Grammar
By Teti ariani
@Cheyee (8362)
Pakanbaru, Indonesia
September 3, 2021 10:20am CST
Today I helped my daughter did her English assignment. But I am really weak at grammar, I knew she got 100, but can someone explain to about the question no. 2 and 4.
Why do they use 'does Rara' instead of 'is Rara'? Same goes for no. 4.
I would be really thankful for anyone who can explain this.
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19 responses
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
3 Sep 21
It's really sad to see such poor English used in the questions to be answered by students. Every single question except the last has a serious fault. Below are what I believe they should be:
1. Where are Sinta, Nina and Rara?
2. Does Rara [have] a new classmate?
3. What will they have in seven days? 'Later' is unnecessary OR What will they have seven days later 'in' is redundant
4. Are they ready for the test? 'Do' is an auxiliary verb and is inappropriate here
5. Is the only question which is correct English.
Your daughter seems to have a better command of English than the teacher who set the test. All her answers are perfect except for #4, which should be 'No, they are not ready for the test', but it looks very much as though that is not her fault! Her handwriting is excellent, too!
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
3 Sep 21
I agree with @ScribbledAdNauseum that #2 could be "Is Rara a new classmate?" but it would depend entirely on the text given for comprehension whether Rara is the new classmate or whether another person has recently joined the class and so she has a new classmate!
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@mildredtabitha (16052)
• Nairobi, Kenya
3 Sep 21
I also think it should be 'is rara' for number 2
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
3 Sep 21
2. Is Rara a new classmate?
4.Are they ready for the test?
Number 2 should be "Is.
Number 4 should be "Are
Number 1 : Where ARE
Number 3: Drop "later" It's not needed.
Number 5 is the only one that makes sense.
I am horrible at explaining things, but I am sure someone will come along to help explain things better.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
3 Sep 21
@Cheyee Yes, they've made mistakes with the way they formed the questions.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
3 Sep 21
@Cheyee That's right. Whoever made the questions didn't use proper grammar... It's funny that a grammar test wasn't written correctly. 
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@asianlady (2697)
• Ireland
3 Sep 21
Oh! You are not alone, English is my second language, so I'm bad at grammar too.
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@asianlady (2697)
• Ireland
3 Sep 21
@Cheyee Double high-five my friend. Oh! I'm getting dizzy when it comes to grammar. LOL
@Cheyee (8362)
• Pakanbaru, Indonesia
4 Sep 21
@asianlady and actually English is not my second language. Maybe 25th language. Lol
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@Cheyee (8362)
• Pakanbaru, Indonesia
4 Sep 21
She is nice, I just don't think she has qualification as English teacher
@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
3 Sep 21
It's about time you showed up again! How is that beautiful baby? How are you doing, beside being brain sore from helping with homework? Is your husband doing okay? Are your other kids doing okay?
@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
3 Sep 21
@Cheyee That's nice... I'm glad everyone is doing well. She must be getting big by now.
Everything is going well here. I've been off work since January and enjoying myself.
@Cheyee (8362)
• Pakanbaru, Indonesia
3 Sep 21
@DaddyEvil my other kids are sick tho.
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
4 Sep 21
Good work! It's like Owl Wings said - the problem is with how the questions were written. Good job though!
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
5 Sep 21
@Cheyee AH yes, I'm happy to be back! I'm alright. :-) How are you?
@Adimts (85)
• Pakanbaru, Indonesia
3 Sep 21
Fyi, that book called Lembar Kerja Siswa (LKS) it's kind of thin book that contain very short summary of subject and many exercises or assignment and unfortunately many of them ( especially foreign language subject like English, Arabic,and others foreign language ) have basic or fundamental yet fatal mistakes on it. I always spend at least two hours before i go to my class to read it in order to avoid fatal mistakes in what I will teach later
Btw sorry for my bad English, I'm not really good at grammar ( one of my weakness as an English subject teacher )
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@jobelbojel (34729)
• Philippines
5 Sep 21
It looks like you already got answer here so I am not going to give my observation but yes, it should be is and are.
