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. …
5 Tips for Creating a Well-Loved Character in Our Writing Read More »
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, …
Expressing Character Feelings – Using A Variety of Show Not Tell! Read More »
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 …
Up-Close and Personal: Getting to Know the Personal Recount Essay Read More »
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 …
Ketchup on English – More Spelling Hacks with Honey! Read More »
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 …
5 Fun Activities to Become Better at Listening Comprehension! Read More »
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?) …
I’m Right, You’re Right, Everyone’s Right: The Correct Way to Use Contractions Read More »
Hi everyone! I’m Miss Krittika, an English teacher at Lil’ but Mighty. For many of us, the Comprehension Open-ended section in Paper 2 can be quite an uphill task. Not only do we need to grapple with the ideas in the passage but we also need to understand the different question requirements in order to …
Ever wonder why some sentences just keep going and going without stopping? Well, they’re called run-on sentences, and we’ve got the scoop on how to fix them up and make them super duper awesome! Join us for another super fun adventure with “Ketchup on English”, where we will learn all about punctuation magic and how …
Ketchup on English – How to Fix Run-On Sentences Read More »
Hi everyone, my name is Ms Velvet and today, I’ll be sharing with you more about ‘puns’ – Playful Puns: Let’s Have Fun With Words! What are puns? A pun is a witty use of wordplay for comical effect. It usually relies on words that have similar meanings, spellings or sounds to make the listener …
