PSLE English Language Comprehension 4

Question 1

What is the difference between a biography and an autobiography?

Accepted Answer

A biography is written by someone else about a person's life

Answer

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?

Accepted Answer

As a result

Answer

'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'?

Accepted Answer

To work or study late into the night

Answer

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:

Accepted Answer

Provide evidence or examples for the main idea

Answer

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'?

Accepted Answer

Wrongly

Answer

The prefix 'mis-' means wrongly or incorrectly. To misunderstand means to understand something wrongly.

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