Q&A - PSLE English

[michyms]

ivanhoo99:

May I know how to use in time or on time? Getting confused...


Pls reply asap

In time to come (a phrase used to describe the future), your cooking skills will improve.

Please be on time for the meeting.

[blitz]

The following is some S&T that my dd was marked wrong. Kindly help.


Miss Gwen instructed, "These books belong to 6L. Please take them to the classroom on the second floor after recess, Joseph and Paul."

_____for the boys

My dd answer: Miss Gwen’s instructions for the boys was to take the books which belong to 6L to the classroom on the second floor after recess.

Teacher corrections: Miss Gwen instructed for the boys to take those books to 6L classroom on the second floor after recess.

2. Frieda considered winning the science prize a major achievement.

__________________to Frieda.

Dd’s answer: Winning the Science prize is considered a major achievement to Frieda.

Teacher corrections: Winning the science prize is a major achievement to Frieda.

[bocmark]

vidhyalog:

bocmark:

Hi, can someone help me with the following S&T pls:


Q: \"You swim well. You'll definitely win the competition tomorrow,\" Mr Tay told me.
Ans: Mr Tay told me that I swam well and would definitely win the competition the next day.

Is the following acceptable:
Ds Ans: Mr Tay told me that I had swum well and would definitely win the competition the next day.

TIA.

Hi - typically for reported speech the tense needs to move one stage backwards (a very ineloquent way of expressing it but that's all I can thhink of).
So present becomes past. Past becomes past perfect.

In this case - The person has not swum yet. The \"You swim well\" a general description about the person's ability to swim. This should translate into \"I swam well.\"

Had swum would be acceptable - if the stem already said \"You swam well\". Perhaps in the context of \" You swam well. The photo finish will definitely show that you are the winner.\"

Here \"had swum\" would be appropriate - as the swimming has already taken place.

Not as succintly expressed as Ridcully but I hope it makes some sense.

Cheers

Hi vidhyalog,

Thanks for your reply. All the best to your son :rahrah:

[zsqchx]

Hi, can someone help me with the following S&T pls:


Mrs Tan gets gastric flu whenever she skips meals.

Dd's Ans: Skipping meals always gives Mrs Tan the gastric flu.


Thanks!

[ivanhoo99]

michyms:

ivanhoo99:

May I know how to use in time or on time? Getting confused...


Pls reply asap

In time to come (a phrase used to describe the future), your cooking skills will improve.

Please be on time for the meeting.

Thank you so much. Just understood before the PSLE..

[ivanhoo99]

Pls help me with this synthesis… Pls…


The necklace is not expensive. It is not cheap either.

but neither__

[michyms]

ivanhoo99:

Pls help me with this synthesis... Pls...


The necklace is not expensive. It is not cheap either.

_______________but neither_________________

The necklace is not expensive but neither is it cheap.

[michyms]

zsqchx:

Hi, can someone help me with the following S&T pls:


Mrs Tan gets gastric flu whenever she skips meals.

Dd's Ans: Skipping meals always gives Mrs Tan the gastric flu.


Thanks!

Skipping meals always gives Mrs Tan gastric flu.

[chrisu]

I’m confused with what followed after ‘between’, should it be ‘to’ or ‘and’?


Q. The Sunshine Nursery takes in children aged between one _______ four.
(1) or
(2) to
(3) and
(4) until

Given answer is (3) and.
I thought since there is a range from one to four years old, why cannot use ‘to’? Thank you.

[pixiedust]

chrisu, \"between\" is used with \"and\". We had some old discussions :

pixiedust:

elkniwt:

Hi,

May know for \"between\", should it be followed by a \"and\" or a \"to\" ?

E.g. NCPG Will automatically ban between 25,000 ______ 29,000 undischarged bankrupts.

Is it \"and\" or \"to\" ??

Thanks!

ridcully:

[quote=\"kurosaki\"]..
2)Conservationists estimate that between 2000 ____ 3000 remain in the wild.
Answer given was \"and\", \"to\" is not acceptable. Can anyone explain this too?

Q2. Ans is \"and\". Common prepositional usage. Certain words go with certain prepositions. For most purposes, you simply have to accept collocation.

Rgds
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elkniwt, based on the earlier discussions, answer to your question is \"and\".[/quote]