Hello everyone! It’s Miss Elysia again. I hope you found my last video on visual text comprehension helpful! Today, we’re going to be talking about Listening Comprehension. I will be sharing three tips on how to best tackle this component. I hope they will help you to score the highest marks you possibly can! Like …
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Today, we will be talking about one of the most daunting but exciting components in the English paper — Synthesis! Do you know that reported speech is one of the most popular synthesis question types tested in PSLE English? In this video, we are going to be breaking down 3 tricky reported speech questions that …
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Hello, everyone! I am Ms Nuri, an English Teacher at Lil’ but Mighty. By now, you should know that I love poetry and all manner of language arts! For those of you in Primary 3 to Primary 5, your oral examinations should be around the corner. It is high time for you to polish your …
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In today’s blog post, we are going to be talking about some common mistakes made when answering Primary 5 Situational Writing today. Although it seems like an easy component, Primary 5 Situational Writing is particularly strict on adherence to content, as well as accuracy of language! Here are six common errors that students often commit, …
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Wouldn’t it be cool if we could make our thinking visible? Well, there is a way! There are a set of practices that students can make use of to make their thinking visible. These thinking routines guide learners’ thought processes and encourage them to actively process their ideas. One of the thinking routines is See-Think-Wonder. …
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Congratulations on completing your PSLE! It is now time to kick back and take your well-deserved rest! Perhaps some of you might even be thinking about the secondary schools that you would be applying for. It is never too early to start thinking and looking up what the schools have to offer. Have you also …
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Welcome back to the blog! Previously, I talked about Literature, a new subject that is mandatory for all lower secondary students. If you have missed it and are interested to know more, click here! Today, the focus of the blog post will be to share an overview of what the scheme of assessment for an …
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Today, I’m going to share with you 3 simple steps to answer Sections B and C (vocabulary segments) in your English Paper 2, Booklet A. Before we get started, understand that scoring for these vocabulary segments will always require a decent vocabulary bank! The more words you know, the more you’ll be able to make …
Wouldn’t it be incredible if we can remember everything we read, not just the books we enjoy? It certainly would come in handy especially when you are faced with the daunting Comprehension section in Paper 2. That would certainly help you retain accurate details from the comprehension passage and answer the questions better! Hello everyone! …
Did you know that there’s another effective way of English revision apart from simply practising every day? Today, I’m going to share with you some high-intensity interval training techniques for English – in short, HIIT for English! These points have been summarised from the book “How We Learn” by Benedict Carey and adapted to suit …
Hi everyone! It’s good to see you again! For freshly-graduated Primary 6 students, congratulations! You have achieved a great milestone and I hope you are taking time to have your well-deserved rest. Moving on to a secondary school may be daunting to you because you may not be sure of what it entails. However, I …
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Hello everyone! In this series of “Confused by Verbs” blog posts, I will be focusing on both the transformation of regular and irregular verbs. First of all, let’s do a quick recap on what verbs are. See if you and your child can pick out the verbs found in the two sentences below: If you …
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