Q&A - PSLE English

[Mdm Koh]

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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

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\".

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!

[pixiedust]

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[janet88]

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.

[pixiedust]

Ridcully, are you still here ? I tried looking up for an answer but the debate is confusing me further....


Extracted from School Paper Grammar MCQ :
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In general, these designs begin with a square sheet of paper __________ sides may be different in colour...

The answer key listed whose as answer.

but I thought \"which\" should be the answer as paper is an inanimate object ?
Both \"which\" and \"whose\" are available in the answer list but \"which\" is already used earlier on in the passage.
Is it correct that \"whose\" should be used for animated objects only ?

Many thanks in advance.

[ridcully]

pixiedust:

Extracted from School Paper Grammar MCQ :

........
In general, these designs begin with a square sheet of paper __________ sides may be different in colour...

The answer key listed whose as answer.

but I thought \"which\" should be the answer as paper is an inanimate object ?
Both \"which\" and \"whose\" are available in the answer list but \"which\" is already used earlier on in the passage.
Is it correct that \"whose\" should be used for animated objects only ?

Still here...

These are relative pronouns. The way to think about relative pronouns is:

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Note from the above table that 'whose' is possessive and may be used with both people and things.

'Which' is used to provide further information about something already mentioned, not to show possession.

Some examples:
1. Snow White, whose mirror is world famous, smiled.
2. Teacher Ridcully, who is pretty ugly, looked and shattered the mirror.
3. Teacher Ridcully, whom Snow White only met five minutes ago, tried to repair the mirror.
4. The mirror, whose shattered condition was beyond repair, gave Teacher Ridcully seven years of bad luck.
5. The mirror, which was now useless, was thrown on the scrap heap

In your sentence \"In general, these designs begin with a square sheet of paper __________ sides may be different in colour...\" the sides belong to the sheet of paper; hence, you need the possessive 'whose'.

Rgds
R

[pixiedust]

Ah, got it! Thank you very much R !

[janet88]

Hi experienced parents,

My son’s recent SA2 for Eng is 66. May I know how I can improve his Eng this holiday ? Since I have no exact idea how his compo/oral went, I can only hope to improve in his Paper 2. Pls advise. Thanks very much.

[pixiedust]

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[Leanne]

Hello Janet,


Maybe u can focus on compos and oral?These are the two components one can get perfect score.I think can work on S & T too.These three areas are the easiest to improve as compared to paper other sections.

Just one cent of my thought.

Cheers,
Leanne

janet_lee88:

Hi experienced parents,
My son's recent SA2 for Eng is 66. May I know how I can improve his Eng this holiday ? Since I have no exact idea how his compo/oral went, I can only hope to improve in his Paper 2. Pls advise. Thanks very much.

[CayennePepper]

Hi everyone

I have a question that’s bugging me no end… Would really appreciate help on this.

Which is correct?

a. When he had finished eating, John got up from the table.
b. When John had finished eating, he got up from the table.

I always thought (a) is more accurate since the first part of the sentence is a subordinate clause and the pronoun here (he) refers to the antecedent noun, John. But I was told by a school teacher, as well as my p5 nephew, that this is not the correct answer. Help!

MTIA!