‘Don’t worry, he got an umbrella!’ Lisa says as she points at David. Is there anything wrong with what Lisa said above? If you are frowning at the word ‘got’, you are absolutely right. Lisa is speaking about something that is happening now but she used ‘got’, a past tense verb. The meaning of ‘got’ …
Yawn! I was having a fantastic dream eating some nice cream puffs until my alarm clock rang. I awoke and couldn’t sleep again after that. What? “Awoke” is a strange word to use? Now this is waking me up. It is not wrong to use “awoke” here at all! Of course, I could have said …
With their creativity in their photographs and meaningful sayings of their fathers, 3 lil’ ones and their mighty fathers have emerged as the winners in our “My Dad Says…” Contest! Congratulations and they will be walking away with $30 worth of Grab Food vouchers each! We also want to thank all our participants who …
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Hi everyone! I’m Miss Elysia, an English teacher at Lil’ but Mighty! Today, I’m going to talk to you about visual text! Out of all the Booklet A components in English Paper 2, visual text might seem to some people, the least important one to learn about. It doesn’t explicitly test grammar rules or vocabulary, …
Hi everyone! As we advance into the second semester, the end-of-the-year exams are also getting closer. To help parents revise with their children, I have come up with a series of word lists that contain important vocabulary that often appears in tests and exams. Your child may come across them most directly in the vocabulary …
Confusing Vocabulary | 10 P4 Word Pairs that Students Need to Know! Read More »
What are words worth? With words, you can build others up or bring them down. You can wage war or proclaim peace; crush or heal; deprive or satisfy. Words can woo a wandering soul. They can bring about demise or breathe life. Words can mean much or little (and can completely change everything, too), depending …
Unity, Resilience, Solidarity, Fortitude – What Do They Mean? Read More »
Before we dive right in to the 5 commonly mispronounced words for Stimulus-Based Conversation, here’s a quick question for you: How do you pronounce “ghoti”? GOH-tee, like goatee? Or is it… g-HO-tee? Hmm… The correct pronunciation is actually, fish! What?! There you have it, fish! “Ghoti” is a fictional word created specifically to highlight the …
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Hi everyone! We have received many requests to share the P5 and P6 word lists after my first blog post on the P4 vocabulary list. Don’t worry, your request has been heard, and so, I will be sharing the first word list for P5 with you today!^-^ The P5 word list differs from the P4 …
Confusing Vocabulary 2 | 10 P5 Word Pairs that Students Need to Know! Read More »
Hello everyone, it’s Miss Elysia! I hope you found the previous posts on commonly mispronounced words helpful for your Oral practice. Today, we’re going to explore how to buy yourself time to think! What do I mean? Well… I’m sure most of you have used “uhm…” and “like…” to fill in the awkward pauses as …
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The P6s have not been forgotten! In this third blog post on ‘Confusing Vocabulary’, I will be sharing and explaining ten more pairs of words that students will find relevant to the PSLE. Some of you might ask, how are the words for the P6 list selected? While there isn’t a fixed list, I …
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Hello everyone! It has been a while since I last posted on the LBM blog. For today, I will be focusing on what must be on many parents’ and students’ minds – the new PSLE AL score that will take effect in 2021. Hopefully, I will be able to address some of those concerns in …
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Hello everyone, it’s Miss Elysia! I hope your preparation for the PSLE Oral examinations has been going wonderful! This week, we’re here to give your revision a boost by sharing five of the most commonly tested topics this prelim examination! We have also provided a list of possible questions asked for each topic, based on …
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