Q&A - PSLE English

[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]

[chrisu]

Thank you pixiedust.

[AdvancedAcademia]

It seems that this year’s "king maker" is going to be in the Paper 2 rather than paper 1. Quite a change from previous years…

[pixiedust]

S&T :


Q: In order to impress Susan, Nick bought a tuxedo.

A1 : Nick wanted to impress Susan so he bought a tuxedo.
A2 : Nick bought a tuxedo so as to impress Susan.

It looks to me both A1 and A2 acceptable ? Is there a preferance ?

Q: We have to come up with new strategies for our plan. Our plan has failed.

A1: Our plan failed so we have to come up with new strategies for it.
A2: Our plan has failed so we have to come up with new strategies for it.

Is A1 acceptable ? Is it important to include the 'has' which is in the question?

[worldangel]

Hi,


What’s the meaning of king maker?

[Supersmart]

Hi


I have a problem with this question:

All the children are interested in attending the overseas immersion program. John is not interested.

My answer: All the children except John is interested in attending the overseas immersion program.

Many thanks

[Maths Isnt Fun]

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!

I put Skipping meals always gives Mrs Tan gastric flu. Btw, did this come out in the psle? Cuz i did a test paper and it had the exact same question...