Q&A - PSLE English

[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.

[oliveminx]

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!

If you reverse the order, the meaning is clear. \"he\" means John.

John got up from the table when he had finished eating.

But in (a), there is ambiguity as in who the \"he\" may be. It may refer to another guy. Hence (b) is correct.

[JE382]

Can anyone help to answer these English questions? My answers are 1 and 4 respectively but I’m not sure about them:


-All of us except Ryan _____ attending the Science workshop next Tuesday.
1. is
2. are
3. was
4. were

-It was _____ honour to have _____ European diplomat at our Graduation Ceremony.
1. a…a
2. a…an
3. an…a
4. an…an

[oliveminx]

-All of us except Ryan _____ attending the Science workshop next Tuesday.

2. are


-It was _____ honour to have _____ European diplomat at our Graduation Ceremony.

3. an…a

[JE382]

Thanks!

[KiasuAdult]

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 shout and shouting are both acceptable because he is a subject, heard is a verb and a man is a subject and after subject verb subject, the verb afterwards should either be in the root form(shout) or the ing form(shouting). Hope this helped!

[CayennePepper]

oliveminx:

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!

If you reverse the order, the meaning is clear. \"he\" means John.

John got up from the table when he had finished eating.

But in (a), there is ambiguity as in who the \"he\" may be. It may refer to another guy. Hence (b) is correct.

Hi oliveminx
Thank you so much for your reply. Agree with you that to avoid ambiguity, it's clearer to say: When John had finished eating, he got up from the table.

However, I've just checked with my nephew again. Apparently his teacher has clarified that for a synthesis question (John had finished eating. He got up from the table.) the correct answer should be (a) When he had finished eating, John got up from the table.

I'm still lost arghhh...

[JE382]

Which is the correct spelling?

Donut OR Doughnut?
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