Q&A - P2 English

[zeemimi]

babynicole:

Pls help urgently :


My cat and dog never _________ with each other.
Should the answer be fight or fought ? Thanks

fight. there's nothing to indicate that past tense should be used. pls correct me if i'm wrong.

[qms]

babynicole:

Pls help urgently :


My cat and dog never _________ with each other.
Should the answer be fight or fought ? Thanks

Fight.

If it is fought, it should be \"My cat and dog have never fought with each other.\"

[Charnic]

Thanks, everyone.


I thought the answer should be \" fight\" too, but the answer sheet from assessment says \" fought\" . :? Who should I trust ?

[qms]

babynicole:

I thought the answer should be \" fight\" too, but the answer sheet from assessment says \" fought\" . :? Who should I trust ?

Where did you get the assessment from? Perhaps you might like to check with your child's teacher?

[jedamum]

hi all...

1. 'cost' has past tense anot? :oops:
2. and 'information counter' in a mall, should it be in capital letters for both?
and
3. Christmas Day or Christmas day?
TQ. preparing for compo exams.....

[livewith_vanilla]

jedamum:

hi all...

1. 'cost' has past tense anot? :oops:
2. and 'information counter' in a mall, should it be in capital letters for both?
and
3. Christmas Day or Christmas day?
TQ. preparing for compo exams.....

1. Cost don't have past tense.

I don't know for the rest, even though I'm a p6-er. :stupid: :stupid:

[Learning Partners]

livewith_vanilla:

jedamum:

hi all...

1. 'cost' has past tense anot? :oops:
2. and 'information counter' in a mall, should it be in capital letters for both?
and
3. Christmas Day or Christmas day?
TQ. preparing for compo exams.....

1. Cost don't have past tense.

I don't know for the rest, even though I'm a p6-er. :stupid: :stupid:

Hi jedamum and livewith_vanilla,



1. 'Cost' is one of those special words which are the same in the Infinitive, Past tense and Past Participle forms.



2. It depends on the context. If you are referring to the information counter as a common noun, then it should be small caps throughout.

Eg. There is an information counter on the ground floor of the shopping centre.


But if you are referring to the information counter as a proper noun (special name), then the phrase should begin with caps.

Eg. Will the parents of the lost child please come to the Information Counter?



3. Christmas Day, like all other festivals, are proper nouns, and the word 'Day' is included in the name. Hence both words begin with caps.



Hope this helps.



Learning Partners

[jedamum]

Hi Learning Partners,

Thanks a lot for the clarifications.

[24hr-mum]

this word order my child got it wrong (P2 eng)

she wrote: would u like to go with me to the movies?
teacher said shd be ‘would you like to go to the movies with me’
why?

[iFruit]

lauren:

this word order my child got it wrong (P2 eng)

she wrote: would u like to go with me to the movies?
teacher said shd be 'would you like to go to the movies with me'
why?

I think \"movies\" is the direct object here and \"me\" is the indirect object, and structurally it should come in the format of (subject + verb + direct object + indirect object)

That's the reason why the first sentence above sounds strange which comes in the format of (subject + verb + indirect object + direct object)

OTOH, if you make \"me\" as the direct object it sounds fine as in the following.

\"Would you like to go with her to the circus or would you like to go with me to the movies?\"

All very difficult to explain to a P2 but I suppose the sentence structure is something they pick up automatically as they read widely