English tip: It’s Friday! Are you as happy as I am? In compositions, we often have to describe how happy our lead character is. Let’s think of different ways to do that, so that your essay can shine at PSLE. 🙂 Ways to describe happiness: She was jumping up and down with joy. Eyes gleamed[…]
Maths tip: Michelle had four times as many stickers as Vanessa. After each of them bought an equal number of stickers from the bookshop, Michelle had thrice as many stickers as Vanessa. If Vanessa had 57 stickers in the end how many stickers did each of them buy from the bookshop?
English tip: With PSLE just a couple of months away, it’s difficult to master the English language overnight. What we can do is to read more to boost our writing skills. On this very wet day, I thought it would be apt to single out some descriptions for rainy days that you can use during[…]
Maths tip: The figure below consists of two semi circles with diameter 12cm and a sector of a circle with radius 12cm. Find the area of the shaded part, rounding your answer to the nearest whole number. Answer will come in the comment box.
Science tip: Another question from a reader. This is a Crookes radiometer. It is not in syllabus but the student is expected to be able to infer from the description and diagram. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crookes_radiometer ) The answers are: (a) chemical energy (from inside the batteries) -> electrical energy (the electricity) -> light energy (from the[…]
English tip: We often get confused when to use "I" or "me". Is it "John and I" or "John and me"? Here’s a quick way to decipher the answer: leave out the second subject, try the sentence with just "I" or "me" and you can easily decide which is right. Examples: 1) Question: He told[…]
Good question from one of our readers. Question: The shaded region is bounded by an equilateral triangle and 2 quarter arcs. Find the area of the shaded part, rounding off your answer to the nearest whole number. Answer’s way below
English tip: When do we use "who" or "whom"? A simple way is to ask yourself if the answer would be "he" or him." Who/Whom ate my breakfast? He ate my breakfast, therefore "who" is correct. For who/whom should I vote? I should vote for him, therefore "whom" is correct. Easy peasy? 🙂
Science tip: "Force" and "Energy" mean different things. Force is a push or a pull on an object, and can cause an object to change its momentum (different direction or speed). Energy is the capacity to do work. Energy has a few forms in the syllabus – electrical, gravitational potential, kinetic chemical, light, heat, sound.[…]
English tip: He is the man that saved my daughter. OR He is the man who saved my daughter. Which is right? There are two camps of thoughts. One says we can only use "that" to refer to things and "who" is used for people. Another says we can use "that" to refer to both[…]