Spelling can be tough! Do you find yourself like Ketchup, struggling with memorising how to spell certain words? Let Honey show you and Ketchup some VERY useful spelling hacks for Primary 1 and 2! Watch the latest episode of “Ketchup on English – Spelling Hacks with Honey” now! Like what you are watching? Please subscribe …
Hi, everyone! I’m Ms Geraldine, a teacher and curriculum writer at Lil’ but Mighty. As someone who grew up with a love for creative writing, I hope to make it less intimidating for my students through fun free-writing exercises. In my first blog post, I shared a writing exercise that allows you to rewrite the …
Hello everyone! I’m Mr Ng Guo Liang, an English Language Curriculum Specialist and Teacher at Lil’ but Mighty. In this blog post, I’m going to address something English language teachers quite certainly hate dealing with: sentence fragments. I want you to imagine holding a shard of glass or a broken fragment of glass. If you …
What do you mean ‘U’ is not always used with ‘an’? You mean there are times when vowels may not have a vowel sound?! If you’re as confused as Ketchup is, watch on as Ms Nuri explains why ‘U’ is not always used with ‘an’!! Catch them in the latest episode of Ketchup on English …
Ketchup on Vowels… ‘U’ Does Not Always Go With ‘An’ Read More »
Hello, everyone! I’m Ms Genevieve, and I’m thrilled to share English tips and strategies with you on the Lil’ but Mighty blog. The month of May is packed with revision lessons, practice papers, and bottles of chicken essence — all in preparation for the mid-year examinations. I hope to take some heat off the examination …
Synonyms? What are they? Let Ketchup and Mayo help you understand through a wonderful song that shows you how you can give those adjectives a power-up! Catch them in the latest episode of Ketchup on English – Synonyms of ‘Happy’! Like what you are watching? Please subscribe to our YouTube channel to receive our tips …
Ketchup on Vocabulary… Synonyms of ‘Happy’ (with A Bonus Song!) Read More »
Hi there! My name is Ms Lee Hui Jun and I am here today to introduce and provide some strategies to help you score for Secondary School Situational Writing at the secondary level. If you are unfamiliar with the overall assessment format at the Secondary Level, you may click on this link to find out …
How to Tackle Secondary School Situational Writing With These 2 Tips! Read More »
Do you know that the choice of verbs and adverbs the writer uses can make a powerful impact on the reader? Most of the time, as writers, we tend to be overly focused on the story plot and often forget about the basic principles of writing such as: choice of verbs choice of adverbs Why …
2 Types of Words to Make A Greater Impact On Your Reader! Read More »
What exactly are Uncountable Nouns? Ketchup looks just as confused as I am! But never fear; friends are here! Let Ketchup’s newest friend show him, Pepper, and Ms Nuri what it means when we talk about Uncountable Nouns! Like what you are watching? Please subscribe to our YouTube channel to receive our tips and strategies …
Uncountable Nouns – Let Ketchup’s New Friend Explain What They Are! Read More »
Ever wondered how to tackle Secondary School English Editing? In this video, I will be focusing on the Editing component found in the O Level Paper 1. For those of you who are unfamiliar or new to this component, allow me to highlight these important points: This section requires you to identify and edit grammatical …
4 Useful Tips for Secondary School English – Edit Your Habits for Editing! Read More »
Sentence synthesis is about putting the original information together but in a different way. For different types of questions, there are different things to look out for when stringing the information together. Today, we will look at one of the hot favourites in examinations, transforming of direct speech to indirect (or reported) speech.
For this purpose, I am thrilled to introduce to you a new friend in this journey of English, Synthesis-on-a-stick.
With the prelims and PSLE Oral looming ahead, we are starting to prepare the children for their oral examination. Today’s post seeks to answer 5 common misconceptions that children and parents have regarding the examination. During my conversations with parents and children, I realise that these 5 misconceptions often create unnecessary fear and are even stumbling blocks for children during their attempt of the examination. Let’s see what they are today!
