Happy New Year! I hope you have had a wonderful break and are now all geared up to start the new school year. I know I am looking forward to sharing with you more posts about learning English. Shall we begin? Take a look at the question below: All the four given options for the …
Hello again! For this week, I will focus on the word ‘lessen’, which means ‘to become less strong’. Take a look at the question below: All the four given options for the question are related to something becoming less, in size, amount or strength. Why is the correct answer (4)? This is because the context …
Our first ever LBMchat is over! With our vision to build a community of learners in mind, Lil’ but Mighty launched LBMchat, a new monthly webinar feature this year. During the live webinar, we focus on teaching a strategy or addressing common misconceptions that children may have regarding English. The best part is the interaction that the …
Happy Lunar New Year! I hope all of you have had a wonderful time catching up with family and friends over the long weekend. This week, I will focus on the word ‘shout’, which means ‘to speak in a very loud voice’. Meaning: Shout Take a look at the question below: Let’s recap the …
Hello! For the month of February, I want to share with you a story that I have recently read which has left a deep impression on me. It is none other than The Tale of Despereaux, an award-winning story written by Kate DiCamillo. It is a heart-warming fantasy about a mouse named Despereaux Tilling who …
This month, we had a great time sharing with you tips on how you can achieve a perfect score for Visual Text Comprehension and we love how our audience responded during the webinar as well. Thank you for being such a great crowd and this interaction really makes learning come alive! Many of you posed excellent …
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Hi! How are you? I understand that most of you are busy revising for your common tests. I hope that you are taking care of yourself despite your busy schedules. For this week, I am going to focus on the use of direct speech in writing, specifically on using more vivid verbs and adding an …
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Beware of Crimes! You’ve seen them at your lift landings and you’ve seen them on Crime Watch. No, we’re not talking about your new neighbours. We’re talking about these crime prevention posters put up by the Singapore Police Force, warning people not to fall for scams. It seems like these con artists are everywhere …
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This week, we would like to share with prospective teachers the inside scoop of joining the Lil’ but Mighty family! If you like what you have been seeing on our website and have been contemplating our English Teacher position, this is a post to help shed some light on how it would be like. Even …
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Hi all! I think it will be timely to discuss a way for children to improve on the language component of their composition writing, in particular, having variety in sentence structure. Having descriptive phrases and rich vocabulary is important but constructing interesting sentences is vital in achieving a good score for language too. One way …
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Hi! I’m Ms Nellie Lim, a teacher at Lil’ but Mighty. For many budding writers, these are always the perennial questions in their heads: Is my storyline unusual and interesting enough to engage the reader? Is my story suspenseful enough and does the reader want to carry on reading? Are there enough twists and turns …
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“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.”— Henry Ford I have to say that I agree with Henry Ford completely because there is nothing as exciting as discovering or learning new things. Today, with …
