Q&A - PSLE English

[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:

[rkumar]

Hi Ler, my bad , the answer is indeed \"are\". Who is a relative pronoun in this sentence and it is relates to the people not the uncle. rather than get into what a relative pronoun is, lets try switching the words around.


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

2)My uncle never hesitates to help the less fortunate. He is one of the people who are very compassionate.

Do you see now that it actually refers to the people than the uncle?

Hope this helps you. Sorry for the confusion

[atutor2001]

Hi Ler


I usually resolve grammar problem by asking question and covering up part of the sentence to have a clearer understanding.

For the above example, I asked myself whether does the word "who" refer to "people" or "one". I reminded myself that "who" can be used for both singular and plural nouns. I then cover up the words "one of", it becomes clearer to me that the word "who" refers to "people" which is plural and therefore the answer is "are"

[Herbie]

Hi Krazy! Tx for yr reply.


I have a S&T qn which need help.

The boy took some money from the drawer. His mother walked in.

No sooner ______________________

Or anw: No sooner had the boy taken the some money from the drawer, his motner walked in.

Is the answer correct?

Kindly advise.

Tx

[krazy]

Hey Herbie


Answer: \"No sooner had the boy taken the money from the drawer, his mother walked in.\"

Another possible answer could be:
\"No sooner had the money from the drawer been taken by the boy, his mother walked in.\"

[Herbie]

Hi i hv one qn.

Anthony asked Gloria, "Where did you get this lovely shell from?"
ans: Anthony asked Gloria where she had gotten this lovely shell from.
please advise. Tx

[smurfette3]

Herbie:

Hi i hv one qn.

Anthony asked Gloria, \"Where did you get this lovely shell from?\"
ans: Anthony asked Gloria where she had gotten this lovely shell from.
please advise. Tx

Hi herbie,

Your answer is correct. But I think 'this' needs to change to 'that'.

By the way, I am a bit confused over the answers here, I realized that
you asked about No Sooner, the answers given here is different from the one TAS gave when you asked.

I checked online and it seems the answer is No Sooner is used with than. Anyone wants to verify this? Anyone who had this question done in an exam and the teacher gave the confirmed answer?

[rkumar]

smurfette3:

Herbie:

Hi i hv one qn.

Anthony asked Gloria, \"Where did you get this lovely shell from?\"
ans: Anthony asked Gloria where she had gotten this lovely shell from.
please advise. Tx

Hi herbie,

Your answer is correct. But I think 'this' needs to change to 'that'.

By the way, I am a bit confused over the answers here, I realized that
you asked about No Sooner, the answers given here is different from the one TAS gave when you asked.

I checked online and it seems the answer is No Sooner is used with than. Anyone wants to verify this? Anyone who had this question done in an exam and the teacher gave the confirmed answer?

So smurfette would be right to use \"than\".

Came across the question recently in another forum. The answer given by the person who posted it was

No sooner after the boy took some money from the drawer, his mother walked in.

:?


Checked with a Prof Michael Swan website : Some examples given were

“No sooner had I put the phone down than it rang again”.

“No sooner had I finished the meal than I started feeling hungry again”.


by the way the Swan guy wrote some books on English language teaching and English Grammar published by Oxford University Press.

[smurfette3]

rkumar:

smurfette3:

[quote=\"Herbie\"]Hi i hv one qn.

Anthony asked Gloria, \"Where did you get this lovely shell from?\"
ans: Anthony asked Gloria where she had gotten this lovely shell from.
please advise. Tx

Hi herbie,

Your answer is correct. But I think 'this' needs to change to 'that'.

By the way, I am a bit confused over the answers here, I realized that
you asked about No Sooner, the answers given here is different from the one TAS gave when you asked.

I checked online and it seems the answer is No Sooner is used with than. Anyone wants to verify this? Anyone who had this question done in an exam and the teacher gave the confirmed answer?

Came across the question recently. The answer given in school was

No sooner after the boy took some money from the drawer, his mother walked in.[/quote]Hi rkumar,

Thanks for your input, but if I am not wrong, No Sooner already means 'after' so I think it cannot go together.

I am just confused about whether No Sooner should go with Than or When or don't have to.

Should it be:

No sooner had the boy taken some money from the drawer when his mother walked in

No sooner had the boy taken some money from the drawer than his mother walked in

No sooner had the boy taken some money from the drawer, his mother walked in. :?

[jeestan]

Hi,


The answer is No sooner had the boy …than his mother…

I have an assessment book on this and the answer is like this.

My ds’s school also had a question on this type of question for the primary 5s. I looked at the paper and saw that the correct answer was "No sooner…than…"

I remember this as I was very confused at first by this.