Q&A - P4 English

[mother777]

Is

[sembgal]

Happystar328:

Hi, pls help this question. Thks


Much of what the witness says ______ not to be believed.
1. is
2. are
3. was
4. were

Answer : 1 is
Keyword: much

[mother777]

Yes \"much\" is a clue..


Well to me, \"says\" and \"to be\" are also the clues as these indicate that the event hasn't occurred yet.

So option 1 \"is\" is correct..

If we replace \"says\" with SAID and remove \"to be\"

We can use \"was\". The new sentence will become..
Much of what the witness SAID \"was\" not believed..

Just my humble opinion

[Happystar328]

Thank you for helping.

[sembgal]

mother777:

Yes \"much\" is a clue..


Well to me, \"says\" and \"to be\" are also the clues as these indicate that the event hasn't occurred yet.

So option 1 \"is\" is correct..

If we replace \"says\" with SAID and remove \"to be\"

We can use \"was\". The new sentence will become..
Much of what the witness SAID \"was\" not believed..

Just my humble opinion

Agree with you.

[My Tuition Haven]

The aim for the P4 SA1 results should be 85 and above. Anything lower than that, should be noted and parents should begin to work on the weak areas, be it grammar, vocabulary or writing.


During this June holidays, start your child practising on Synthesis and Transformation, short Comprehension Cloze passages and writing compositions with a Situation Outline only (no Pictures). Your child should begin to be able to create story ideas and develop characters without the use of pictures as a guide.
This is the year to rectify the common grammar mistakes your child makes because there will hardly be time to do so in P5. A good grammatical foundation is essential to your child's English Language.
Revise Simple Past Tense, Present Perfect, Conditional Tenses (Zero to 2nd Conditional ), Question Tags, Active and Passive and start introducing lists of Phrasal verbs to learn. Your child must know his Past Participles very well because it is frequently used in English grammar and later in P5/6 it is found in synthesis, SPG and in almost every component.

Phrasal Verbs
These websites http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/phrasal-verbs-list.htm, http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/phrasals.htm have thorough lists of Phrasal verbs and their meanings.

Conditional Tenses
Zero : If + Present tense + Present Tense
1st Conditional : If + Present Tense + will (shall/may/can)
2nd Conditional : If + Simple Past (subjunctive) + would (should/could).
http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Conditional_tense

I use the Casco Primary English book (get the P5 one) for my lists of Simple Past tense, Past Particples, Active Passive and Question Tags. The Longman Effective Grammar book is great for drilling grammatical structures and spotting the areas where your child needs more practice.

[winnie_pooh]

Hi My Tuition Haven


Are you a tutor?

[jwxh]

hi, would appreciate if anyone could help and explain. Tks


Daniel, my brother, is more intelligent than _________.
(1) me (2) her (3) mine (4) I

Anyone who _________ the newspaper will know about the robbery yesterday.
(1) read (2) has read (3) reading (4) had been reading

[sembgal]

jwxh:

hi, would appreciate if anyone could help and explain. Tks


Daniel, my brother, is more intelligent than _________.
(1) me (2) her (3) mine (4) I

Anyone who _________ the newspaper will know about the robbery yesterday.
(1) read (2) has read (3) reading (4) had been reading

1st Answer: 1

2nd Answer: 2

[jwxh]

question 1 : why not ‘I’?


question 2 : time is known i.e. yesterday, so i thought shd use past tense, so
the answer shd be (1)?