PSLE 2009 - English Paper

[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.

[caroline3sg]

no. to me, except for is not proper eng, but singlish.


sorry I do not know when to use refusals.

[caroline3sg]

pinky88

for your boy’s ans, he must put comma as follows:
all of them, except Ellen, do not like to play chess.

in eng, verb must follow noun. so "do" must be after "them"

I think correct ans must be:
all of them do not like to play chess except Ellen.

[mathsparks]

mods. pls merge.

[mathsparks]

caroline3sg:

no. to me, except for is not proper eng, but singlish.


sorry I do not know when to use refusals.

Except for is not singlish:

http://eltj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/pdf_extract/XXXV/3/260

[schellen]

emerald:

schellen:

[quote=\"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'. :D[/quote]What is the actual question? I responded thus because I thought it was a \"fill in the blanks\" question.