Q&A - PSLE English

[Zhu99]

charsen:

match3frog:

Thanks, charsen for the answer.


What about these:

A) \"Come here! Didn't you realise that I ____for you for the past hour?\" exclaimed Mrs Ho.

1) waited
2) was waiting
3) have waited
4) had been waiting

B) Mr Lee ______ far when he realised that he did not lock his house door.

1) did not drive
2) has not driven
3) had not driven
4) was not driving

Thanks!

Question 1 answer is 4 and question 2 answer is 4.
Cheers

I am not sure should the correct answer for B be 3.

[match3frog]

Thanks charsen and zhu99

[jewelbox]

Hi, I need help on:

My mother scolded me. my siblings scolded me too.
Not only …
Ans : Not only did my mother scold me, but also my sibling.
The scold in the ans shldnt be a past tense right?

[AdvancedAcademia]

jewelbox:

Hi, I need help on:

My mother scolded me. my siblings scolded me too.
Not only ...
Ans : Not only did my mother scold me, but also my sibling.
The scold in the ans shldnt be a past tense right?

Yes. It shouldn't be in past tense as the verb that \"holds\" the tense in this case is 'did' thus the following verb 'scold' should be in the infinitive form.

[AdvancedAcademia]

Rhhn:

Any compo plots which are interesting? Not those clichè ones.

Problem with approaching it in this manner, is that when enough people start writing plots written by others it becomes a cliche. The best way round this, it to have your DS/DD to start reading good story books instead of model compositions.

I personally feel that reading model compositions only have a limited usage, as it only helps pupils who have extreme difficulty expressing their ideas. They can use the models as a spring board to help them craft their writing, but ultimately they need to quickly learn how to express their ideas in an original manner.

Too often, pupils who learn to write from model compositions sound like they are produced from a factory line, no personality, no originality... If time is on your side, encourage your DD/DS read widely first, then start experimenting in expressing his/her ideas in his/her own words. All this is based on the assumption that he/she is not taking the paper this year...

[Rhhn]

Wierd

[Rhhn]

Thanks

[Rhhn]

Dear jewel box, I learnt that the ans is : not only did my mother scold me, but my siblings also scolded me

[jewelbox]

Advanced Academia, thanks for your reply on ‘Not only…’, you cleared my doubts.

Hi Rhnn, my son’s school teaches 'Not only…but also (with the 2 words joined together.)

[Rhhn]

Okay, thanks. Yet it sounds weird many teachers tell us different things. Who to follow?