Q&A - PSLE English

[The Alternative Story]

starlight1968sg:

Hi TAS,

Need your help again on Synthesis and Transformation:

Raju asked, \"How could the book have gone missing last Tuesday if you ahd kept it properly? \"
Ans:
Raju asked me....

My ans is: Raju asked me how the book could have gone missing the previous Tuesday if I had kept it properly.

Is my ans correct?

Many thanks.

Hi starlight,

Yes, your answer is correct. In this question, the verb (had kept) is
already in the past perfect tense, and for verbs in the past
perfect tense, we do not change it further.

The modal verb (could) is also in the past tense and there is no way
to change it to the past perfect tense so for this question, there is no
change in the tense of the verbs.

TAS

[starlight1968sg]

Hi TAS,

Is model ans correct:
Raju asked me how the book have gone missing the previous Tuesday if I had kept it properly.

The word "could" is missing in the model answer.

Thanks again.

[The Alternative Story]

starlight1968sg:

Hi TAS,

Is model ans correct:
Raju asked me how the book have gone missing the previous Tuesday if I had kept it properly.

The word \"could\" is missing in the model answer.

Thanks again.

Hi starlight,

The model answer is wrong, there should be a 'could' in the answer.

TAS

[joconde]

Hi, need some help on synthesis :


(1) Is the answer sheet correct here :

The girl is my cousin. I share an apartment with her.
____________________ whom__________________.

My child’s ans : The girl whom I share an apartment with is my cousin.
Answer sheet : The girl with whom I share an apartment with, is my cousin.

(2) Is my child’s answer acceptable in exam ?

They were unable to complete the task although they had made careful preparations.
Despite _____________________________________.

My child’s ans : Despite the careful preparations, they were unable to complete the task.
Answer sheet : Despite the fact that they had made careful preparation, they were unable to complete the task.

Thanks !

[Muffins]

joconde:

Hi, need some help on synthesis :


(1) Is the answer sheet correct here :

The girl is my cousin. I share an apartment with her.
____________________ whom__________________.

My child's ans : The girl whom I share an apartment with is my cousin.
Answer sheet : The girl with whom I share an apartment with, is my cousin.

(2) Is my child's answer acceptable in exam ?

They were unable to complete the task although they had made careful preparations.
Despite _____________________________________.

My child's ans : Despite the careful preparations, they were unable to complete the task.
Answer sheet : Despite the fact that they had made careful preparation, they were unable to complete the task.

Thanks ![/quote]

For the first one, your child's answer is wrong, solely because he had forgotten to add the \"with whom\" part. As the sentence is phrased in that way, you have to take into consideration that the cousin is a person, not a thing. As a result, \"with whom\" needs to be added.

For the second one, your child's answer is not acceptable as he did not add the \"made careful preparations\" into his sentence. If he would have put the sentence as: Despite making careful preparations, they were unable to complete the task.

Hope I helped!

[happyluckymom]

Can anyone help me with punctuations? When to use a colon in a sentence?

[happyluckymom]

If the sentence is:

Thoughts were already forming in my head as I mentally eliminated those who could not go(15) probably the bossy pair of prefects, Joel and Joshua, Ai Ting the "crybaby" and Ming Lee, otherwise known as the "monkey".
15) (1) :
(2) ,
(3) .
(4) -

[joconde]

Muffins:

For the first one, your child's answer is wrong, solely because he had forgotten to add the \"with whom\" part. As the sentence is phrased in that way, you have to take into consideration that the cousin is a person, not a thing. As a result, \"with whom\" needs to be added.

For the second one, your child's answer is not acceptable as he did not add the \"made careful preparations\" into his sentence. If he would have put the sentence as: Despite making careful preparations, they were unable to complete the task.

Hope I helped!

Thanks muffins for the clarifications. However, I'm still confused with the first one. Do u mind explaining the grammar rule with regards to 'whom' ? Eg : The girl whom I was talking to is my sister. In this case, 'girl' is also a person, but we do not use 'with whom'.

[Nebbermind]

joconde:

My child's ans : The girl whom I share an apartment with is my cousin.
Answer sheet : The girl with whom I share an apartment with, is my cousin.

(2) Is my child's answer acceptable in exam ?

I've always written it this way.

The girl, whom I share an apartment with, is my cousin.

Always thought it sounds better with a pause after 'girl' but not sure if it's 'PSLE standard' :oops:

[The Alternative Story]

happyluckymom:

If the sentence is:

Thoughts were already forming in my head as I mentally eliminated those who could not go(15) probably the bossy pair of prefects, Joel and Joshua, Ai Ting the \"crybaby\" and Ming Lee, otherwise known as the \"monkey\".
15) (1) :
(2) ,
(3) .
(4) -

Hi happyluckymom,

The answer is (1) which is colon because colons are used after a statement that introduces a list. In your example, the earlier
statement is followed by a list of the people who cannot go, thus a
colon is used.

Colons are used either to show a contrast between two parts of a
sentence or more commonly to introduce a list.

- Contrast

Eg: He was always getting beaten by his parents: Ely, his sister, was
always the apple of everyone's eyes.

- Introduce a list

Eg: I am going to the supermarket to buy a lot of groceries: cheese,
milk, ham, bread, cereal and eggs.

TAS