Q&A - P4 English

[teh_oh]

Hi,

Appreciate your help on the following (from past year exam paper):-

(1) For synthesis and transformation questions, is the sequence of answers important? Eg
"Tom is the new boy in class. He is from England."
"Tom, who _______________________"

Child’s Ans: Tom, who is from England, is the new boy in class.
Ans Key: Tom, who is the new boy in class, is from England.
Is my child’s answer acceptable?

(2) The mall was packed with many shoppers. There was a sale.
- (no connector words given).

Child’s Ans: The mall was packed with many shoppers as there was a sale.
Ans Key: The mall was packed with many shopers since there was a sale.
Is my child’s answer acceptable?

[soyabean]

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?

A school teacher told me so.

[ridcully]

soyabean:

A school teacher told me so.

I think your school teacher is mistaken. Such terms seem all right to me, and I have seen no official PSLE guidelines prohibiting their use. I am happy to be corrected if I am wrong.

Rgds
R

[soyabean]

ridcully:

soyabean:

A school teacher told me so.

I think your school teacher is mistaken. Such terms seem all right to me, and I have seen no official PSLE guidelines prohibiting their use. I am happy to be corrected if I am wrong.

Rgds
R

She simply told me it has changed now. U must describe the scene as though you are physically present at the scene itself. If you are physically present at a scene , you would not use top left-hand or bottom right-hand corner to describe the things you are seeing.

[soyabean]

He is wearing an __________ look on his face.


1) agonized
2) agonizing

[soyabean]

There_____ a pen, some books and some pencils.


1) is
2) are

??

[ridcully]

soyabean:

She simply told me it has changed now. U must describe the scene as though you are physically present at the scene itself. If you are physically present at a scene , you would not use top left-hand or bottom right-hand corner to describe the things you are seeing.

Interesting. I have spoken to several students who attend different schools and get different opinions! No one, however, says that their teacher advised them to act as though they were physically present at the scene.

A new English Language syllabus came out for 2010 which does place greater emphasis on oral skills. However, the guidelines for the PSLE seem to be the same, namely a student should interpret a scene and express himself well.

Probably there are revised in-service guidelines governing this. When I get the chance, I will speak to some in-service teachers.

Rgds
R

[ridcully]

soyabean:

There_____ a pen, some books and some pencils.


1) is
2) are

??

1)

R

[ridcully]

teh_oh:

(1) For synthesis and transformation questions, is the sequence of answers important? Eg
\"Tom is the new boy in class. He is from England.\"
\"Tom, who _______________________\"

Child's Ans: Tom, who is from England, is the new boy in class.
Ans Key: Tom, who is the new boy in class, is from England.
Is my child's answer acceptable?

(2) The mall was packed with many shoppers. There was a sale.
- (no connector words given).

Child's Ans: The mall was packed with many shoppers as there was a sale.
Ans Key: The mall was packed with many shopers since there was a sale.
Is my child's answer acceptable?

I would go for 'Tom, who is from England, is the new boy in class.' The main idea is that there is a new boy in class called Tom. The information about being from England is secondary, and so rightly follows the relative pronoun.

For your second sentence, I would say that your child's answer is acceptable. The subordinate conjunctions 'since' and 'as' can both be used for cause/reason.

Rgds
R

[janet88]

ridcully:

teh_oh:

(1) For synthesis and transformation questions, is the sequence of answers important? Eg
\"Tom is the new boy in class. He is from England.\"
\"Tom, who _______________________\"

Child's Ans: Tom, who is from England, is the new boy in class.
Ans Key: Tom, who is the new boy in class, is from England.
Is my child's answer acceptable?

(2) The mall was packed with many shoppers. There was a sale.
- (no connector words given).

Child's Ans: The mall was packed with many shoppers as there was a sale.
Ans Key: The mall was packed with many shopers since there was a sale.
Is my child's answer acceptable?

I would go for 'Tom, who is from England, is the new boy in class.' The main idea is that there is a new boy in class called Tom. The information about being from England is secondary, and so rightly follows the relative pronoun.

For your second sentence, I would say that your child's answer is acceptable. The subordinate conjunctions 'since' and 'as' can both be used for cause/reason.

1) \"Tom is the new boy in class. He is from England.\"
My answer: Tom, who is the new boy in class is from England.