Welcome to Ketchup on English! In this blog post, we are going to dive into a common grammar question that many English learners struggle with: when to use “I” and “Me”. This is an essential topic for mastering English grammar, and we’ve made it fun and easy to understand. Let’s get started! Understanding “I” and …
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Hello, everyone! I am Ms Joei, a teacher at Lil’ but Mighty. Today, I am back with my fourth and final post on phrasal verbs that you can add to your flashcards. I hope you have been diligently revising the previous ones that I have shared with you. In case you want to check out …
Hello, everyone! My name is Ms Umi, and I’m an English Teacher here at Lil’ but Mighty. Today, I’m going to share with you 4 must-listen Podcasts that you can enjoy listening to in your free time, while helping you improve your English at the same time! Talk about killing two birds with one stone! …
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It has been almost ten years since the last round of major PSLE English syllabus changes! If your child is Primary 5 or younger in 2024, you would have heard by now that there are some exciting (I hope!) changes happening once again for the PSLE English syllabus, beginning in 2025. The good news is …
Hello everyone! My name is Ms Umi, and I’m a Specialist English Teacher here at Lil’ but Mighty. Nice to see you again! Today, I’m here to talk to you about writing. Now if you’re anything like me, and you love to write, I am very sure you want your readers to love your stories. …
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Hello, everyone! I am Ms Joei, a teacher at Lil’ but Mighty. Welcome back to another post on phrasal verbs. I hope you have been building up on your phrasal verbs bank. For the third instalment on phrasal verbs, let’s look at these two verbs: give and take. As a quick recap, remember that to …
Hello, everyone! I am Mr Joel, an English Teacher at Lil’ but Mighty. This video is an extension of two posts I did earlier, which covered how we use the technique of Show Not Tell to vividly express the feelings of the characters in our stories. If you have yet to read and/or watch them, …
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Hi everyone! I am Ms Velvet and today, I’m going to focus on the personal recount essay. This type of writing is one of the question types that you may see in the Continuous Writing section of the O level Paper 1. For this section, students are required to write about 350 to 500 words …
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Hello friends, and welcome to another episode of Ketchup on English! Teacher isn’t around today, so she said that I can host my own show! With that, I’m going to visit my friend, Honey, the spelling bee expert, to get more spelling tips! Hopefully Honey can help us KETCHUP on the spelling that we’re BEE-HIND …
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Hello everyone! My name is Ms Umi, and I am a Specialist English Teacher at Lil’ but Mighty. Nice to meet you! Now, in my previous blog post, I touched on some tips that can help you ace your O Level Listening Comprehension examination. But have you ever considered that maybe becoming a better listener …
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Hello, everyone! I am Ms Sharifah and welcome to my first ever post for the Lil’ but Mighty page. I am eager to share with you several tips that can spice up your ‘Show and Tell’ presentations! ‘Show and Tell’ can be rather daunting at times, especially when you are shy or rather unsure of …
Hi, everyone! I’m Miss Krittika, an English teacher at Lil’ but Mighty! Today, we’ll be learning more about contractions. Do you know what they are? As I’m writing this sentence, I’m using a couple of contractions. Can you guess them? If your answer is “I’m”, then you’re absolutely right! (see how I used another one?) …
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