Q&A - P4 English

[janicelhl]

Hi, can someone help me with this :


The class usually wipe/wipes their tables before the lesson starts.
The answer is wipe. Is it because of the word their.

[mother777]

janicelhl:

Hi, can someone help me with this :


The class usually wipe/wipes their tables before the lesson starts.
The answer is wipe. Is it because of the word their.

HI,

I think the reason is that \"Class\" is a group of students and is considered plural. So must use \"Wipe\".

words like Wipes, likes, runs, plays etc are used for singular.

eg.

She plays badminton every evening.
They play badminton every evening.

Hope this helps

[Mdm Koh]

janicelhl:

Hi, can someone help me with this :


The class usually wipe/wipes their tables before the lesson starts.
The answer is wipe. Is it because of the word their.

The plural verb is used because of \"their\", which implies that the class is made up of many individuals. Collective nouns are usually singular, though.

[janicelhl]

Thank you

[sharon1234]

could somebody help with this:


They (travelled/have travelled) for many days till they reached the border of the country.

thanks!

[mother777]

hi,


i think the answer should be ‘travelled’

[sharon1234]

That’s the answer given. But my dd chose "have travelled".

May I know why it is "travelled"…thanks!

[tianzhu]

sharon1234:

That's the answer given. But my dd chose \"have travelled\".

May I know why it is \"travelled\"...thanks!

Hi

Good Morning.

Let me give it a try.

They (travelled/have travelled) for many days till they reached the border of the country.

“till they reached the border of the country” is an adverb clause. You may read more about adverb clause by following this link.

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/advcls.htm

“till” indicates up to that time. It shows the end point of a journey. Hence, based on the context in your question, “travelled” is the more appropriate choice.

Best wishes

[Champion]

tianzhu:

sharon1234:

That's the answer given. But my dd chose \"have travelled\".

May I know why it is \"travelled\"...thanks!

Hi

Good Morning.

Let me give it a try.

They (travelled/have travelled) for many days till they reached the border of the country.

“till they reached the border of the country” is an adverb clause. You may read more about adverb clause by following this link.

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/advcls.htm

“till” indicates up to that time. It shows the end point of a journey. Hence, based on the context in your question, “travelled” is the more appropriate choice.

Best wishes

:thankyou: Tianzhu; appreciate so much for the explanation! :salute: :salute:

[htn]

pls help for the following:


Wilbur wanted to buy an X-box. Wilbur did not have enought money.(but)

Wilbur wanted to buy an X-box but did not have enough money.
or Wilbur did not have enough money but wanted to buy an X-box.

Pls advise which sentence is correct.

Thanks