Q&A - PSLE English

[Mathmaniac]

meimeitan:

Hi!


How about this one?

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

Thanks.

Unless I pay the fine, I would have lost my license.

[Mathmaniac]

starlight1968sg:

starlight1968sg:

[quote=\"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.[/quote]Both are acceptable.

[meimeitan]

Hi!


How come the answer be 'pay the fine' not 'paid the fine'? Pls advise.
Thanks. :?

[Vanilla Cake]

All but one _____ to take part in next week’s Mathematics Quiz.

(1) was prepared
(2) had prepared
(3) are prepared
(4) is prepared

Answer given is option (3).
Pls kindly explain why.
Thks.

[Muffins]

Hi Vanilla Cake, this once again brings up the "distractor" issue.



If there is a "but" in the sentence, the part after the but and before the comma is a distractor.

So, the sentence could be read like this.

All _______ to take part in next week’s Mathematics Quiz.

Now comes the next issue: had prepared VS are prepared.

sed in different contexts to me, both sound correct.

Are prepared means that they are well-versed in what they need to do for the test.

Had prepared means that all of them had already prepared before this…

[Vanilla Cake]

Hi Muffins,

Thks for your reply and explanation . Are you in India now?

Hi All,
Another 2 more S & T questions from Pei Hwa Presbyterian 2010 P6 CA1 English:

Q67
All the campers have not had their lunch yet.
None .............................................................

Q69
Mr Tan sat down on the sofa to read. The phone rang.
No sooner .....................................................................

Pls help to provide your suggested answers. Thks for your time and effort.
For your reference, these are the answers given:

A67
None of the campers have had the lunch.

A69
No sooner had Mr Tan sat down on the sofa to read had the phone rang.

[Muffins]

Vanilla Cake:

Hi Muffins,

Thks for your reply and explanation . Are you in India now?

Yep, and LOVIN IT...

Vanilla Cake:

Hi All,
Another 2 more S & T questions from Pei Hwa Presbyterian 2010 P6 CA1 English:

Q67
All the campers have not had their lunch yet.
None .............................................................

Q69
Mr Tan sat down on the sofa to read. The phone rang.
No sooner .....................................................................

Pls help to provide your suggested answers. Thks for your time and effort.
For your reference, these are the answers given:

A67
None of the campers have had the lunch.

A69
No sooner had Mr Tan sat down on the sofa to read had the phone rang.

A67: I would also go for \"none of the campers have had their lunch yet\"

A69: I would go for \"No sooner had Mr. Tan sat down on the sofa to read than the phone rang\"

[Muffins]

meimeitan:

Hi!


How come the answer be 'pay the fine' not 'paid the fine'? Pls advise.
Thanks. :?

Hi meimeitan,

din notice your Q before...

The question read \"I had to pay the fine. Otherwise, I would have lost my license.\"

So, by right, this happened in the past.

IMHO it should read \"Unless I paid the fine, I would have lost my license\"

Otherwise, it could read \"Unless I pay the fine, I would lose my license\", but the question does not read \"I need to pay the fine. Otherwise, I will lose my license.\"

[meimeitan]

Hi Muffins


Finally I can get the answer. Many thanks. :lol:

[Mathmaniac]

meimeitan:

Hi!


How come the answer be 'pay the fine' not 'paid the fine'? Pls advise.
Thanks. :?

Sorry for the late reply. Yes, based on the context, 'paid' would be a better answer. Thanks for pointing out.