Q&A - PSLE English

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[Leanne]

Hello Janet,


Maybe u can focus on compos and oral?These are the two components one can get perfect score.I think can work on S & T too.These three areas are the easiest to improve as compared to paper other sections.

Just one cent of my thought.

Cheers,
Leanne

janet_lee88:

Hi experienced parents,
My son's recent SA2 for Eng is 66. May I know how I can improve his Eng this holiday ? Since I have no exact idea how his compo/oral went, I can only hope to improve in his Paper 2. Pls advise. Thanks very much.

[CayennePepper]

Hi everyone

I have a question that’s bugging me no end… Would really appreciate help on this.

Which is correct?

a. When he had finished eating, John got up from the table.
b. When John had finished eating, he got up from the table.

I always thought (a) is more accurate since the first part of the sentence is a subordinate clause and the pronoun here (he) refers to the antecedent noun, John. But I was told by a school teacher, as well as my p5 nephew, that this is not the correct answer. Help!

MTIA!

[elkniwt]

Hi,


Need help in this grammar qn :

Qn. So you believe that my idea is workable, _________?
1) do you
2) don’t it
3) don’t you
4) doesn’t it
[dd chooses (3) and I thought it is correct, answer key is (1)]

Thanks.

[elkniwt]

Another qn (editing)


As soon as Andric realised that he had been tied upside down to a wooden pole, he heard a man shouted, \"Here comes the suckling pig to be roasted for Princess Sheau Wei!\"

Is the answer shout or shouting? Or are both acceptable?

Thanks again.

[lizawa]

elkniwt:

Hi,


Need help in this grammar qn :

Qn. So you believe that my idea is workable, _________?
1) do you
2) don't it
3) don't you
4) doesn't it
[dd chooses (3) and I thought it is correct, answer key is (1)]

Thanks.

Option 3 should be the correct answer.

[lizawa]

elkniwt:

Another qn (editing)


As soon as Andric realised that he had been tied upside down to a wooden pole, he heard a man shouted, \"Here comes the suckling pig to be roasted for Princess Sheau Wei!\"

Is the answer shout or shouting? Or are both acceptable?

Thanks again.

I think the answer should be shout.

[elkniwt]

Dear lizawa,


Thank you so much your replies :hugs:

Btw, for the editing, the answer in the ans key is shouting. My dd wrote shout. I thought both are viable. Sometimes, it is so confusing ... :?

[Yewniffler171]

Actually, I think both answers should be acceptable as heard is one of the five senses.

[lizawa]

elkniwt:

Dear lizawa,


Thank you so much your replies :hugs:

Btw, for the editing, the answer in the ans key is shouting. My dd wrote shout. I thought both are viable. Sometimes, it is so confusing ... :?

Hi,
I looked at the question again. If the sentence doesn't end with dialogue, I am sure the answer is \"shout\". Now you say the answer key says \"shouting\", maybe \"shouting\" is the correct one.

We normally use the infinitive without the \"to\" after verbs like make, see, hear. But in this case, a dialogue follows. I did a search on the Internet. Maybe this clarifies.

Shout is used when it is a one time action and shouting used when it is a continuos action. In this case, perhaps that dialogue is there to show a continuos action, and so answer is shouting.