Q&A - PSLE English

[meimeitan]

thanks for prompt reply.

[meimeitan]

Hi


This one is difficult, anyone can help?

Melvin was offered a high salary. Yet he was not tempted to take up the job.
Even the _______________________________________________________

thanks.

[jamestancx997]

Sentence conjugation and rephrasing skills. Testing if your child can rearrange the subjects and predicates in a sentence, or a series of sentences. Testing also if your child can switch between active and passive voices.


Even the offer of a high salary did not tempt Melvin to take up the job.

[ridcully]

PiggyLalala:

Have a good break. Do come back. We need your clear explanation to the complicated Grammar in English. :thankyou:

Thanks for the well wishes, PiggyLalala. I appreciate your confidence in me.

:celebrate:

[anneshirleygilbert]

Karen is allowed to use the art materials. She must put them back in their original positions after using them.

________________ provided that ________________________________.

Thanks.[/quote]
-the salesgirl would not have admitted to the theft if the footage was not captured on the security camera.
-karen is allowed to use the art materials provided that she put them back in their original positions after using them.

i think its like that. im just trying to help. im p6[/quote]

Hello. Was just wondering if it should have been:
Karen is allowed to use the art materials provided that she puts them back in their original positions after using them.

In the present tense, the subject-verb agreement is critical.

[jamestancx997]

Oh yes, good catch.

[ridcully]

anneshirleygilbert:

Was just wondering if it should have been:

Karen is allowed to use the art materials provided that she puts them back in their original positions after using them.

True.

Although not covered at the primary level, the subjunctive form in the third person singular differs from the indicative form. For instance:

Teacher Ridcully returns home late each evening after work. [indicative]
Mrs Ridcully suggests that he return home earlier. [subjunctive]

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[Kloggy]

yingxuan0806:

jamestancx997:

Hello yingxuan


your 2nd one is correct.

for the first, you need the past perfect.

The salesgirl would not have admitted to the theft if the footage had not been captured on the security camera.

thx for telling

I let my DD try the above question and her answer as follows. Is it acceptable ?

The salesgirl would not have admitted to the theft, had the footage not been captured on the security camera.

[anneshirleygilbert]

Karen is allowed to use the art materials provided that she puts them back in their original positions after using them.[/quote]True.


Although not covered at the primary level, the subjunctive form in the third person singular differs from the indicative form. For instance:

Teacher Ridcully returns home late each evening after work. [indicative]
Mrs Ridcully suggests that he return home earlier. [subjunctive]

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Thank you, Ridcully, for your expansion on the question.
It is not uncommon for students to be tested with questions that are not covered in the primary syllabus.

I always appreciate the way you are so clear and careful in explaining English Grammar rules.

Have a good day!

[ridcully]

Kloggy:

The salesgirl would not have admitted to the theft, had the footage not been captured on the security camera.

Kudos to your daughter: That's a sophisticated way of expressing the conditional. There are indeed several ways of expressing the conditional.


The comma between 'theft' and 'had' is not needed.

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