Q&A - P1 English

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[Zack7]

Champion:

poppy15:

hi all, can u help out?


DS was doing his mconline assignments last night. We were practicing on Plural Pronouns.

Fill in the blanks with They, We or You.

1. He is not a principal. You are not a principal too.

_____ are not principals

2. You are a soldier. He is a soldier too.

_____ are soldiers.

I am very dumbfounded with the given answer. It was given as \" You \" for the above 2 questions. Can anyone enlighten me? Why isnt the answer \" We\" since they have indicated you in the question?

Somehow, i believe the given answer is wrong. :scratchhead:

Poppy, good morning :hugs:
I am not an expert in this area but would like to try to give the explanation in my own understanding

In the above 2 examples, they did not use the pronoun \"I\" so can't use the answer \"WE\". So, to say since \"I\" is not in the sentence then one can't use \"WE\" but \"They\".

I hope I am not confusing you further

both answers are 'we' ... not 'you'....

[Zack7]

gaffy:

Think 'you' can also refer to more than one person, like 'both of you', '你们'.

eh i don't think so. 'you' and 'both of you' are different

the answer given is wrong in my opinion.

should be we

[catherineleesg]

Champion:

poppy15:

Thanks Champ jie...


but \" They \" also wrong.... the answer was given as \" You \" instead...

aIYOH, Poppy I \"old flower eyes\" lioa! :oops: :oops:

You already typed the answer as \"YOU\" and yet I \"too clever\" go say answer is \"they\" :siam:

I agree with Champion. Answer should be 'They'.

[i3mum]

Hi parents,


I came across some questions when I was doing homework with my DD and I am quite confused. Hope that someone can enlighten me.

The questions are:

Punctation- Spot the errors and retype the whole sentence.

Q1) He is a strong healthy boy.
Answer is: He is a strong,healthy boy. (I thought we should put \"He is a strong and healthy boy\" instead of using \"comma\")?

Q2) _ is someone who lift weights call?
a) How
b) What
c) Which
d)Why

Ans is: How (Is it correct?)

Q3) _is the weather in Japan during Spring?
a) How
b) What
c)Why
d) When

Ans is: How (Is it correct?)

[CayennePepper]

i3mum:

The questions are:

Punctation- Spot the errors and retype the whole sentence.

Q1) He is a strong healthy boy.
Answer is: He is a strong,healthy boy. (I thought we should put \"He is a strong and healthy boy\" instead of using \"comma\")?

It's not wrong to write \"He is a strong and healthy boy.\"
But it's a punctuation question, so i think that's why the inserted comma is the correct answer.
Incidentally, in this sentence, strong and healthy are used as coordinate adjectives that describe the noun (boy). We use commas to separate these adjectives.
If you can change the order of the words (healthy, strong) or add 'and' between the adjectives (strong and healthy), without changing the meaning of the sentence, these are coordinate adjectives and a comma is required.

[CayennePepper]

i3mum:

Q2) _ is someone who lift weights call?
a) How
b) What
c) Which
d)Why

Ans is: How (Is it correct?)

Q3) _is the weather in Japan during Spring?
a) How
b) What
c)Why
d) When

Ans is: How (Is it correct?)

I think Q2 should be ans (b) What.
Q3 should be (a) How, so your answer's right

[i3mum]

Oh, I typed wrongly.


For Q2, the given option has included\" Who\" & the answer is \"What\" instead of Who.

For Q3, the answer marked in the system is \"what\" instead of \"How\".

It sounds strange to me.

CayennePepper:

i3mum:

Q2) _ is someone who lift weights call?
a) How
b) What
c) Which
d)Why

Ans is: How (Is it correct?)

Q3) _is the weather in Japan during Spring?
a) How
b) What
c)Why
d) When

Ans is: How (Is it correct?)

I think Q2 should be ans (b) What.
Q3 should be (a) How, so your answer's right

[Michaelia0816]

i3mum:

Oh, I typed wrongly.


For Q2, the given option has included\" Who\" & the answer is \"What\" instead of Who.

For Q3, the answer marked in the system is \"what\" instead of \"How\".

It sounds strange to me.

CayennePepper:

[quote=\"i3mum\"]
Q2) _ is someone who lift weights call?
a) How
b) What
c) Which
d)Why

Ans is: How (Is it correct?)

Q3) _is the weather in Japan during Spring?
a) How
b) What
c)Why
d) When
Your Q3 is correct but your Q2 is wrong the correct answer should be c, What.
Ans is: How (Is it correct?)

I think Q2 should be ans (b) What.
Q3 should be (a) How, so your answer's right

[/quote]

[CayennePepper]

In questions, \"who\" and \"what\" act as (interrogative) pronouns that represent the answers to the questions.


If we replace \"someone who lifts weights\" with \"he\", Q2 would read as:
_ is he called?
Then it would be easier to see that the appropriate pronoun to use is \"What\" and not \"who\" in this case.

For Q3, the typical usage is \"How is the weather?\" and \"What is the weather like?\". The word \"like\" wasn't in Q3, unfortunately, or the answer would be more obvious.
Actually, I think \"What is the weather like\" is a better construction because What is ... like is used to describe the character or quality of something. \"How is the weather\" is acceptable and widely used, but if we want to be picky, it can sound like we're asking about the mood of the weather i.e. how it's feeling :rotflmao: