Q&A - PSLE English
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Verysuperkiasu:
Thanks for the vote of confidence. I prefer to help people learn how to fish rather than do the fishing on every occasion! You are doing a good job and don't always need my services...Normally I would wait for ridcully to answer, but he's not been visiting this forum for a while now...
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KiasuAdult:
ya ya what's the meaning of king maker? Is it the most challenging q in the paper? I felt that this year's el psle was quite manageable though.
Sorry for replying a little late, but was busy with year end stuff. Just to clarify what I mean.
When I say \"king maker\" I meant the differentiating factor that would decide who will be the A*s in the group. As we all know the normal curve is typically applied to all testing situations, and thus the top 10% (speculative number here..) needs that little something that distinguishes them from all the normal As.
In the usual circumstance, the PSLE EL Paper 2 is typically rather standard in its level of difficulty; most of the distinction pupils are able to get around 80/85 plus for that paper. (Usually close to full marks for oral and listening) Therefore the distinguishing factor becomes the Paper 1 where a huge range of scores from 27 to 37 can be expected. (10 marks difference!) Thus I call it the \"king maker\" paper.
However for this year. The paper 1 question was ridiculously easy (the picture composition) the picture looked more like a lower primary picture. And based on the scope, it will be practically impossible to do too badly as long as pupils do a simple recount. Thus I expect to see a bunching in scores for paper 1. Paper 2, however, is a differnt animal altogether. Although deceptively easy, especially for pupils who are too used to colloquial english; \"by random instead of at random\", \"changing the past perfect to present instead of simple past\", etc... it might become the distinguishing factor between the As and A*s; thus I call it the king maker paper. -
Dear ridcully and Verysuperkiasu,
Thank you so much for your help. Thank you!! Thank you!! Thank you!! Really appreciate!!ridcully:
Thanks for the vote of confidence. I prefer to help people learn how to fish rather than do the fishing on every occasion! You are doing a good job and don't always need my services...Verysuperkiasu:
Normally I would wait for ridcully to answer, but he's not been visiting this forum for a while now...
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Grammar Editing Question
Source : RGPS 2010 P5 SA2
\"Thrice a week, Mr Wan Chong Hock inspects the HDB blocks in Ang Mo Kio and neighbouring Yio Chu Kang constituency. His town council is (1) within 16 others across Singapore that (2) is being assessed for the first time on their performance..........\"
anwer keys :
(1) among
I feel that among is not a good choice because of the '16 others'. My best answer is 'with'. What's your opinion ?
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pixiedust:
The answer \"among\" is correct. There are several ways to use this preposition. In this case, \"among 16 others\" means \"in association with 16 others\".Grammar Editing Question
Source : RGPS 2010 P5 SA2
\"Thrice a week, Mr Wan Chong Hock inspects the HDB blocks in Ang Mo Kio and neighbouring Yio Chu Kang constituency. His town council is (1) within 16 others across Singapore that (2) is being assessed for the first time on their performance..........\"
anwer keys :
(1) among
I feel that among is not a good choice because of the '16 others'. My best answer is 'with'. What's your opinion ?
(2) are
To use \"with\" in this sentence is incorrect, unless the sentence was \"His town council, together with 16 others across Singapore, are being assessed...\" -
Mdm Koh:
The answer \"among\" is correct. There are several ways to use this preposition. In this case, \"among 16 others\" means \"in association with 16 others\".pixiedust:
Grammar Editing Question
Source : RGPS 2010 P5 SA2
\"Thrice a week, Mr Wan Chong Hock inspects the HDB blocks in Ang Mo Kio and neighbouring Yio Chu Kang constituency. His town council is (1) within 16 others across Singapore that (2) is being assessed for the first time on their performance..........\"
anwer keys :
(1) among
I feel that among is not a good choice because of the '16 others'. My best answer is 'with'. What's your opinion ?
(2) are
To use \"with\" in this sentence is incorrect, unless the sentence was \"His town council, together with 16 others across Singapore, are being assessed...\"
Hi Mdm,
I believe you have inadvertently typed 'are' instead of the correct 'is'.
His town council, together with 16 others across Singapore, is being assessed.
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Mdm Koh:
The answer \"among\" is correct. There are several ways to use this preposition. In this case, \"among 16 others\" means \"in association with 16 others\".pixiedust:
Grammar Editing Question
Source : RGPS 2010 P5 SA2
\"Thrice a week, Mr Wan Chong Hock inspects the HDB blocks in Ang Mo Kio and neighbouring Yio Chu Kang constituency. His town council is (1) within 16 others across Singapore that (2) is being assessed for the first time on their performance..........\"
anwer keys :
(1) among
I feel that among is not a good choice because of the '16 others'. My best answer is 'with'. What's your opinion ?
(2) are
To use \"with\" in this sentence is incorrect, unless the sentence was \"His town council, together with 16 others across Singapore, are being assessed...\"
Hi Mdm,
I believe you have inadvertently typed 'are' instead of the correct 'is'.
His town council, together with 16 others across Singapore, is being assessed.
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Tang:
The answer \"among\" is correct. There are several ways to use this preposition. In this case, \"among 16 others\" means \"in association with 16 others\".Mdm Koh:
[quote=\"pixiedust\"]Grammar Editing Question
Source : RGPS 2010 P5 SA2
\"Thrice a week, Mr Wan Chong Hock inspects the HDB blocks in Ang Mo Kio and neighbouring Yio Chu Kang constituency. His town council is (1) within 16 others across Singapore that (2) is being assessed for the first time on their performance..........\"
anwer keys :
(1) among
I feel that among is not a good choice because of the '16 others'. My best answer is 'with'. What's your opinion ?
(2) are
To use \"with\" in this sentence is incorrect, unless the sentence was \"His town council, together with 16 others across Singapore, are being assessed...\"
Hi Mdm,
I believe you have inadvertently typed 'are' instead of the correct 'is'.
His town council, together with 16 others across Singapore, is being assessed.
<<Mod's Note - off topic ads removed >>[/quote]Oh yes, haha. Thanks!
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Hi mummies,
It may be play time in the meantime for son. But I need to check with mums who have just gone through PSLE. Can you share how you prepared your kids after P5 SA2 ? What assessment or preparation did you plan for Nov/Dec hols pls ? For Eng, I am hoping to finish his assessment books by end Nov and start P6 ones after that.
Thanks in advance.
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