Hi everyone, I am Ms Celina from Lil’ but Mighty! Today, what I will be sharing with you is a visible thinking routine called ‘See-Think-Wonder’. This is a widely used routine in schools. You would have probably tried this in school too. Let me tell you more about this thinking routine and how it can …
With the Wuhan Coronavirus, or what the World Health Organisation has officially named 2019-nCoV, making headlines since 31 December 2019, you will find new articles published on this epidemic every day. Wait, what is an epidemic? You must have seen this word several times by now if you have been following the news but do …
Hi everyone! I’m Ms. Daphne, a teacher at Lil’ But Mighty. This is my first blog post and I hope that you will find it useful to understand more about countable and uncountable (mass) nouns, which many students have found confusing. Huh? Why is luggage uncountable? Can’t you count the number of suitcases that you …
Grammar | Confused by Nouns? 3 Things You Need to Know Read More »
Hello everyone! I am back with another informative new blog post. It is already coming to the end of the term, and I hope that everyone has been coping well in school. Did you notice that I had used two adjectives above to describe the blog post in the sentence above? That’s right, ‘informative’ and …
Is spelling your greatest nemesis? If your answer is yes, you are not alone! Mastering the spelling of English words is challenging even for adults because English spelling can be so infuriatingly tricky and unpredictable. However, this should not stop us from striving to become spelling wizards! Read on to pick up some easy ways …
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Hi everyone! I’m Ms. Daphne, a teacher at Lil’ But Mighty! “She made hamburgers on her own since she was five years old.” (WRONG!) Some of you might wonder, why is the use of past tense wrong in this sentence? Is there a difference between the simple past tense and the present perfect tense? Makes …
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Hi everyone, it is Ms Celina here again from Lil’ But Mighty. Has the editing section in English Language paper 2 always been a challenge? Do you want to know how to improve? Well, stay tuned because I will be guiding you through the process of tackling this section today using the PSLE English Language …
Hi everyone! I’m Ms Jocelyn, a teacher at Lil’ but Mighty. I heard that you’ve been busy revising for your upcoming oral examination. I’m here to aid you in that! In this video, I would love to share with you 3 tips to impress your oral examiners. Apart from crafting good and detailed answers, there …
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Hello! This is Ms Daphne from Lil But Mighty again! Nouns are confusing, but you have done an amazing job understanding what are countable and uncountable nouns, as well as how to quantify uncountable nouns. In today’s blog post, we will be discussing three more types of nouns that you come across in the English …
Grammar | *Still* Confused by Nouns? 3 *MORE* Things You Need to Know! Read More »
Hello everyone! It is Ms Celina again! Today, I will be focusing on restrictive and non-restrictive clauses. Do you know that whether a clause is restrictive or not will affect the punctuation used? Also, do you know when to use “which” and “that”? What are Restrictive Clauses? Restrictive Clauses give essential and important information about …
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If you are not 100% certain as to how you should tackle this question, then this blog post is right up your alley. Indeed, many students struggle with answering the active/passive voice question type in the Synthesis section confidently. Do you want to hear the good news? We have a tried and tested 5-step method …
PSLE Synthesis: A Proven 5-step Method to Conquer Active/Passive Voice Questions! Read More »
The Covid situation is not going to blow over soon and good hygiene practices are more important now than ever! We have done up a poster to share the simple steps of washing your hands. However, we are missing a slogan for it! After much deliberation, the 4 slogans below have emerged as winners in …
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