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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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 …
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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 …
Hello everyone! I am Ms Joei, a teacher here at Lil’ but Mighty! Do you know the difference between ‘this, that, these and those’? Are they confusing or difficult for you to remember? Fret no further because in this video, I will share with you a fun way you can remember how to use these …
Hello, everyone! My name is Ms Umi, and I am a Specialist English Teacher at Lil’ but Mighty. Today, I’ll be sharing with you three simple tips to help you score for your O-Level Listening Comprehension paper! For those of you who are not so familiar with the GCE O-Level format, Listening Comprehension makes up …
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Do you often find reading a chore? Well, fret no more! Come join Ketchup and Ms Nuri as they share 3 Ways To Make Reading Fun for Pepper and all our Lil’ but Mighty ones out there! Welcome to another episode of Ketchup on English – 3 Ways to Make Reading Fun (for Younger Children)! …
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Hi everyone, I’m Ms Atifa, an English teacher at Lil’ but Mighty. Have you ever felt unsure about how to write your examples in your expository essays? Whether it is an argumentative or discursive essay, examples are a key part of each body paragraph. Before we dive into how to elaborate on your examples, let’s …
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Today, let’s delve deeper into how we can improve the way we Show Not Tell. I’m sure many of you have heard of the terms ‘simile’ and ‘metaphor’. These are literary devices which are commonly used in creative writing. While similes and metaphors are useful for the reader to imagine the scene vividly in his …
Today, I will be looking at 5 of the PSLE Grammar Questions that were tested in the PSLE 2024 paper, and sharing with you how to tackle them. A quick glance at the questions tells us that an understanding of subject-verb agreement questions remain crucial in tackling this section as 4 out of 10 questions …
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Welcome back to Ketchup on English! We hope everyone had a great break, and are fresh and recharged for the new year! Come join Ketchup and Ms Nuri as they traverse through the confusing world of quantifiers – when do we use “less”? Is “lesser” appropriate to use? Find out in the latest episode of Ketchup …
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