PSLE Tricky Questions

(PSLE 2022) Judy witnessed a boy ____ the game cards into his bag, so she reported it to the store manager.

• slip

• slips

• slipped

• has slipped

Answer explanation

Question type: Verb of perception, e.g. "saw/heard"

Witnessed: verb of perception

Verbs of perception are paired with infinitives or gerunds, e.g.

"witnessed a boy slip" OR

"witnessed a boy slipping"

(PSLE 2022) ____ the continual support from the villagers, the family is unable to make ends meet.

• Amid

• Owing to

• In spite of

• With regard to

Answer explanation

Question type: Prepositional phrases

In spite of: although

Owing to: Due to / because of

(PSLE 2022) "He's never closed the shop before 6pm in all his life, ____ ?" asked Peter.

• did he

• has he

• didn't he

• hasn't he

Answer explanation

Question type: Question Tag

Take the opposite form of the verb.

"He's" = He has (Not "he is")

Opposite of has = hasn't

(PSLE 2021) "Juliana can be the captain. She's set a good example for the team members over the years, ______?" said the coach.

• isn't she

• hasn't she

• wasn't she

• doesn't she

Answer explanation

Question type: Question tag

Tested in 2021/2022

"She's" = "She has"

Opposite: hasn't she?

(PSLE 2022) Prolonged sun expose caused him to be badly sunburned.

Answer explanation

"expose" - this is spelled correctly, so students need to change the grammatical form of the word.

The sentence requires the noun form, i.e. "exposure".

(PSLE 2022) Even the 1) gentle touch of his skin made him grimerse in pain.

Answer explanation

"gentle" - change the grammatical form

Answer: gentlest

(PSLE 2022) Even the gentle touch of his skin made him 2) grimerse in pain.

Answer explanation

"grimerse" - change the spelling

Answer: grimace

(PSLE 2021) As she passed by the shops that she and her friends used to frequent, she was filled with a sense of nosteljeer.

(PSLE 2021) The sights and smells there led her to remenise about the good old times spent over tea and kaya toast.