Q&A - P4 English

Reply to Q&A - P4 English on Mon, 19 Jun 2023 14:48:51 GMT

phtthp — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 14:48:51 GMT

Hi,

anyone have recommendation for P4 English,

to a child weak in English compo / compreh who need 1 to 1 tuition, not group tuition, staying in Sengkang ?

Thank you

Reply to Q&A - P4 English on Wed, 28 Aug 2019 03:06:17 GMT

helloteachermel — Wed, 28 Aug 2019 03:06:17 GMT

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Reply to Q&A - P4 English on Mon, 12 Nov 2018 16:27:14 GMT

LanglitEnglish — Mon, 12 Nov 2018 16:27:14 GMT

xueyan:
Thanks for the explanation.

I am confused here :
We cannot eat \"ëither\", so i thought it should be \"eat papaya\" - so \"eat papaya\" must be put together?

Hi xueyan

This explanation from the Oxford Online Dictionary might help you:

EITHER
\"Used before the first of two (or occasionally more) given alternatives (the other being introduced by ‘or’)\"

So \"... eat either...\" doesn't mean eating \"either\".

The word \"either\" is used to indicate that the writer is about to give the first of 2 choices, which in this case, is \"the papaya\",

and then the word \"or\" indicates that the writer is about to give the second choice, which in this case, is \"the mango\".

It's something like this:

You can eat either A or B.
Replace A and B with anything edible, and you get \"You can eat either chicken or beef.\" OR \"You can eat either the peanuts or the beans.\"

Or if the speaker is being nasty, he can even say something like: You can eat either the vegetables or the sand.

Reply to Q&A - P4 English on Sat, 20 Oct 2018 07:55:55 GMT

nicnac — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 07:55:55 GMT

You can eat either ‘this’ or ‘that’.

You can bake either ‘a cake’ or ‘cookies’ .
You can watch either ‘a movie’ or ‘a musical’

You can either ‘ride a bicycle’ or ‘play basketball’.
You can either ‘go shopping’ or ‘watch a movie’ .

Reply to Q&A - P4 English on Sat, 20 Oct 2018 07:35:52 GMT

xueyan — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 07:35:52 GMT

Thanks for the explanation.

I am confused here :
We cannot eat "ëither", so i thought it should be "eat papaya" - so "eat papaya" must be put together?

Reply to Q&A - P4 English on Sat, 20 Oct 2018 07:24:19 GMT

zac's mum — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 07:24:19 GMT

xueyan:
zac's mum:
1. You can play tennis. You can swim.

_______________ either_______________ or _______________.

You can either play tennis or swim.

2. We can eat the papaya. We can eat the mango.

__________________ either _____________ or _______________.

We can eat either the papaya or the mango.

For 2, why is it not
We can either eat the papaya or the mango
?

To clarify the thought process, imagine a number in front of each choice.

So for the first one, it is You can either (i) play tennis or (ii) swim.

For the second one, it is We can eat either (i) the papaya or (ii) the mango.
If you phrase it like you suggested, it is not fully listing out 2 choices. It will look like We can either (i) eat the papaya or (ii) (unknown action) the mango.

Reply to Q&A - P4 English on Sat, 20 Oct 2018 07:19:03 GMT

nicnac — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 07:19:03 GMT

xueyan:
zac's mum:
1. You can play tennis. You can swim.

_______________ either_______________ or _______________.

You can either play tennis or swim.

2. We can eat the papaya. We can eat the mango.

__________________ either _____________ or _______________.

We can eat either the papaya or the mango.

For 2, why is it not
We can either eat the papaya or the mango
?

To put it simply, 'eat' is the 'shared' word, thus it comes before 'either'.

Reply to Q&A - P4 English on Sat, 20 Oct 2018 07:01:03 GMT

xueyan — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 07:01:03 GMT

zac's mum:
1. You can play tennis. You can swim.

_______________ either_______________ or _______________.

You can either play tennis or swim.

2. We can eat the papaya. We can eat the mango.

__________________ either _____________ or _______________.

We can eat either the papaya or the mango.

For 2, why is it not
We can either eat the papaya or the mango
?

Reply to Q&A - P4 English on Sat, 20 Oct 2018 06:55:40 GMT

zac's mum — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 06:55:40 GMT

1. You can play tennis. You can swim.

_______________ either_______________ or _______________.

You can either play tennis or swim.

2. We can eat the papaya. We can eat the mango.

__________________ either _____________ or _______________.

We can eat either the papaya or the mango.

Reply to Q&A - P4 English on Sat, 20 Oct 2018 05:52:12 GMT

xueyan — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 05:52:12 GMT

Please help with synthesis question :

1. You can play tennis. You can swim.

_______________ either_______________ or .

2. We can eat the papaya. We can eat the mango.

___ either _____________ or _______________.

Reply to Q&A - P4 English on Mon, 01 Oct 2018 23:10:22 GMT

Bunny27 — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 23:10:22 GMT

Question

Can someone help to explain this question? Which is the correct answer ?
1. Everybody should mind _______own business.
1. her 2.his
Thank you.
3. our 4. their

Reply to Q&A - P4 English on Sat, 14 Jul 2018 09:36:08 GMT

D3-n — Sat, 14 Jul 2018 09:36:08 GMT

bremarlov:
D3@n:
[quote=\"bremarlov\"]My boy ans. 1

but the correct ans is 2
2 is correct.

My sister, as well as her friends, loves the cartoon character, Pony.

The verb \"loves\" agrees with the singular subject of the sentence \"My sister\".
Anything in between the commas should be ignored.

Consider this,

My sisters, as well as her friends, love the cartoon character, Pony.

Here, \"My sisters\" is a plural subject, and hence \"love\" agrees.

The trick to such sentence structure is to strike out what's in between the commas and just focus on the main subject of the sentence.

But in this case,

My sister and her friends love the cartoon character, Pony.

the subject is the plural \"My sister and her friends\" and hence \"love\" instead of \"loves\" agrees.

Hope this helps.

Very helpful. :thankyou:[/quote]my pleasure!

Reply to Q&A - P4 English on Sat, 14 Jul 2018 03:12:25 GMT

bremarlov — Sat, 14 Jul 2018 03:12:25 GMT

D3@n:
bremarlov:
My boy ans. 1

but the correct ans is 2
2 is correct.

My sister, as well as her friends, loves the cartoon character, Pony.

The verb \"loves\" agrees with the singular subject of the sentence \"My sister\".
Anything in between the commas should be ignored.

Consider this,

My sisters, as well as her friends, love the cartoon character, Pony.

Here, \"My sisters\" is a plural subject, and hence \"love\" agrees.

The trick to such sentence structure is to strike out what's in between the commas and just focus on the main subject of the sentence.

But in this case,

My sister and her friends love the cartoon character, Pony.

the subject is the plural \"My sister and her friends\" and hence \"love\" instead of \"loves\" agrees.

Hope this helps.

Very helpful. :thankyou:

Reply to Q&A - P4 English on Sat, 14 Jul 2018 00:28:50 GMT

D3-n — Sat, 14 Jul 2018 00:28:50 GMT

bremarlov:
My boy ans. 1

but the correct ans is 2

2 is correct.

My sister, as well as her friends, loves the cartoon character, Pony.

The verb \"loves\" agrees with the singular subject of the sentence \"My sister\".
Anything in between the commas should be ignored.

Consider this,

My sisters, as well as her friends, love the cartoon character, Pony.

Here, \"My sisters\" is a plural subject, and hence \"love\" agrees.

The trick to such sentence structure is to strike out what's in between the commas and just focus on the main subject of the sentence.

But in this case,

My sister and her friends love the cartoon character, Pony.

the subject is the plural \"My sister and her friends\" and hence \"love\" instead of \"loves\" agrees.

Hope this helps.

Reply to Q&A - P4 English on Fri, 13 Jul 2018 10:10:15 GMT

bremarlov — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 10:10:15 GMT

My boy ans. 1

but the correct ans is 2

Reply to Q&A - P4 English on Fri, 13 Jul 2018 09:47:19 GMT

zac's mum — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 09:47:19 GMT

My answer is “loves”. Should ignore the phrase within the 2 commas (“as well as her friends”).

Reply to Q&A - P4 English on Fri, 13 Jul 2018 09:40:57 GMT

proudmum80 — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 09:40:57 GMT

:snuggles: The answer is 'love'

Reply to Q&A - P4 English on Fri, 13 Jul 2018 09:34:10 GMT

bremarlov — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 09:34:10 GMT

Need help

My sister, as well as her friends, ________ the cartoon character, Pony.
1. love
2. loves
3. loving
4. are loving

Reply to Q&A - P4 English on Thu, 26 Apr 2018 05:42:17 GMT

OwlSmart — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 05:42:17 GMT

everafter:
Hi,

For collective nouns, how do we determine if it should be singular or plural? Is it based on context of the sentence? I got a shock when my DS told me his teacher said read does it make sense??!!! :mad: :rant: :stompfeet:

Example : My family (is/are) going to Australia next week. In this case we use \"is\" but how to explain my family is treated as singular as its treated as one single group consisting of many

Example : The audience (was/were) cheering loudly for their team. In this case, the word \"their\" gives the clue that \"the audience\" should be treated as plural? Am i right to explain like this?

Hello,
I can understand your frustration on this.
Perhaps the teacher might have an explanation that he did not fully present to your child.
I follow these pointers as a guide.
1. Are all the members of the group behaving in the same manner? Are they doing only one thing in unison with other members of the group? When these people are part of a collective noun, that noun becomes singular and requires singular verbs and pronouns.
E.g. That class is going through the medical examination at the library now.
The audience cheers wildly as the pop star enters the arrival hall.
Before the start of the lesson, the class moves to the centre of the classroom.

2. When the members are acting as individuals, the collective noun is plural and requires plural verbs and pronouns.
E.g. My family are all over the amusement park right now.
My family are undecided on where to go for our upcoming holidays.
After the long explanation by the teacher, the class continue with the / their individual project work.

* To make it clear and less frustrating, you can change to :
My family members are all over the amusement park right now.

Hope this helps.

Reply to Q&A - P4 English on Mon, 05 Feb 2018 06:46:00 GMT

everafter — Mon, 05 Feb 2018 06:46:00 GMT

Hi,

For collective nouns, how do we determine if it should be singular or plural? Is it based on context of the sentence? I got a shock when my DS told me his teacher said read does it make sense??!!! :mad: :rant: :stompfeet:

Example : My family (is/are) going to Australia next week. In this case we use \"is\" but how to explain my family is treated as singular as its treated as one single group consisting of many

Example : The audience (was/were) cheering loudly for their team. In this case, the word \"their\" gives the clue that \"the audience\" should be treated as plural? Am i right to explain like this?

Reply to Q&A - P4 English on Wed, 25 Oct 2017 13:26:43 GMT

EnglishGroupTuition — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 13:26:43 GMT

AT:
Hi all

I have a question which confuse me many times when it involve \" Neither...nor..\".

When should we use singular form or plural form?

Many thanks

AT

Hi, 'neither..nor' and 'either..or' works the same way. They follow the proximity rule. This means that we look at the subject that is nearer to the verb.

E.g.
1. Neither Mr Lim nor the boys like cakes.
In this example, the boys (plural) is nearer to the verb, so we use a plural verb, like.

2. Neither the boys nor Mr Lim likes cakes.
Here, Mr Lim (singular) is nearer to the verb, so we use a singular verb, likes.

Reply to Q&A - P4 English on Wed, 25 Oct 2017 13:14:51 GMT

EnglishGroupTuition — Wed, 25 Oct 2017 13:14:51 GMT

jj_1808:
As my domestic helper _________ the room, she mopped the floor 1.tidy 2. had tided 3. has tided 4. was tidying . Which is the correct answer and also please provide an explanation? Thanks

My son said was tidiying is the correct answer.

Hi, your son is correct

We use the conjunction 'as' when one event happens while another is in progress (similar to 'when' and 'while'). The verb that follows after the conjunction is often in the continuous form, and therefore we choose 'was tidying'.

Reply to Q&A - P4 English on Mon, 04 Sep 2017 06:09:55 GMT

yorky_plume.016347yahoo.016347com.016347sg — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 06:09:55 GMT

Hi all

I have a question which confuse me many times when it involve " Neither…nor…".

When should we use singular form or plural form?

Many thanks

AT

Reply to Q&A - P4 English on Mon, 01 May 2017 01:09:47 GMT

jj_1808 — Mon, 01 May 2017 01:09:47 GMT

As my domestic helper _________ the room, she mopped the floor 1.tidy 2. had tided 3. has tided 4. was tidying . Which is the correct answer and also please provide an explanation? Thanks

My son said was tidiying is the correct answer.