Q&A - PSLE English

[starlight1968sg]

Hi,

2 questions on Synthesis/Transformation.

(1) Tony is not able to enter the judo competition because of his injury. John will take his place instead.
John.................... since...........................

My ans: John will take Tony's place instead since he is not able to enter the judo competition because of his injury.

(2) \"Can you help me buy some photocopy paper?\" asked my sister. \"You are on your way to the shop anyway.\"
My sister ..................

My ans: My sister asked me if I could help her buy some photocopy paper since I was on my way to the shop.

Thanks.

[Mathmaniac]

starlight1968sg:

Hi,

2 questions on Synthesis/Transformation.

(1) Tony is not able to enter the judo competition because of his injury. John will take his place instead.
John.................... since...........................

My ans: John will take Tony's place instead since he is not able to enter the judo competition because of his injury.

(2) \"Can you help me buy some photocopy paper?\" asked my sister. \"You are on your way to the shop anyway.\"
My sister ..................

My ans: My sister asked me if could help her buy some photocopy paper since I was on my way to the shop.

Thanks.

I believe it's a typo in your answer for (2).

My sister asked me if I could help her buy some photocopy paper since I was on my way to the shop.

[Vanilla Cake]

Hi All.

Pls help on these 2 questions on P6 English - Synthesis/Transformation:

Q1
Ben did not expect his parents to buy him a puppy. He was delighted when they did.
Much to .......................................................................................................................

Answer given
Much to Ben's delight, his parents bought him a puppy unexpectedly.

Answer by my P5 younger sister
Much to Ben's delight, his parents bought him a puppy that he did not expect.

Q2
Lily's son is rebellious. She still loves him.
No matter .....................................................................................................................

Answer given
No matter how rebellious Lily's son is, she still loves him.

Answer by my P5 younger sister
No matter how rebellious is Lily's son, she still loves him.

Source:
Q1 was from Q66 - Kong Hwa School P6 2010 CA1 exam
Q2 was from Q70 - Kong Hwa School P6 2010 CA1 exam

Thank you for your time and effort to provide explanations to help us.

[Brenda10]

Hi Vanilla Cake,


For this two questions, Q2 (Q70) dd’s answer same with the answer key.

Q1 (Q66), she also got it different. Her answer was:

Much to Ben’s delight, he did not expect his parents to buy him a puppy.

Let’s hope to hear from the rest.

Thank you

[snowman.022851697]

[quote]Much to Ben's delight, he did not expect his parents to buy him a puppy. [/quote]
It is wrong because in this sentence there's nothing to tell the reader that his parents bought Ben a puppy. In fact, when I read it the first time I thought that Ben was delighted because he did not expect his parents to buy him a puppy.
[quote]how rebellious is Lily's son[/quote]When you write this way, you are writing it as if it is a question. But it is not a question, therefore your sister is wrong...
[quote]Much to Ben's delight, his parents bought him a puppy that he did not expect. [/quote]Don't know about this, it should be grammatically correct, but when I read it out, it sounds \"weird\".

[Brenda10]

snowman.697:

[quote]Much to Ben's delight, he did not expect his parents to buy him a puppy.

It is wrong because in this sentence there's nothing to tell the reader that his parents bought Ben a puppy. In fact, when I read it the first time I thought that Ben was delighted because he did not expect his parents to buy him a puppy.
[/quote]Hi snowman.697

Thank you.

I had told dd to refer the answer key.

[starlight1968sg]

Vanilla Cake:

Q2

Lily's son is rebellious. She still loves him.
No matter .....................................................................................................................

Answer given
No matter how rebellious Lily's son is, she still loves him.

Answer by my P5 younger sister
No matter how rebellious is Lily's son, she still loves him.

What about
No matter how rebellious her son is, Lily still loves him. :roll:

[Muffins]

hi starlight,


your answer is correct as well...

However, VC's sister's answer is wrong.

As she had placed the \"is\" before \"sister\", it becomes a wrong placing of words, thus resulting in a more Singlish, yet incorrect method of writing.

Hope I helped!

[starlight1968sg]

starlight1968sg:

Vanilla Cake:

Q2

Lily's son is rebellious. She still loves him.
No matter
Answer given
No matter how rebellious Lily's son is, she still loves him.

Answer by my P5 younger sister
No matter how rebellious is Lily's son, she still loves him.

What about
No matter how rebellious her son is, Lily still loves him. :roll:

Perhaps the model ans is \"more correct\" because I have made an assumption that the \"she\" in \"she still loves him\" is Lily.

[meimeitan]

Hi!


How about this one?

I had to pay the fine. Otherwise, I would have lost my license.
Unless _____________________________________________.

Thanks.