Angles Add Up
Some questions involving angles involve adding everything up. Here’s an example.
Secondary 1 Survival Tips
Congratulations on getting your PSLE results! Now the next step is to head to the next stage of your life- into your secondary school years. Change is never easy, but always exciting. Here are a few tips on how to tackle Secondary One years for all the 12-year olds out there. 1. New school environment[…]
Area Question
Notice that area of triangle BIE = 1/2 * width (IE) * height (22cm) also, area of triangle CIJ = 1/2 * width (IJ) * height (22cm) the two triangles overlap on the quadrilateral FGHI. so sum of triangles – FGHI = unshaded area. we don’t know IE and IJ but we know that IE[…]
Mention
It’s fine if you “talked about” something or “spoke about” something. Correct: We talked about this performance. Correct: We spoke about his experience. However, you shouldn’t “mention about” something. WRONG: We mentioned about his mistakes to the teacher. RIGHT: We mentioned his mistakes to the teacher.
Redundancies
I always advise writers to be concise. This is not easy and I write redundant words too if I’m not careful. In an earlier post, I wrote “past experience” when “experience” could have sufficed because experience is something that has happened. Here are other examples: bright flash of light huge skyscraper Free gift Old antiques[…]
Equal Numerator
The equal numerator method. Example: Michael and Owen saved some money. 2/3 of Michael’s savings was equal to 1/4 of Owen’s savings. What was the ratio of Owen’s savings to their total savings? When the question is of the form: [fraction] of A is equal to [fraction] of B. You can use the equal numerator[…]
Exploded chicken
Singaporeans often say 炸zhà鸡. This is inaccurate. There are a couple of ways of reading 炸 and that slight difference would mean different things. 1) It can be read zhà (fourth tone). 炸zhà 药、炸zhà弹 – as you can see, they all have something to do with an explosion. 2) 炸 can also be read zhá[…]
Stay vs Live
Do you know there’s a difference between “stay” and “live”? To “stay” in a place is to live in it temporarily, whereas to “live” somewhere is more permanent. For instance: 1) Your friend could be going to New York for a holiday. You can ask him, “Where are you staying in New York?” instead of[…]