Q&A - PSLE English

[PiggyLalala]

chrisu:

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Above is the given printed sheet (15 lines) for the situational writing. I've done up the address portion for both the sender and receiver, date, saluatation, etc.. and only 1 line left for the content for Letter Writing topic.

Hope you all get my point and I'm not asking about other types of situation writing like memo, email, speech and just formal and informal letter writing. For others, I'm already fully aware it's more than enough.

Unless the new format is both the addresses can be left out and procceed straight to the Dear So and So.


Thanks and cheers.

I can understand what you mean. Maybe you can check with the school teacher on the writing space and whether there is such new format to leave out the addressess.

All the best to your dd PSLE this year.

[chrisu]

Thank you PiggyLalala. I’ve already sent an email to the teacher and waiting for her reply. Will feedback here once I got the reply. Just to check with the rest of the P6 parents whether their kids encounter letter writing for their exam and how is it like?

[coolit]

ridcully:

P5G:

66. I have a million dollars. I would donate half of it to the Nation Kidney Foundation.

If I had _______________.

Worksheet answer: If I had a million dollars, I would donate half of it to the National Kidney Foundation.

Is this answer acceptable? If I had had a million dollars, I would have donated half of it to the National Kidney Foundation.

Both are grammatically correct within themselves: The worksheet answer is what is known as a second conditional; and your answer is known as a third conditional.

Based on the beginning 'If I had...\" I suspect they are after the second conditional, namely the worksheet answer. However, an examiner with heart would surely accept the third conditional so I say your answer is acceptable.

Rgds
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My son is taking PSLE this year, he had a question like this for his exam and he was marked correct for writing the worksheet answer, one of his friend wrote
the 'had had' answer and was marked wrong because the teacher said that
they were looking for the past tense conditional and not the past perfect
conditional. Not sure if maybe in the PSLE, they would accept both but I would go with the worksheet answer. Its safer.

[chrisu]

The teacher just called me back on this letter writing in PSLE. No need to write both addresses, just start off with Dear So and So, content and sign off.


Great!

chrisu:

Thank you PiggyLalala. I've already sent an email to the teacher and waiting for her reply. Will feedback here once I got the reply. Just to check with the rest of the P6 parents whether their kids encounter letter writing for their exam and how is it like?

[pixiedust]

Thanks chrisu for the update.


It is so weird though, I would think at least 1 address is required. What kind of formal letter will the children write when they enter workforce ?

Besides, it would have been better if the schools have a consistent format rather than each school teaches different format - I mean specifically for formal letter.

[PiggyLalala]

chrisu:

The teacher just called me back on this letter writing in PSLE. No need to write both addresses, just start off with Dear So and So, content and sign off.


Great!

chrisu:

Thank you PiggyLalala. I've already sent an email to the teacher and waiting for her reply. Will feedback here once I got the reply. Just to check with the rest of the P6 parents whether their kids encounter letter writing for their exam and how is it like?

Thanks for the update.

[hashroop]

Synthesis/Transformation


Need help in this:
Q: Miss Lim must raise her voice. Otherwise, the class will not hear her.
A: Unless Miss Lim raises her voice, the class will not be able to hear her.
Note: why can’t we use would iso will?
Extracted from past year paper.

Q: "Joy, I will celebrate my birthday next weekend," said David.
A: David told Joy that he would celebrate his birthday the following weekend.
Here would celebrate is used.
Can someone pls explain when to use will and when to use would .

Appreciate much

Jessy
Q:

[anneshirleygilbert]

Hello everyone,


Need help on this question, please.

1. "This problem concerns you and me." or
2. "This problem concerns you and I.

My daughter’s teacher says (2) is correct. What do you say?

Tks.

[coolit]

I thought it should be (1). If I take away the ‘you’, it will sound strange if it

is (2)

[smileplease]

anneshirleygilbert:

Hello everyone,


Need help on this question, please.

1. \"This problem concerns you and me.\" or
2. \"This problem concerns you and I.

My daughter's teacher says (2) is correct. What do you say?

Tks.

(2) is correct.

For \"you and me\", you use in this manner :
Example : This is between you and me.

The sentence must have the word \"between\".