The Writing section was the one that contained a improving paragraph about a kid going abroad with a love for board games. That one is not experimental.
@MarcoReus Yes, that one is not the experimental one.
@MarcoReus, did you have a question in writing which went like, “Unlike the rest of Europe, astronomy in Victorian Britain was funded by blah blah blah”.
If you did not, vedant, I’m positive Section 5 was experimental for us who got 2 writing sections.
I have a lingering question on section 9 (the doodling girl passage). I believe there was one question that asked for what the girl was described as by the passage, and I said “talented but no confidence.” However, I did see another answer that included “anxious,” but I believe that is incorrect. Could someone verify with me if possible?
Also, is it possible that anyone remembers the questions to the sports and payment dual passages? I may have messed up in that passage and I really want to see if I got the answers correct.
@Starior “now the war of independence over” is not a sentence. It’s idk if it’s exactly this, but an adjective? It’s like “Done with his homework, Tim went out with his friends” done with his homework is modifying Tim
@Pinguman123 yes, it’s talented but with no confidence
@AmericanDream69 you mean the question:
Unlike the rest of Europe, astronomy in Victorian Britain was funded by wealthy and intellectual individuals, not by the kingdom/ government iself.
I’m pretty sure that this is what the question you mentioned resembled. Not word to word but still that’s what the sentence meant to convey.
Are you certain that this sentence was in Section 5?
If yes, can anyone who DIDN’T have an experimental Writing Section confirm that they that this question did NOT come up for you guys anywhere on the paper, and that it was indeed a question of the experimental section.
The thing is, Section 5 seemed much trickier than Section 2 (both were Writing) and naturally I’ll be delighted if Section 5 was experimental and the other one was legitemate, haha.
@Pinguman123 you need to be more specific. If you remember any of the questions from the sports/athlete one, I’d be glad to help. I’m pretty certian I got everything right on that one.
@Vedant12 I remember an answer I got correct, but I do know that I was unsure of the first question of the passages (something like the main purpose of both passages). I said that both passages were just “taking a position on an issue,” because they didn’t seem to be “persuading a particular alternative” or “advocating a practice” any kind of practice, and at least one definitely never criticized the whole issue (I think those were alternative answers).
I think there were also two assumption questions that I was very confused on. I put “everyone should be paid for their efforts” for one of them (describing people in Passage 1), but I forgot the one describing particular people in Passage 2!
@asiankid88 I think the sentence was like this: Now the war for independence is finally over, the National Congress of 1794 focused on building a new nation. Thus the first part doesn’t modify the subject; which is National Congress. I thought the original sentence had a comma splice and the sentence with “Now the war…” had a present tense so I chose the one with: “Once the war for independence has finally been over, the National Congress of 1794 focused on building a new nation” I know it sounds silly I was not sure when I chose it but I thought the other answers had grammatical errors so that was my reasoning.
@Starior I think the answer to that question was the one using “The War of Independence now over” (it may have been A/no change)
@Pinguman123 You may be right but doesn’t the original sentence had grammatical errors like being a comma splice because there were no linkers and having no verb in the part that is “The War for Independence now over”
Edit: I think the original sentence was like “The War for Independence finally over, …” but there was an answer, which was “Now the War for Independence is finally over,…” so you maybe refering to that answer?
@Starior I thought that by choosing that “Now the War… finally over” option, I would have a comma splice (that part of the sentence and the other section that was not underlined looked like two different independent clauses), so I chose my answer because it looked like a dependent clause. (dependent clause + independent clause = OK)
@Pinguman123 yeah the first one was definitely “taking a position on the issue”. As for the “everyone should be paid equally” one, I’m afraid that the right answer was “same principles should apply to everyone”.
@Starior the answer to that one was No Change (A). I’m certain of it.
@Pinguman123 you had a Writing experimental didn’t you? Do you think this one was in Section-2 or Section-5?
@Vedant12 I think the War for Independence question was in section 5, but I do not remember clearly.
As for the critical reading answer I may have gotten wrong, I do remember putting down that option, but the scores will tell lol. Thanks for clarifying though!
@Vedant12 But isn’t the answer A a comma splice? There are no linkers and no verb in the first part of the sentence.
@Pinguman123 i did mine in malaysia and only had one writing section, which was the one with the war of independence one. btw @Starior it was the option with Now the war finally over, … . Im pretty sure the A had a comma splice as did most of them. The one you chose “Once the war for independence has finally been over” is incorrect as you cannot “been over” as they are conflicting tenses
sorry i mean “has been over”
@Starior The war of independence finally over, the National Congress of 1794 focused on…
I know what you mean by the lack of a word or a phrase to link the two parts of the sentence, but the thing is there is nothing wrong with the sentence from a grammatic point of view.
It sounds weird when said aloud, but it isn’t incorrect. Moreover, the rest of the options definitely had something wrong with them.
The closest wrong option to being right was:
"Now the war for independence is finally over, the National… "
But you NEVER use ‘now’ or ‘is’ for the past tense do you?