Q&A - P2 English

[nms1]

jeparent:

There is not ___________ food left on the table. (much,a lot of,any)


Perhaps all three are correct as well.

All three are grammatically correct. They should not be setting questions like this as the teacher should not be able to mark any answer wrong!

If I had to choose I would have chosen \"much\". \"A lot of\" would have been my last choice as it is quite colloquial but still correct.

[janet88]

jeparent:

There is not ___________ food left on the table. (much,a lot of,any)


Perhaps all three are correct as well.

I did encounter this question in one of daughter's assessment book.
The instruction given is to choose between 'many' or 'much' as child is taught countable and uncountable. So the answer is 'much'.

[jeparent]

janet_lee88:

jeparent:

There is not ___________ food left on the table. (much,a lot of,any)


Perhaps all three are correct as well.

I did encounter this question in one of daughter's assessment book.
The instruction given is to choose between 'many' or 'much' as child is taught countable and uncountable. So the answer is 'much'.

Actually this is a multiple-choice qn with 4 choices. I left out many because it goes with countable.

\"Much\" seems a popular choice , but how about looking from it being used as a question ?

Is there any food left on the table ?
Is there a lot of food left on the table ?
Is there much food left on the table ?

Interesting...

[ridcully]

jeparent:

\"Much\" seems a popular choice , but how about looking from it being used as a question ?


Is there any food left on the table ?
Is there a lot of food left on the table ?
Is there much food left on the table ?

We generally use both 'any' and 'much' for questions and negative sentences; we generally use 'a lot of' in positive sentences.

The use of 'a lot of' in questions and negative sentences is informal English.

Rgds
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[tankee]

need help to explain these:


having small ears helps <<< why is it helps and not help >>>

a lot of warmth escapes <<< why is it escapes and not escape >>>

:oops:

[zeemimi]

tankee:

need help to explain these:


having small ears helps <<< why is it helps and not help >>>

a lot of warmth escapes <<< why is it escapes and not escape >>>

:oops:

the \"helps\" is related to the singular act of \"having small ears\". it is not dependent on the ears. So for e.g. \"having big nose helps\" too. :rotflmao:

warmth is singular.

[tankee]

Thanks zeemimi.

[Ymy]

Hi! Realize and realise , which one is correct? Please help.


Thanks

[Mdm Koh]

Ymy:

Hi! Realize and realise , which one is correct? Please help.


Thanks

Both are correct, but I would encourage students to use the same spelling of the word throughout their work and not have both \"realize\" and \"realise\" in the same composition.

[Ymy]

Hi! Mdm Koh, thank you for your reply. My DD wrote realized in her comp, the teacher changed to realised.