Q&A - PSLE English

[sharonkhoo]

There should be a comma after 'girls'. The main sentence is:


The boy is going...

and the full sentence should read:

The boy, as well as the girls, is going...

[soyabean]

Thanks all for your concise answers!

[soyabean]

Dear All

Can I use the word 'coach' in this way?

My mother coaches me to ride a bicycle.

Thanks so much!!

[Miss Raja]

To go over is to move or travel somewhere. To go through is to analyse or discuss through something (in this context).


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[sharonkhoo]

soyabean:

Pls go _________ the concepts again as some of us are still unsure.


1) over
2) through

The answer is through. Why is it not over? What is the difference?

Thanks!!

I think it's a bad question - the phrasal verbs are close synonyms.

From http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/go
go over
1 consider, examine, or check (something):I want to go over these plans with you again

go through
2 search through or examine methodically:she started to go through the bundle of letters

[Xpresstuition-2013]

Please help!


Synthesis and Transformation

Siti tries her best. Siti fails to qualify for the 100m race.
Although_____________________________________________________________.

[pup_love_Claire]

Although Siti tries her best, she fails to qualify for the 100m race.


Normally the verbs are in the past tense.

[Xpresstuition-2013]

pup_love_Claire:

Although Siti tries her best, she fails to qualify for the 100m race.


Normally the verbs are in the past tense.

Your answer is in present tense but you mentioned the verbs should be in past tense.

I thought the tenses should be following the question? can someone help?

[sharonkhoo]

Xpresstuition-2013:

pup_love_Claire:

Although Siti tries her best, she fails to qualify for the 100m race.


Normally the verbs are in the past tense.

Your answer is in present tense but you mentioned the verbs should be in past tense.

I thought the tenses should be following the question? can someone help?

I think it's an odd question. The only time I can think of that they would make sense in the present tense is when a commentator makes them live as the race ends, and in normal text, they would be in quotation marks. Once the race has ended, the sentences should be in the past tense. However, for the purposes of an exam, the synthesised sentence should follow the tense of the given sentences.

[Jennifer]

Catholic High 2012 :


qn 68: Jon cheated in the examination. It was very silly of him.

Ans: It was very silly of Jon to have cheated in the examination.

Can this be accepted? It was very silly of Jon to cheat in the examination.



qn 69: I was miserable when my dog died. Ahmad comforted me.

Ans: Sensing my misery when my dog died, Ahmad comforted me.

Can this be accepted? Sensing that I was miserable over the death of my dog, Ahmad comforted me.

TIA