PSLE 2009 - English Paper

[caroline3sg]

refusal. It does not depend on the no. of birds.

[joconde]

side-track a bit…for synthesis marking scheme, is it you either get 2 marks or 0 ? I see the way my son’s teacher marks, even the slightest spelling mistake he will get 0 marks, never 0.5 or 1.5 marks.

[caroline3sg]

yes strictly 0 or 2 marks. Cannot have spelling or grammar or tenses mistake.

[Tang]

caroline3sg:

refusal. It does not depend on the no. of birds.

I checked the dictionary before my earlier posting. Refusal can be a countable or uncountable noun. So when do we use it as a countable noun?

[emerald]

caroline3sg:

refusal. It does not depend on the no. of birds.

So when do you use refusals?

Another question was something like that:

All of them do not like to play chess except Ellen.
Can use 'except for' instead?

Anyone can confirm correct answers?

[schellen]

emerald:

Another question was something like that:


All of them do not like to play chess except Ellen.
Can use 'except for' instead?

Anyone can confirm correct answers?

If the sentence structure is like that, you can only use \"except\", not \"instead\", or else it will be wrong.

[pinky88]

emerald:

caroline3sg:

refusal. It does not depend on the no. of birds.

So when do you use refusals?

Another question was something like that:

All of them do not like to play chess except Ellen.
Can use 'except for' instead?

Anyone can confirm correct answers?

My boy's ans is \" All of them except Ellen do not like to play chess.

[emerald]

schellen:

emerald:

Another question was something like that:


All of them do not like to play chess except Ellen.
Can use 'except for' instead?

Anyone can confirm correct answers?

If the sentence structure is like that, you can only use \"except\", not \"instead\", or else it will be wrong.

What I meant was whether we could use 'except for' in place of 'except'.

[muaz456]

//Moderator’s note: Topics merged.


If Tom swam much faster.He would win the race

Had_________________________
____________________________.



ans.Had tom swum much faster,he would win the race

[caroline3sg]

this is 2009 PSLE Eng.


ans should be:
had he swum (much - I am not sure if this word is there) faster, he would have won the race.