Q&A - PSLE English

[mrswongtuition]

meimeitan:

Julie is the best defender in the netball team.
No one ______________________________

No one in the netball team is a better defender than Julie.

meimeitan:

Sally did not bring her umbrella. She was caught in the rain.
Had ________________________________

Had Sally brought her umbrella, she would not have been caught in the rain.

[meimeitan]

Hi Mrs Wong


Thanks.

[meimeitan]

Ah! Mrs Wong


Suddenly think of conditional clause for the second question.

Should the answer be "Had Sally brought her umbrella, she would not have been caught in the rain."

As the thing had happen in the past, should we use the third type of conditional clause to regret what she had not done?

[Mum1113]

Lynn2:

Well said, Mrs Wong.Am going to show this text to DD.


I did ask dd to question her english teacher.She says its ok, dont have to.

There are also some close passage that dd wrote, its the correct answer, and teacher only takes standard answer.

No teacher is perfect.Anyway, we just have to depend on ourself.As it is, English is alive.

Thanks, Mrs Wong.


cheers
Lynn2







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This may cause a concern as markers in PSLE papers follow standard answers as there are whole bunch of papers for the markers to mark at National level. Wonder 'human' errors will happen in such major exams ? Any sharing from anyone ?

[mrswongtuition]

meimeitan:

Ah! Mrs Wong


Suddenly think of conditional clause for the second question.

Should the answer be \"Had Sally brought her umbrella, she would not have been caught in the rain.\"

As the thing had happen in the past, should we use the third type of conditional clause to regret what she had not done?

Actually, thinking through, you are right.
My morning brain isn't working!!


Had Sally brought (past perfect) her umbrella, she would not have been caught in the rain (conditional perfect, which is composed of would and the perfect infinitive have been).

This is a hypothetical sentence, so we need a conditional perfect in one part of the sentence and the past perfect in the other.

The conditional perfect is used to show that something would have happened (effect) if something else had been true (cause).

[mrswongtuition]

Mum1113:

Lynn2:

Well said, Mrs Wong.Am going to show this text to DD.


I did ask dd to question her english teacher.She says its ok, dont have to.

There are also some close passage that dd wrote, its the correct answer, and teacher only takes standard answer.

No teacher is perfect.Anyway, we just have to depend on ourself.As it is, English is alive.

Thanks, Mrs Wong.

This may cause a concern as markers in PSLE papers follow standard answers as there are whole bunch of papers for the markers to mark at National level. Wonder 'human' errors will happen in such major exams ? Any sharing from anyone ?

That's why marking is done as a team at PSLE level. There will be a first marker and 2nd marker.

Usually when the teachers come across answers which may be correct but is not reflected in the answer scheme, they will voice out to the team leader who will bring it up for discussion and if accepted, they will re-mark during 2nd marking.

[Mum1113]

mrswongtuition:

Mum1113:

[quote=\"Lynn2\"]Well said, Mrs Wong.Am going to show this text to DD.


I did ask dd to question her english teacher.She says its ok, dont have to.

There are also some close passage that dd wrote, its the correct answer, and teacher only takes standard answer.

No teacher is perfect.Anyway, we just have to depend on ourself.As it is, English is alive.

Thanks, Mrs Wong.

This may cause a concern as markers in PSLE papers follow standard answers as there are whole bunch of papers for the markers to mark at National level. Wonder 'human' errors will happen in such major exams ? Any sharing from anyone ?

That's why marking is done as a team at PSLE level. There will be a first marker and 2nd marker.

Usually when the teachers come across answers which may be correct but is not reflected in the answer scheme, they will voice out to the team leader who will bring it up for discussion and if accepted, they will re-mark during 2nd marking.[/quote]Thanks for sharing Mrs Wong

[meimeitan]

Hi Mrs Wong


Thanks for sharing the marking procedure that we do not know. It is interesting. Thanks.

[Herbie]

Hi! What does "comes of age" mean?? Can someone advise??

tq

[mrswongtuition]

Herbie:

Hi! What does \"comes of age\" mean?? Can someone advise??

tq

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/coming-of-age

As a lit student, I remembered my lit teacher explaining to us that 'coming of age' means to mature into an adult. And in different context, there are different meanings.
In the olden days, coming of age means that a girl is old enough to be 'married off', usually at 15 or 16 years old.
In modern sense, it would mean that the child is old enough to make mature and sound decisions on their own.

Hope this helps.