Hi AdvancedAcademia,


thank you very much for helping out with Question 1). But I am afraid I do not understand fully what you mean by "It’s common practice to give the verb of saying, so no worries here."

could you be more specific in what you mean? Thank you

Can someone help with this?

It is direct to reported speech

1) "It might have been him!" Lin shouted.
Ans:___________________________________.

(My answer: Lim shouted that it might have had been him.
But given answer says it’s : Lim shouted that it might have been him.)
I thought the normal way for synthesis was to change past to past participle?
Anyone can help explain too?

2)"Think carefully about the advice that he has given to you," my mother said ," becasue it may not be good advice."
Ans:____.

My answer:My mother told me to think carefully about the advice that he had given to me because it might not be good advice.
Given answer:My mother said that I should think carefully about the advice that he had given to me because it might not be good advice.

In this question, the answer did not specify that they should start with said or told. What I would like to know is, would my answer be acceptable in PSLE context? If not, why?

3)Mrs Lee, the form teacher, said," You can always approach the school counsellor or me if you need to talk to someone."
Ans:
My answer: Mrs Lee, the form teacher, told us that we could always approach the school counsellor or her if we needed to talk to someone.
Given answer:Mrs Lee, the form teacher, said that we could always approach the school counsellor or her if we needed to talk to someone.

My question is the same here as for question 2). Can we write told instead of said?

Hi I am new here. Saw that there are people who can help in clarifying some primary school questions for synthesis. Is there anyone who can tell me how to go about doing it? Thank you!