Q&A - P2 English

[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.

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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.

[nms1]

Ymy:

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

Realize is the American spelling, realise is the UK spelling so both are correct but you need to be consistent.

[Tinkerbelle]

nms1:

Ymy:

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

Realize is the American spelling, realise is the UK spelling so both are correct but you need to be consistent.

DD's teacher only accepts 'realised'. Her reasoning is Singapore follows British education system (such as 'O' & 'A' levels) and its way of spelling. Therefore, for all words ending with either 'ise' or 'ize', the teacher will only accept 'ise'.

[CYL6]

Hi

anyone got resources to help with kids’ spelling?