Q&A - PSLE English

[rains]

happyluckymom,


I feel that the answer keys are from the supplier himself, and answers may not be correct.

I don’t think he’s able to get answer keys from the school teachers.

[Nebbermind]

rains:

mrswongtuition:

[quote=\"happyluckymom\"]One of the boys who _______ next door is my classmate.

1)live
2)lives
3)has lived
4)have lived

One of the boys IS my classmate --> Referring to one of the boys.
One of the boys WHO live next door is my classmate --> 'live' refers to 'the boys next door'. There are many boys living next door, but only 1 boy is the classmate.

One of the boys IS.

Because you are talking about 'one' boy.

One of the boys WHO LIVES - because you are still talking about 'one' boy.

I am very sure.[/quote]One of the boys who LIVE next door is my classmate.

'LIVE' belongs to 'BOYS' and 'IS' belongs to 'One'

[obsession]

Answer is \"live\"


Explanation: The relative pronoun who is referring to boys, a plural noun.
Who is plural in this sentence and requires a plural verb.

[rains]

Hi hi,


I stand corrected.

One of the boys who LIVE - that is correct.

I am sorry for my mistake.

[peggy]

Hi ! For PSLE comp writing, is there a compulsory section for letter writing?[/quote]

[meimeitan]

Hi TAS,


May i know which one should be the anwer for the following T & S?

Bala was very disappointed. He lost to Ali in tennis.
(a) Much to Bala’s disappointment, he lost to Ali in tennis.
(b) Much to his disappointment, Bals lost to Ali in tennis.

Thanks.

meimeitan

[Sun_2010]

meimeitan:

Hi TAS,


May i know which one should be the anwer for the following T & S?

Bala was very disappointed. He lost to Ali in tennis.
(a) Much to Bala’s disappointment, he lost to Ali in tennis.
(b) Much to his disappointment, Bals lost to Ali in tennis.

Thanks.

meimeitan

While waiting for TAS to reply,
a) seems correct.
in b), the his may no be referring to Bala

[beauty queen]

1. Mandy _______ on her comfortable bed and restes after completing her project.


1) Lie
2) Lay
3) Lain
4) Laid

My son knows lie and lain has the meaning of lie and laid and lay has the same meaning as lay. But he does not know when to put lay and laid. If he puts lay the answer is laid if he puts laid the answer is lay :stupid:

Please help!!!!!!!!!!



2. However hard Tony tries, he will not be able to break the high jump record.

(a) Even if Tony tries very hard, he will not be able to break the high jump record. (sons answer)

(b) Even if Tony tries very hard, he would not be able to break the high jump record. (answer sheet answer)

Which is correct please explain :?:

[snowman.022851697]

Forgive me if i’m wrong, but my best in english for this year’s Preliminary exams don’t mean anything.


1- According to my knowledge LAY is the present tense and LAID is the past tense while lain is the participle. Lie is a different story altogether.However due to a typo error i’ll have to assume that you meant ‘rested’. In that case Answer will be (4) laid because ‘rested’ is past tense therefore answer has to be past tense.

2. I seriously dont know what the answer key is talking about. How can one confuse will with would? Will is present tense while would is past tense.

If the question says will, give the answer as will, although there are some exceptions, most notably being the direct to indirect speech.

[snowman.022851697]

meimeitan:

Hi TAS,


May i know which one should be the anwer for the following T & S?

Bala was very disappointed. He lost to Ali in tennis.
(a) Much to Bala’s disappointment, he lost to Ali in tennis.
(b) Much to his disappointment, Bals lost to Ali in tennis.

Thanks.

meimeitan

Apologies for double posting but my edit button isn't working.

Answer is (b). The 'bala lost to ali etc etc' is the main clause. If you seperate the 'much to ....' and 'bala lost to ...', you will notice that 'bala lost to...' forms a complete sentence. Although 'he lost to...' forms a complete sentence too, by writing this, you will not know WHO lost to Ali.

If you use (a), you will mean that BALA was disappointed that SOMEONE (which is not necessarily Bala) lost to Ali, which is wrong therefore answer is (b).

However if you put 'Much to bala's disappointmnt, bala did...', it will be wrong as this is a fundamental mistake, 'bala' is repeated, and when spoken verbally, it sounds strange and sort of dumb.