Q&A - PSLE English

[shania-m]

naggo-nitemare:

Ler:

[quote=\"rkumar\"]Hi Ler,


Q1. My uncle is one of the people who is very compassionat . He never hesitates to help the less fortunate.

Q2. I dont like playing games whose rules are complicated.

(1) which I don't like playing games which have complicated rules
(2) whose


Q3. He has set his sights on being a doctor.

(1) sights
(2) thoughts . He has his thoughts set on being a doctor.
(3) decision . His decision is set on being a doctor.

Q4. I have completed all the practice exercises you assigned me, Mum. May I do some more ?'' Min asked her astonished mother.


1) Complete
2) Completed
3) Have completed
4) Had completed

These few multiple choice were extracted from Nanyang SA2 2010, english paper, which have different answer on the answer sheet.

Thanks for helping me clear my doubts.

Ler,
Q1 answer is\"...one of the people who ARE...\"

In this case, the subject is 'people' as the 'who' is referring to them. However, if it is 'one of the people, my uncle, ___ very compassionate.', the ans should be 'is'.

my DS is v v sure of his answer/explanation above cos he sat for this paper and he has the right anwers for this NYPS prelim paper from the sch itself.[/quote]Hi Ler,

The answer like everyone here says is \"ARE\" as we follow the word-

people. The focus is on 'people' and not 'one'.

This is a complex grammar structure that I noticed schools like to test kids

on, poor kids. Seems like they are always thinking of ways to make it

harder.

[Ler]

shania-m:

naggo-nitemare:

[quote=\"Ler\"]
These few multiple choice were extracted from Nanyang SA2 2010, english paper, which have different answer on the answer sheet.

Thanks for helping me clear my doubts.

Ler,
Q1 answer is\"...one of the people who ARE...\"

In this case, the subject is 'people' as the 'who' is referring to them. However, if it is 'one of the people, my uncle, ___ very compassionate.', the ans should be 'is'.

my DS is v v sure of his answer/explanation above cos he sat for this paper and he has the right anwers for this NYPS prelim paper from the sch itself.

Hi Ler,

The answer like everyone here says is \"ARE\" as we follow the word-

people. The focus is on 'people' and not 'one'.

This is a complex grammar structure that I noticed schools like to test kids

on, poor kids. Seems like they are always thinking of ways to make it

harder.[/quote]Now i am getting more confused, whether is or are.

[snowman.022851697]

>Naggo: Are you sure the subject it ‘people’? In the question the focus is on the uncle.

[naggo-nitemare]

snowman.697:

>Naggo: Are you sure the subject it 'people'? In the question the focus is on the uncle.

100% sure. The people who are....My DS got this right in the exam and during the post-exam review, this answer is agn confirmed correct.

[Herbie]

Hi! I hv one qn.

My cousin and __ went to the botanvic garden last evening.
a. Me
b. I

can the english guru advise pls! Tx

[beauty queen]

Herbie:

Hi! I hv one qn.

My cousin and __ went to the botanvic garden last evening.
a. Me
b. I

can the english guru advise pls! Tx

b. I


you have to strike out \"my cousin and\". So it cannot be Me went to the botanic garden last evening. It should be I went to the botanic garden last evening

[krazy]

\"I\" -noun used as subject in sentence structure. \"me\" - noun used as object.


So it should be \"my cousin and I\" went to e garden. \"my cousin and I\" are the subjects in this sentence.

Another sentence to illustrate : my mother loves my brother and...
Here the answer will be \"my brother and me\"

Hope this helps.

Herbie:

Hi! I hv one qn.
My cousin and __ went to the botanvic garden last evening.
a. Me
b. I

can the english guru advise pls! Tx

[Herbie]

Hi Krazy! Tx. Need to clarify the sentence below.

My mum brought my brother and me to the zoo yesterday. Me is correct right? Can advise? Tx

[krazy]

Yes you are right..


[my mother]
noun/ subj

[brought] verb

[my brother and me]
noun/ object

[to the zoo yesterday.]
prep phrase / adverbial

once the pronoun is in the object position, it has to take object form. so for pronouns like \"she\" - it will be \"her\" which is the pronoun in its object form.
\"he\" - will become \"him\" and for the same reason as above.

Herbie:

Hi Krazy! Tx. Need to clarify the sentence below.
My mum brought my brother and me to the zoo yesterday. Me is correct right? Can advise? Tx

[elkniwt]

Hi snowman.697 and Sun_2010,


Thank you for your help in providing the answers.

Hi TAS, thank you very much for very detailed explanations.

My appreciation!!

:thankyou: