause.

I’d add one more comma after adore and my answer is

Linda, whom the boys in the school adore, is my cousin.

Best wishes

[ruyu]

mathsparks:

Synthesis and Transformation:


Qn. The story must be original. The story must also be spell-binding.

Ans1. Not only must the story be original, but it must also be spell-binding. \t

Ans2. Not only must the story be original, it must also be spell-binding.

Any idea which is the correct answer? Or is the difference due to American / British English?

Answer two my teacher scold me if i put but

[rains]

ruyu:

mathsparks:

Synthesis and Transformation:


Qn. The story must be original. The story must also be spell-binding.

Ans1. Not only must the story be original, but it must also be spell-binding. \t

Ans2. Not only must the story be original, it must also be spell-binding.

Any idea which is the correct answer? Or is the difference due to American / British English?

Answer two my teacher scold me if i put but

ruyu, you're cute!

It has nothing to do with British or American English. 'But' is rendered redundant when there's 'Not only'.

[skyjuice]

Can anyone explain why the answer is "scream" to the following question:


Peter was at the park when he heard someone ________ for help.

[xxjustakidxx]

skyjuice:

Can anyone explain why the answer is \"scream\" to the following question:


Peter was at the park when he heard someone ________ for help.

Lets put it this way:
Peter heard someone ____ for help.
What would you pick?

[corneyAmber]

skyjuice:

Can anyone explain why the answer is \"scream\" to the following question:


Peter was at the park when he heard someone ________ for help.

Is your question why \"scream\" and not \"screamed\" or:

why \"scream\" and not \"shout\"?

[skyjuice]

ksi:

skyjuice:

Can anyone explain why the answer is \"scream\" to the following question:


Peter was at the park when he heard someone ________ for help.

Is your question why \"scream\" and not \"screamed\" or:

why \"scream\" and not \"shout\"?

Sorry! It's a grammar question. So why it is present tense (scream) when the rest of the sentence is in past tense.

[corneyAmber]

skyjuice:

ksi:

[quote=\"skyjuice\"]Can anyone explain why the answer is \"scream\" to the following question:


Peter was at the park when he heard someone ________ for help.

Is your question why \"scream\" and not \"screamed\" or:

why \"scream\" and not \"shout\"?

Sorry! It's a grammar question. So why it is present tense (scream) when the rest of the sentence is in past tense.[/quote]Hi skyjuice(cannot help thinking of rain at this point when I write your nick )

This is known as verbs of perception. The word to fill in the blanks is a \"bare infinitive\" means a verb in its basic form.

Verbs of perception
The verb of perception (see, watch, notice, hear, listen, feel) are followed by bare infinitive or by -ing form (present participle).

If we want to say that we heard or saw the whole action from beginning to end, we usually use bare infinitive
I saw him sign the cheque.
If we want to say that only saw or heard part of the action, we use -ing form
I saw the consultant waiting in reception.
(I saw consultant. He was waiting in reception.)

Bare infinitives Formal defintion
The bare infinitive is used as the main verb after the dummy auxiliary verb do, or most modal auxiliary verbs (such as will, can, or should). So, \"I will/do/can/etc. see it.\"

[rains]

Thank you so much, ksi!


For years, I’ve been trying to find the grammatical term for these verbs and nobody could tell me what they are: Verbs of perception.

Thank you so much!

[corneyAmber]

rains:

Thank you so much, ksi!


For years, I've been trying to find the grammatical term for these verbs and nobody could tell me what they are: Verbs of perception.

Thank you so much!

You are most :welcome:...... Gosh I was thinking of \"rain\"(water from the sky) when I replied this post....but I did not know it was a sign for \"rains\" as in you....