Q&A - P2 English

[Sept]

Which sentence is correct?


(this question is from "word order" section.)

1) My brother has been watching television every day.
2) Every day, my brother has been watching television.

The answer given is 1.

Why answer 2 is incorrect?

Thanks.

[ponyo]

[quote]Sept Wrote:Which sentence is correct?


(this question is from \"word order\" section.)

1) My brother has been watching television every day.
2) Every day, my brother has been watching television.

The answer given is 1.

Why answer 2 is incorrect?

Thanks.[/quote]Actually both sounds incorrect since \"has been watching\" is a present perfect continous tense. The Present Perfect Continous Tense is used for
1. An action that has just stopped or recently stopped
2. An action continuing up to now

(source:http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verb-tenses_present-perfect-continuous.htm)

The correct way should be \"My brother watches television every day.

JMHO :siam:

[Fei Fish]

Hi, Any mummies can recommend me which tuition teacher or which tuition centre give good creative writing for P3. Cos

P3 start, kid will have composition.
This is the part that I am worry.

Thank you,
Regards,
Fei Fish

[FairyPenguin]

Technically, both sentences are correct but the meaning for each is different.


In (1) : He missed the bus because he was late.
The sentence is saying he was late to reach the bus stop & hence missed the bus.

In (2) : He was late because he missed the bus.
He was late for appointment/school etc because he missed the bus.

So, in school context, the teacher would interpret (2) to be the answer.

[thetinyseed]

Sept:

Which sentence is correct?


(this question is from \"word order\" section.)

1) My brother has been watching television every day.
2) Every day, my brother has been watching television.

The answer given is 1.

Why answer 2 is incorrect?

Thanks.

Sentence (1) holds the meaning, \"my brother has been watching television every day (for the past month, etc).

Sentence (2) that begins with \"every day\" would assume a habitual activity and hence you would use the simple present tense. \"Every day, my brother watches television.\"

So sentence (1) is grammatically correct, and sentence (2) is wrong.

[mum2mum]

For comprehension practice at home, when we see our child answering different from model answer, how do we mark? any guidelines?

[Shan]

Hi, please help for below question.


John has a pair of spectacles. He wears ______ every day.

I thought the answer should be "them" but answer key stated 'it"

Thanks in advance.

[SZ Venture]

Shan:

Hi, please help for below question.


John has a pair of spectacles. He wears ______ every day.

I thought the answer should be \"them\" but answer key stated 'it\"

Thanks in advance.

Hi Shan,

The reason why is it \"it\" is because of the collective nouns, we look at a pair to determine whether it is singular or plural instead of spectacles

[Shan]

Thanks so much, SZ Venture!

[SZ Venture]

mum2mum:

For comprehension practice at home, when we see our child answering different from model answer, how do we mark? any guidelines?

Hi mum2mum,

The answer is : keywords. if they are able to identify the keywords required, it would meant that they understood the passage.