Q&A - P4 English

[purple05]

maychang:

_______ caught the girl shoplifting at the supermarket?

1. Who
2. Whom
3. Whose

My ans = who

[soyabean]

purple05:

maychang:

_______ caught the girl shoplifting at the supermarket?

1. Who
2. Whom
3. Whose

My ans = who

My ans = who too

[soyabean]

Everyone enjoyed themselves at the party.


Any comment?

[ridcully]

soyabean:

Is it alright for school teachers if our kids, when describing the scene in the picture, use phrases like


'in the foreground, there are two girls...'
'in the background, there are two boys...'

Yes, definitely. What the kids strictly must not do is simply point at the picture with their finger!

[ridcully]

soyabean:

Everyone enjoyed themselves at the party.

The indefinite pronoun 'everyone' always takes a singular verb; therefore, we should write:

[1] Everyone enjoyed himself at the party.

However, some people feel that the universal masculine is discriminatory; thus, we should write:

[2] Everyone enjoyed him- or herself at the party.

However, some people feel that using 'himself' and 'herself' together is too awkward; consequently, they write:

[3]Everyone enjoyed themselves at the party.

For informal, spoken English, option [3] is perfectly acceptable. For formal, written English, that is PSLE, I would go for [1] or [2].

Rgds
R

[soyabean]

Thanks Ridcully..I feel the same too..


However i know that they must not say at the bottom right-hand corner, top left-hand corner etcetc...

So is in the foreground,in the background 'banned' also...?

ridcully:

soyabean:

Is it alright for school teachers if our kids, when describing the scene in the picture, use phrases like

'in the foreground, there are two girls...'
'in the background, there are two boys...'

Yes, definitely. What the kids strictly must not do is simply point at the picture with their finger!

[KRR]

Can somebody help me with this question.

The coach told the athlete that the ____ he trained the ____ he could run.
(1) more…faster
(2) more…fastest
(3) most…fastest
(4) most…faster
This is from Primary 3 Tao Nan. The answer sheet says (2) as the answer. Can you tell me the reason.

Thanks in advance
KRR

[ridcully]

KRR:

Can somebody help me with this question.

The coach told the athlete that the ____ he trained the ____ he could run.
(1) more.....faster
(2) more....fastest
(3) most...fastest
(4) most...faster
This is from Primary 3 Tao Nan. The answer sheet says (2) as the answer. Can you tell me the reason.

Thanks in advance
KRR

So much for Tao Nan.

The correct answer is (1). The comparative, not the superlative, is required because you are making a comparison from one earlier state to a later state.

[ridcully]

soyabean:

Thanks Ridcully..I feel the same too..


However i know that they must not say at the bottom right-hand corner, top left-hand corner etcetc...

So is in the foreground,in the background 'banned' also...?

Out of curiosity, how do you know that the 'bottom right-hand corner, top left-hand corner etc' are banned?

[KRR]

ridcully:

KRR:

Can somebody help me with this question.

The coach told the athlete that the ____ he trained the ____ he could run.
(1) more.....faster
(2) more....fastest
(3) most...fastest
(4) most...faster
This is from Primary 3 Tao Nan. The answer sheet says (2) as the answer. Can you tell me the reason.

Thanks in advance
KRR

So much for Tao Nan.

The correct answer is (1). The comparative, not the superlative, is required because you are making a comparison from one earlier state to a later state.

Thank u very much for such a quick reply and a clear explanation.
KRR