Q&A - PSLE English

[tianzhu]

Herbie:

1. John must seek the principal's approval. He cannot lezve the school early.

Ans john cannot leave the school early unless he seeks the principal's approval.

Ans script says. John cannot leave the school early unless he had sought the pincipal's approval.

Hi

Let me make an attempt to answer your question.

Actually, I am quite hesitant to post my view because I’m afraid to lead you the wrong way.

Please bear with me if I’m wrong.

But if you're brave enough, please read on.
[quote]Ans script says. John cannot leave the school early unless he had sought the pincipal's approval.[/quote]I find the ans script strange.

I think there’s an error in the sequence of tenses .The main clause is in present tense while past perfect tense (had sought) is used in the subordinate clause.

The past perfect tense is used to show an event which happened at an earlier time before a point in the past.

I’d go for either of these sentences.

John cannot leave the school early unless he seeks the principal's approval.

John cannot leave the school early unless he has sought the principal’s approval.

Please seek confirmation from your teachers.

Best wishes

[tianzhu]

leexue_dwx:

Synthesis:


Regardless of the cost, I am buying this latest mobile phone in the market.
It has had lots of advertisements on it.

Answer A,
Regardless of the cost, I am buying this latest mobile phone in the market which has had lots of advertisements on it.

Answer B,
Regardless of the cost, I am buying this latest mobile phone which has had lots of advertisements on it in the market.

Any parent can tell me which one is correct and why?

Thanks a lot.

Hi

I found one video which might help to shed some light on your question.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfLDlaWBaV8

Quite interesting, please take a look.

The advice from the video is put the modifying words or phrase as close as possible to the word it intends to describe.

Regardless of the cost, I am buying this latest mobile phone in the market.
It has had lots of advertisements on it.

It has had lots of advertisements on it. -------- It further describes the latest mobile phone in the market.

Hence, I’d go for

Regardless of the cost, I am buying this latest mobile phone which has had lots of advertisements on it in the market.

Please double confirm with your teacher.

Best wishes

[whitety]

Hi,

Need help on this grammer.

Qn: So you believe that my idea is workable,___________?
(1) do you
(2) don’t it
(3) don’t you
(4) doesn’t it

My dd answer is (3) but answer script is (1).

Thanks!

[KRR]

Hi


Question: We are going to cycle at East Coast Park. We are going to have our dinner there too.

Answer: (1) We are going to cycle as well as have our dinner at East Coast Park.
OR
(2) We are going to cycle at East Coast Park as well as have our dinner there.
Which one is correct 1 OR 2 and why.

Thank u very much.
KRR

[tianzhu]

whitety:

Hi,

Need help on this grammer.

Qn: So you believe that my idea is workable,___________?
(1) do you
(2) don't it
(3) don't you
(4) doesn't it

My dd answer is (3) but answer script is (1).

Thanks!

Hi

I think the paragraph on “tag questions --- special features” will help to answer your question.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/youmeus/learnit/learnitv208.shtml

Best wishes

[whitety]

Hi tianzhu,


Thanks for the link. My dd’s answer is correct and the answer script is wrong.


Thanks!

[tianzhu]

whitety:

Hi tianzhu,


Thanks for the link. My dd's answer is correct and the answer script is wrong.


Thanks!

Hi

Please read the section on “tag questions - special features
positive statement - positive tag”

I think the WS’s answer is correct.

Best wishes

[whitety]

Hi tianzhu,


After reading through the link again, my dd’s answer should be wrong then.

Thanks for the help!

[anneshirleygilbert]

Hi tianzhu and whitety,


I have a little problem with this question:

Qn: So you believe that my idea is workable,___________?
(1) do you
(2) don't it
(3) don't you
(4) doesn't it

My dd answer is (3) but answer script is (1).

While I do not disagree with the worksheet answer, I honestly feel the question is too brief for the student to know the “tag questions --- special features” should be used.
There is no context whatsoever for the student to work from. A question like this really ought to have a preceding paragraph to show context.

What do you think?

[whitety]

Hi anneshirleygilbert,


Take a look at another website
http://www.learnenglish.de/grammar/tagquestions.htm

! It is possible for a positive statement to be followed by a positive tag for even more effect (sarcasm, anger, disbelief, shock, concern etc.).

For example:-
Oh you will, will you?
You think you're funny, do you?

I would consider the question that i have posted to be under some sort of sarcasm. So I think the answer in the answer script is correct.