Q&A - P4 English

[Jamesbond]

Thank you grammertots....Yes it is Lane...Typo error :nailbite:


Pl clarify my doubt in the following...

Belle said, \"I am going out tomorrow.\"

The answer given is Bella said that she was going out the following day.

My DS answer is Bella said that she would be going out the following day.

Is it ok....???

[grammartots]

Jamesbond:

Thank you grammertots....Yes it is Lane...Typo error :nailbite:


Pl clarify my doubt in the following...

Belle said, \"I am going out tomorrow.\"

The answer given is Bella said that she was going out the following day.

My DS answer is Bella said that she would be going out the following day.

Is it ok....???

The rule is to backshift the tense, so \"is going\" becomes \"was going\". Your child's version would be correct if the direct speech is:

Belle said, \"I will be going out tomorrow.\"

[Jamesbond]

grammartots:

Jamesbond:

Thank you grammertots....Yes it is Lane...Typo error :nailbite:


Pl clarify my doubt in the following...

Belle said, \"I am going out tomorrow.\"

The answer given is Bella said that she was going out the following day.

My DS answer is Bella said that she would be going out the following day.

Is it ok....???

The rule is to backshift the tense, so \"is going\" becomes \"was going\". Your child's version would be correct if the direct speech is:

Belle said, \"I will be going out tomorrow.\"

Yes...I understand now........Thank you grammertots. :salute:

[YY1205]

Hi can anyone help me for below questions? Thanks a lot in advance.


1.\tYou ____ leave this room after your homework is done.
1)\twill 2) will be 3) shall 4) shall be

2.\tPauline ____ her time to this duty and so ____ I.
1)\tcommitted … do 2) will commit …shall 3) commits … does
1)\tshall commit… shall

3.\tThat old house was _____ to make way for the new one.
1)\tPulled off 2) torn off 3) pulled down 4) torn away

4.\tWhat is eating _____ you ?
1)\tin 2) at 3) off 4) against

[grammartots]

YY1205:

Hi can anyone help me for below questions? Thanks a lot in advance.


1.\tYou ____ leave this room after your homework is done.
1)\twill 2) will be 3) shall 4) shall be

2.\tPauline ____ her time to this duty and so ____ I.
1)\tcommitted … do 2) will commit ..shall 3) commits … does
1)\tshall commit.. shall

3.\tThat old house was _____ to make way for the new one.
1)\tPulled off 2) torn off 3) pulled down 4) torn away

4.\tWhat is eating _____ you ?
1)\tin 2) at 3) off 4) against

1) shall (determination on the part of the speaker)

2) You mistyped the last choice 4 as 1. Anyway, choices 1 and 3 are clearly out. But it may be debatable whether it's 4 or 2. I would ask the setter or author to explain the answer

3) pulled down

4) at

[htn]

Pls help me for the following S&T


"My father will be flying off to Bangkok tomorrow," Mary told her teacher.

My DD ans: Mary told her teacher that her father would be flying off to Bangkok the next day.

Is her answer ok?

TIA

[grammartots]

htn:

Pls help me for the following S&T


\"My father will be flying off to Bangkok tomorrow,\" Mary told her teacher.

My DD ans: Mary told her teacher that her father would be flying off to Bangkok the next day.

Is her answer ok?

TIA

Yes, her answer is ok.

[htn]

grammartots


Thanks

[smurf28]

Hi can someone explain to me why the answer is in present tense?


Susan had seen a burglar ____into that house a week ago.
1)break
2)broke
answer :break
why not ’ broke '?

[grammartots]

smurf28:

Hi can someone explain to me why the answer is in present tense?


Susan had seen a burglar ____into that house a week ago.
1)break
2)broke
answer :break
why not ' broke '?

The answer \"break\" is not present tense -- \"break\" is non-finite (i.e. it has no subject, tense or number).

The question above is similar to the one below, which is the more common version:

1) Susan saw a burglar break/breaking into that house a week ago.

(Actually, with the time \"a week ago\" given, the simple past \"saw\" may be preferrable to the past perfect \"had seen\").

The verb \"saw\" is a sense verb . When you have a verb that follows a sense verb, the second verb is non-finite and can only be the infinitive (\"break\") or -ing (\"breaking\") form.

Changing the sense verb \"saw\" to \"had seen\" does not change the rule above. So the answer is \"break\" (or \"breaking\").

If you're interested, I've discussed this topic in greater detail at this link http://grammartots.blogspot.sg/2012/05/verbs-of-senses-part-1.html.