Q&A - P4 English

[shirley.020816tamzil]

Hi all, thanks for the suggestions given. Have not logged in since CNY and post-CNY blues...


The answer in the assessment was \"Don't drink unless you are not driving.\" Now got to prepare how to explain to DS.

[tianzhu]

shirley.tamzil:

Hi all, thanks for the suggestions given. Have not logged in since CNY and post-CNY blues...


The answer in the assessment was \"Don't drink unless you are not driving.\" Now got to prepare how to explain to DS.

Hi shirley.tamzil

I find English difficult to learn.

From past readings, I observed that unless is usually followed by a verb in the affirmative (positive).

Unless refers to an exception.

It usually replaces 'if' + a negative verb.

Best wishes

[atutor2001]

shirley.tamzil:

Hi all, thanks for the suggestions given. Have not logged in since CNY and post-CNY blues...


The answer in the assessment was \"Don't drink unless you are not driving.\" Now got to prepare how to explain to DS.

Just for the fun of it - technically \"Drink unless you are driving.\" is also correct but it does not carry the exact meaning of the original sentence as the emphasis is different.

[shirley.020816tamzil]

tianzhu:

shirley.tamzil:

Hi all, thanks for the suggestions given. Have not logged in since CNY and post-CNY blues...


The answer in the assessment was \"Don't drink unless you are not driving.\" Now got to prepare how to explain to DS.

Hi shirley.tamzil

I find English difficult to learn.

From past readings, I observed that unless is usually followed by a verb in the affirmative (positive).

Unless refers to an exception.

It usually replaces 'if' + a negative verb.

Best wishes

I also find English difficult to teach and explain... :?:

[shirley.020816tamzil]

atutor2001:

shirley.tamzil:

Hi all, thanks for the suggestions given. Have not logged in since CNY and post-CNY blues...


The answer in the assessment was \"Don't drink unless you are not driving.\" Now got to prepare how to explain to DS.

Just for the fun of it - technically \"Drink unless you are driving.\" is also correct but it does not carry the exact meaning of the original sentence as the emphasis is different.

That's the point. Why the emphasis is different?

To me, both sentence \"Drink unless you are driving.\" and \"Don't drink unless you are not driving.\" has the same meaning. I understand that for synthesis and transformation, sentence has to have the same meaning, but sometimes, really can't tell where's the difference.

[teh_oh]

shirley.tamzil:

atutor2001:

[quote=\"shirley.tamzil\"]Hi all, thanks for the suggestions given. Have not logged in since CNY and post-CNY blues...


The answer in the assessment was \"Don't drink unless you are not driving.\" Now got to prepare how to explain to DS.

Just for the fun of it - technically \"Drink unless you are driving.\" is also correct but it does not carry the exact meaning of the original sentence as the emphasis is different.

That's the point. Why the emphasis is different?

To me, both sentence \"Drink unless you are driving.\" and \"Don't drink unless you are not driving.\" has the same meaning. I understand that for synthesis and transformation, sentence has to have the same meaning, but sometimes, really can't tell where's the difference.[/quote]I'm not familiar with synthesis and transformation, but the sentence,'Drink unless you are driving' is somewhat promoting drinking. Maybe that is why the more accurate answer is 'Don't drink unless you are not driving' as it emphasizes on the warning 'Don't drink'.

[atutor2001]

teh_oh:

I'm not familiar with synthesis and transformation, but the sentence,'Drink unless you are driving' is somewhat promoting drinking. Maybe that is why the more accurate answer is 'Don't drink unless you are not driving' as it emphasizes on the warning 'Don't drink'.

Hi teh_oh

I share the same thought as you.

[Champion]

shirley.tamzil:

I also find English difficult to teach and explain... :?:

Hi All,
I also at the point of struggling to teach my P3 gal English

For example, I have to sit with her to explain all the meaning of the words when she is doing the MCQ questions on Vocabulary. Extract a question from the EPH Assessment Book:-

The __________, wealthy old man helped needy children to attend school.
1) bashful
2) benevolent
3) biased
4) boisterous

She literally waited for me to explain all the meaning of the words before writing the answer. So, what I did was take out her dictionary - checked the meaning of the words and made her wrote them besides the words. So, she was a bit frustrated and impatient :x .

I want to check with parents here - is that the correct way of teaching her? Or you may like to share with me your experience?

Thanks in Advance :thankyou:

[shirley.020816tamzil]

My DS has an electronic dictionary on his study table. So if he encounters any words that he don’t know, he will check the dictionary. I leave it to him to decide which word he wants to check or to ask me if more help needed. Sometimes, there might be words that he don’t know but if it does not affect him answering the qns, he can choose not to check it. I leave it to him to decide which is which. Sometimes, he does get it wrong bcos he got the meaning of the word wrong, but I guess that’s part and parcel of learning.


I does it this way with other subjects too, get him resources that he can refer, e.g. science resource book, chinese dictionary, etc. DS probably won’t get 100% of his answer correct by working on his own, but I prefer him to learn independently in this way rather than I sit with him throughout his work.

[S6169]

I have one P4 punctuation question:

Suddenly Jamie shouted(1)"Look!There 's a shark coming towards us! paddle the boat quickly!"
(1).
(a) comma
(b) full stop
exclamation mark
(d) colon