When should you use singular and plural verbs? Are you constantly confused by this topic? Let Ms Nuri and Ketchup show you when to use these different forms of the verb! Like what you are watching? Please subscribe to our YouTube channel to receive our tips and strategies fresh from our studio! Here’s …
Hello lil’ ones! I hope you’re feeling on top of the world since there are going to be quite a few public holidays coming up! In fact, it will be good to let your hair down. However, if you are preparing for your examinations in school, do bite the bullet and hang in there! I …
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Hey everyone! I’m Miss Krittika, a teacher at Lil’ but Mighty. Before we start, let’s see whether you can identify any of the 5 senses I have used to craft the descriptions in the paragraph above. They are: the sense of smell the sense of hearing the sense of sight Let’s take a look at …
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Blessed Mother’s Day to all the mothers in our midst! ♥️ 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 our ‘Twinning is Winning’ Mother’s Day contest, who will each receive GRAB Food vouchers (worth $30)! …
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Hi, I’m Ms Junisa from our Lil’ but Mighty Yio Chu Kang branch! Today, I’m sharing with you how you can incorporate onomatopoeia (pronounced as o-nuh-ma- tuh-pee-uh) into your writing. Onomatopoeia, simply known as a sound word, is a literary device that associates a word to a sound. Certain words evoke the aural sound of …
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Hello everyone! I am Miss Krittika, an English Teacher at Lil’ but Mighty! For some of us, video games like Super Mario and Animal Crossing are a part of our everyday lives as we play these games in our spare time or as a form of relaxation. What if I tell you that you can …
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Hi everyone, today, our post will focus on understanding purpose-related questions in visual texts. Visual Texts: An Introduction In the world today, visual texts are used to convey messages and communicate ideas in a variety of ways. These texts include print media such as posters and flyers as well as non-print ones like websites and …
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Hello everyone! Recently, I have been reading some poems! Yes! Isn’t it intriguing? There are many different types of poetry and you have probably come across some of them without even realising it. I know that some of you might think that poetry is intimidating and I do admit that some poems can be hard …
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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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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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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 …
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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