Remember the teacher is marking zillions of papers for the examinations. He/she may not be able to read in detail what you have written; in fact, he/she may need to look through quickly before giving you a grade.So, impression counts. 1. Make sure there are no glaring grammar mistakes. When the teacher doesn’t have time[…]
Your writing can be more rigorous and clearer when you find the “hidden verbs.” You can do this by changing nouns to verbs. Here are a few examples: 1. BEFORE: We made an application. AFTER: We applied. 2. BEFORE: We made a decision AFTER: We decided. 3. BEFORE: We will have a celebration. AFTER: We[…]
When your comprehension segment, read through the passage once very quickly. Before attempting the questions, ask yourself: how do I summarise the story in one sentence? That way, you know that you truly understood the article. Try this during your practices. This is a good way to train yourself for the end-of-year examinations!
Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts. This requires not that the writer make all his sentences short, or that he avoid all detail and treat his subjects[…]
Always, always think through what you are going to say before speaking. You may not be fluent in the language. It’s OK to have a few seconds of dead air to contemplate your answer. We are not having a radio show so the few seconds of silence is fine. This is better than saying the[…]
“Last minute tips for PSLE Chinese It’s hard to make last minute efforts for languages- for Chinese or English, it’s important to have a good foundation and to practise regularly. It’s not easy to brush up a language in a short time, especially if the Chinese papers are just a few days away. The following[…]
Examination tips Manage your time You have 1hr 45mins for the Science paper. 56% of the marks are in the MCQ and 44% in the open-ended section. This means you have roughly 1min per mark (2 mins per question on the MCQ). The MCQ is the biggest component with 56% of the marks, and with each[…]
Revision tips Revise the following concepts – they are critical: Fractions, ratios and percentages Geometry – area and circumference of circle, breaking down a composite figure into circle, square, triangle, volume of cube and cuboid. Find unknown angles in squares, rectangles, parallelograms, rhombus, trapezium and triangles. Speed Algebra – representing an unknown with a letter,[…]
It’s the PSLE English paper tomorrow. To help you with the paper, here are some quick tips for Paper 2. It’s difficult to do last minute revisions for languages as you need constant exposure to the language. I will focus on the few segments that we can be exam-smart on. Synthesis & Transformation tips: What[…]
Listening comprehension tip: It’s the listening comprehension examinations on Sept. 20, i.e. this Friday. Like all examinations, we need to know what we are tested on to be able to ace them. Here are the details I derived from MOE and various government schools. Marks: Listening comprehension accounts for 20 marks of a total 200[…]