Q&A - PSLE English

[D3-n]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1903976\" time=\"1553663999\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1903976 time=1553663999 user_id=53606]

pirate\" post_id=\"1903949\" time=\"1553653596\" user_id=\"66252:

Hi,
Correct answer is...
Father told me to set my alarm clock before I went to bed.

Actually, both are correct, but the meaning is different. Use \"went\" if you mean to convey that father told you to set the alarm clock only on a specific occasion. Use \"go\" if father told you to do it generally. So, it depends on the context, ie rest of the passage.

I agree.

“Father told me to set my alarm clock before I went to bed” means a one-time occurrence. Maybe the next morning there’s a special event.

“Father told me to set my alarm clock before I go to bed” means eg his father gave him a new alarm clock and told him to set it every night before going to bed as a good habit.[/quote]I'd go with this structure if it is not with reference to a particular occurrence.
“Father told me to set my alarm clock before going to bed”

The given sentence has no time indicator (\"last night\" or \"every night\") and is thus ambiguous as pointed out by pirate and zac's mum. But if I am sitting for an English examination with only the given information, the more sensible answer is still the past tense \"went\" as the question is probably to test our knowledge of tense consistency.

[Bochapmum3]

Appreciate some help on synthesis…


Bala was committed to studying hard. He did well in his examinations.

Due to his…

Thanks!

[Bochapmum3]

Is it ‘commitment to studying hard’, or ‘commitment in studying hard’?

[zac's mum]

Bochapmum3\" post_id=\"1904294\" time=\"1553915964\" user_id=\"167967:

Appreciate some help on synthesis..

Bala was committed to studying hard. He did well in his examinations.

Due to his....

Thanks!

Due to his commitment to studying hard, Bala did well in his examinations.

Also acceptable: Due to Bala’s commitment to studying hard, he did well in his examinations.

[Bochapmum3]

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1904304\" time=\"1553925531\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1904304 time=1553925531 user_id=53606]

Bochapmum3\" post_id=\"1904294\" time=\"1553915964\" user_id=\"167967:

Due to his commitment to studying hard, Bala did well in his examinations.

Also acceptable: Due to Bala’s commitment to studying hard, he did well in his examinations.

Thanks Zac’s mum. However answer sheet’s answer is ‘commitment in studying hard’, and also told by a NIE-trained English teacher that that is the correct answer. Thus like to hear some opinion here.

[zac's mum]

Well my non-expert opinion is that the question states “committed to”. The child would be reasonably expected to use the same phrase “commitment to”.


Unless there is some English rule that says “commitment to” something is horribly unacceptable...and I don’t think so.

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Bochapmum3\" post_id=\"1904305\" time=\"1553925673\" user_id=\"167967:

zac's mum\" post_id=\"1904304\" time=\"1553925531\" user_id=\"53606:[quote=\"zac's mum\" post_id=1904304 time=1553925531 user_id=53606]

Thanks Zac’s mum. However answer sheet’s answer is ‘commitment in studying hard’, and also told by a NIE-trained English teacher that that is the correct answer. Thus like to hear some opinion here.

I agree with zac's mum。

Due to his commitment to studying hard, Bala did well in his examinations.

Committed to is pledging to a cause/goal, which is studying hard.

\"Committed in\" is actually less seldom used.
Eg. I am very committed in my career.
Your country is too committed in China.

Also, there is a difference between
Due to his commitment to studying hard, Bala did well in his examinations.
and
Due to Bala’s commitment to studying hard, he did well in his examinations.

In the first case, \"his\" can only refer to Bala while in the second, \"he\" can refer to Bala or someone else.
Therefore, the second will not be accepted as an answer for S&T question.

[phtthp]

Which top 5 schools’ Prelim (SA2) English Paper 2, should I ask my girl to practise from ?


Any advice ?

Thank you

[sky minecrafter]

Dear phtthp, I like to start looking at the (EL paper's) Grammar questions, then its Vocabulary Cloze. If they are kind, straight-forward, you may want to save them for as a filler-activity. I'd randomly browsed a few Y2018 Prelims & like these which I saw: TaoNan, NYPS, HPPS.

[Bochapmum3]

Anyone attended jcarter oral classes before? I have been quoted $270 for 1.5 hr 1-1 session, minimum of 3 sessions.


Find that going through oral books have not yielded good results for us. Or anyone has good 1-1 tutor that can do few sessions of oral practice before PSLE?