继承 versus 遗传
“Chinese tip: I overheard someone say this on national television. 我遗传了爸爸的生意。 This is wrong. It means you had the business through your father’s genes. It should be: 我继承了爸爸的生意。 继承： inherit 遗传: heredity”
Month: September 2013
Rate question – Sally and Amanda
Maths tip: Qn: If Sally works together with Amanda, they will take 10 days to produce an art piece. If the two girls first work together for 4 days, followed by Sally working alone for 10 days, Amanda will take 5 days to complete the remaining work. How long will each girl take to produce[…]
Salt and pepper hair
English tip: Since we were talking about blonde hair yesterday, let’s discuss another hair colour today. When writing your composition, instead of saying "The old man with white and grey hair" (YAWN! BORING!), we can try saying this "The old man with salt and pepper hair was
Challenging fraction question – Mrs Tan and her cakes
Maths tip: Here’s another challenging maths question. Solving by algebra is hard too! Let’s try other methods of solving it 🙂
Blonde or Blond
English tip: Do we write "blond" or "blonde"? Blond is more commonly used for males and blonde for females. "Blond" is the more frequently used as an adjective. For example: The blond cheered when his team won the game. (male) I was trying to match-make that blonde with Andrew, but he didn’t like her. (female)[…]
"that" or "which"?
English tip: When do you use "that" and "which"? "That" introduces essential clauses, while "which" introduces nonessential clauses. What’s an essential clause? Essential clauses don’t have commas surround them, while nonessential ones are surrounded by commas. EXAMPLES: I do not like toys that are not safe for children. The toy, which has sharp edges, isn’t[…]
Challenging angle question
Maths tip: Got this good question from a reader that I’d like to share. Looks challenging!
Mr Brown’s P5 Maths question
Maths tip: Here’s the solution to Mr Brown’s question. Did you get it right? 🙂
Writing tip, how you shouldn’t end your composition (Part III)
Writing tip: Here’s part III on how you shouldn’t end your composition. (See part II here https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=198039540368604&set=a.175449439294281.1073741828.175114272661131&type=1) Don’t end your story abruptly. More often than not, students don’t manage their time well and panic when you see the time is almost up. Imagine watching Superman: Man of Steel at the theatre. After the exciting fight[…]
Maths question – water poured into two tanks
Maths tip: "Water was poured into an empty rectangular Tank J (Length 40cm,width 20cm ) until it reached a height of 25cm. There was 2.2 litres of water in Tank M (Length 20cm, width 20cm) . Water was then poured from Tank J to Tank M until the heights of the water in both tanks[…]