10 Beautiful Words You Can Use in Narrative / Descriptive Writing | Secondary School

Have you ever asked yourself: what makes a word beautiful? Is it because of what it means or the way it sounds? According to British linguist David Crystal in his article titled, “Phonaesthetically Speaking”, we tend to love words that have three or more syllables and include letters that we enjoy enunciating like “m” and …

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Verbs: More than Just Action Words! | Part 1: Subject-Verb Agreement

Hello everyone! I’m Mr Ng Guo Liang, an English Language Curriculum Specialist and Teacher at Lil’ but Mighty! In this post – the first in a series of three – we’ll be looking at what is perhaps the most important element in the English Language: Verbs. On a practical level, it is important that you …

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2021 Father’s Day Contest Winners

Happy Father’s Day! We want to send a big “thank you” to everyone who participated in our contest and helped make it a success! A special congratulations to the 3 winners of our ‘My Dad Is A Superhero’ Father’s Day contest, who will each receive GRAB Food vouchers (worth $30)! Each of their photo entries …

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Verbs: More than Just Action Words! | Part 2: Tenses

Hello everyone! I’m Mr Ng Guo Liang, an English Language Curriculum Specialist and Teacher at Lil’ but Mighty! Before we delve into the blog post proper, I’d like you to have a look at the paragraph below: What struck you as you were reading the above paragraph? Did you find some parts to be weird …

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3 Family-Friendly Shows on Netflix (Educational & Entertaining)!

Are you looking for family-friendly programmes that are both entertaining and educational for the entire family? Hi I’m Ms Lee, a teacher at Lil’ but Mighty. Join me today as I introduce three great shows on Netflix that you and your children can enjoy together! Like what you are watching? Please subscribe to our YouTube …

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Metaphors For? | Part I – An Introduction to Metaphors

Hello everyone! I am Mr Joel, an English Teacher at Lil’ but Mighty. Today, I will be sharing more about metaphors. This post will be an extension of what we have learnt about similes. If you have yet to read that blog post, you might want to consider doing so. There’s also a video on …

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10 Beautiful Vivid Verbs to Boost Your Writing and Oral! | Primary School English

Verbs are one of the most overlooked parts of one’s word bank, even though they are used in almost every sentence. If you are therefore able to master the use of precise verbs in your writing, you can greatly improve the flow of your compositions and impress your reader. How do vivid verbs accomplish this? …

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Metaphors For? | Part II – Implied Metaphors

Today, we will be expanding on what we discussed earlier regarding metaphors! If you have not read that blog post yet, you can do so here! In the video, we will be learning about implied metaphors! This is an extension of what you have previously learned about metaphors, and will hopefully help you be able …

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Exploring Points of View (POV) in Composition Writing

Hi! My name is Mrs Loh and I’m a teacher at Lil’ but Mighty. If you are an avid reader like me, you will agree that a good story is often one that has a logical sequence of events and one that is written from a consistent point of view. When you write a story, …

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Audience In Visual Text | Visual Text Comprehension

Today, I’ll be talking to you about the audience in visual text. Previously, we examined the purpose of the different types of visual texts and learned how to answer purpose-related questions. However, we can’t look at purpose without also looking at the audience the text is targeted at. This is because a visual text is …

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Ketchup on English! – is, are, was and were!

What exactly are “be-verbs”? Not a clue? Fret not – Ms Nuri and Ketchup are here to show you exactly what “be-verbs” are! Watch the video now! Like what you are watching? Please subscribe to our YouTube channel to receive our tips and strategies fresh from our studio! Would you like to sing …

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Verbs: More than Just Action Words! | Part 3: Changes in Verb Forms

Hello everyone! I’m Mr Ng Guo Liang, an English Language Curriculum Specialist and Teacher at Lil’ but Mighty. We are back to learn more about verbs and verb form changes. If you have been following my previous posts, you would have already known that this is the third and last in a series of posts …

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