PSLE Oral Weekend- English Tasks

Synthesis Corrections

The correct answers are as follows. Do your corrections and compare your answer against the correct version to analyse your error.

• Synthesis #9

1. The windows were grimy so Colin washed them.  

2. Grandpa likes dim sum so we treated him to a dim sum lunch.

3. The pounding from the nearby construction site was so loud that it disturbed our English lesson.

4. Mother tasted the soup before adding more salt so that it would not be too salty.

5. Janice shut the doors and the windows so that she would not have to listen to the noise from the party next door.

6. Snow White looked so pitiful that the hunter did not have the heart to do her harm.

7. The farmer placed a scarecrow in the middle of the field so that the birds would not eat his crops.

8. The movie was so thrilling that Prakash was kept at the edge of his seat.

9. The room was dark so they switched on all the lights.

10. The knight was willing to sacrifice his life so he could prove his loyalty to his king.

• Synthesis #10

1. In order to travel to Korea, you need a passport.

2. Yani bought a smartphone in order to surf the internet whenever and wherever she pleased.

3. Steven goes jogging every day so as to train his stamina.

4. Peter was willing to go to all lengths so as to win the bet.

5. Customers need to purchase $50 and above of products so as to get a free clock-radio.

6. We were given suggestions to save electricity so as to enable us to reduce our electricity consumption.

7. In order to keep the wolf out, the pigs built a brick house.

8. He quit smoking in order to live a healthier lifestyle.

9. Andy hired three painters so as to paint the house in two days.

10. In order to be on time for the appointment, Mr Tay woke up an hour earlier.

Some learning points:

• Be very careful of tenses and subject-verb agreements especially when it comes to 'neither' or 'either'.
• After you have written out the sentence, read it again to make sure the meaning is clear!
• "Early" is DIFFERENT from being "on time". 

                    E.g.  For a 7am class, if you come at 6.59am - that's early. But if you come at 7am, that's on the dot or on time/punctual.

Other Tasks:

• Synthesis Review 2 (Test mode) -30 minutes
• CA2 Booklet A
• SW 7 - 30 minutes