AFL for Stellar WS and Practice Paper

Our intensive preparation for SA2

Editing• Note that there are actually 3 basic ways to

write a dialogue.

• 1) Speaker in front.

• Eg. David said, “Let’s go to the bookshop after lunch.”

• 2)Speaker at the back.

• Eg. “Let’s go to the bookshop after lunch,” said David.

Editing3) Speaker in the middle. (2 versions)

• “Let’s go to the bookshop,” said David, “after lunch.”

• “Let’s go to the bookshop after lunch,” said David. “Let’s try to avoid the crowd during peak hours.”

Editing (Spot the mistakes here)

• “I will be going to school to receive my PSLE results” said Claire.

• “I will be going to school to receive my PSLE results,” said Claire.

Editing (Spot the mistakes here)

• “I wonder how would I fare for my examinations,” Claire asked her Mum.

• “I wonder how would I fare for my examinations?” Claire asked her Mum.

• (Be sensitive to the nature of the dialogue is it a question or exclamation or statement?)

Editing (Spot the mistakes here)

• “Let go of me,” Claire shouted!

• “Let go of me!” Claire shouted.

• (Be sensitive to the nature of the dialogue is it a question or exclamation or statement?)

Editing (Spot the mistakes here)

• “I wonder how would I fare for my examinations,” Claire asked her Mum. “do you think I will do well?”

• “I wonder how would I fare for my examinations,” Claire asked her Mum. “Do you think I will do well?”

(This signals a short pause in her dialogue)

Editing (Spot the mistakes here)• “I wonder how would I fare,” Claire

asked her Mum. “for my examinations?”

• “I wonder how would I fare,” Claire asked her Mum, “for my examinations?”

(This signals that her dialogue is completed in one breath.)

Editing (Which makes more sense here?)

1. “I like you,” Tom teased, “not!”

2. “I like you,” Tom teased. “Not!”(The pause is necessary here)

Other common questions for editing (Which sentence is punctuated correctly?)

1. The dog is injured. It’s tail is bleeding profusely.

2. The dog is injured. Its tail is bleeding profusely.

(Note: it’s = it is / it was)

This is unlike the usual way for us to show possession when we use the apostrophe. Eg. Tom’s dog is injured.

Tenses and their uses

An introduction

Do you know your past tenses and their respective uses?

1. Simple past tense-

eg. He ambled to the park yesterday.

2. Past continuous tense-

Eg. While he was cooking, the door bell rang.

3. Past perfect tense

Do you know your past tenses and their respective uses?

Simple past tense-

eg. He ambled to the park yesterday.

Uses include:

To point out that the event happened in the past.

Often used with a suitable time tag.

Do you know your past tenses and their respective uses?

Past continuous tense-

Eg. While he was cooking, the door bell rang.

Eg. While the people were sleeping, they felt the ground shaking.

Uses:

1) When the focus is on the duration of the event.

2) A longer event was interrupted with another event.

Do you know your past tenses and their respective uses?

Past perfect tenseEg. After he had taken a good rest, he felt better.

Uses:

It tells of a past event that had happened before another past event.

Structure: Had + participle

Do you know your present tenses and their respective uses?

Simple present tense-eg. He ambles in the park daily.Uses include:1) Factual statement. Eg. Whales are mammals.2) Current truthsEg. Nick is the chairperson of class 4-7.3) Habitual events (routines)Eg. Pupils in class 4-7 do their OMOP almost daily.Woon Ning submits the attendance every day.

Other common grammar structures to note:

1) Had + participle.Had eat or had ate or had eaten?2) Modals + infinitive (base word)Could ate or could eat or could eaten?3) To + infinitive * gerundsTo eaten or to ate or to eat4) Sensory verbs + infinitiveDo we say …. She made me ate the cake yesterday.Or…. She made me eat the cake yesterday.Do we say …. I saw Tim ate the cake yesterday.Or…. I saw Tim eat the cake yesterday.