P5G:

Please help.



http://www.orlesson.org/orp/09En/P5-English-SA2-CHS.pdf


Q40) Should the answer be 'and' instead of 'but' as given in the worksheet.

The storm was not as bad as feared (40) _____ the people were glad that they had taken action in time.

But 'and' has been used for Q36.



Q59) Is 'the' acceptable? The worksheet answer is 'his'.

Hello P5G,
I will explain Q59) first. Regarding Q59), \"his\" is the most appropriate answer.
\"since the Graduation Day\"-whose graduation?
\"since his Graduation Day\"-since the young man's graduation
Therefore, the answer is \"his\"

Q40) Although I am not sure about it, i think the explanation is:
The people had taken action in time, but it turned out that the storm was not as bad as they thought it was.
Thus, the answer is \"B\"(but)

Hope this helps you!

iFruit:

atutor2001:

[quote=\"Tang\"]

Hi,

The answer is (2)


I got there. Past tense
Bala had left. Past Perfect (or I call it past past - the past of past tense)

Hi

I think (1) should also be ok.

However, the meaning will be different i.e. when \"I\" reached the office, I saw Bala leaving the library.

I got there. Past tense
Bala had left. Past Continuous

atutor2001 is correct. the answer should be \"was leaving\".


Past perfect is used when referring to certain event before a past moment.

Foe example,

Bala had left the library before I got there.
Bala had left the library by the time I got there.
Bala had already left when I got there.

When events/actions refer to a single moment like in this case, past continuous, \"was leaving\" is the appropriate choice.

Bala was leaving the library when I got there.[/quote]Yes , I agree with ifruit. I think that (2) can be used if the word \"already\" was put behind the word \"library\".

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