PSLE English Language Comprehension 4 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is the difference between a biography and an autobiography?
- A biography is shorter
- A biography is written by someone else about a person's life (Correct answer)
- An autobiography is always fictional
- There is no difference
Correct answer: A biography is written by someone else about a person's life
A biography is written by another person about someone's life, while an autobiography is written by the person about their own life.
Question 2: Which phrase signals a cause-and-effect relationship?
- On the other hand
- As a result (Correct answer)
- For example
- In my opinion
Correct answer: As a result
'As a result' signals that what follows is the effect or consequence of something that happened before.
Question 3: What is the meaning of the idiom 'to burn the midnight oil'?
- To waste resources
- To work or study late into the night (Correct answer)
- To start a fire
- To wake up very early
Correct answer: To work or study late into the night
This idiom means to stay up late working or studying, originating from the time when oil lamps were used for light.
Question 4: In a passage, supporting details serve to:
- Contradict the main idea
- Provide evidence or examples for the main idea (Correct answer)
- Introduce a completely new topic
- Replace the conclusion
Correct answer: Provide evidence or examples for the main idea
Supporting details give evidence, examples, or reasons that back up and develop the main idea of a paragraph.
Question 5: What does the prefix 'mis-' mean in the word 'misunderstand'?
- Again
- Before
- Wrongly (Correct answer)
- After
Correct answer: Wrongly
The prefix 'mis-' means wrongly or incorrectly. To misunderstand means to understand something wrongly.
Question 6: Which sentence uses the word 'bear' as a verb?
- The bear caught a fish in the river
- She wore a bear costume for the party
- I cannot bear the noise any longer (Correct answer)
- The teddy bear sat on the shelf
Correct answer: I cannot bear the noise any longer
In 'I cannot bear the noise', 'bear' is used as a verb meaning to tolerate or endure.
PSLE English Language Comprehension 4
What is the difference between a biography and an autobiography?