Similar words

Glad vs Please

Glad conveys the underhand impression of relief.

Please denotes happy

Good description

That memory is so deeply etched in my mind

Creative Writing

Ways to improve composition writing

Alliteration - When two or more words begin with the same letter or sound.
Amber Alert
baby boom
back to basics
Big Ben
Brilliant blue

green as grass
hale and hearty
Making magic
the more the merrier
pay the price
poor but proud
live the life
swim or sink
Super Sonic
Surround Sound
it takes two to tango
watchful waiting
prospect of purchasing
face to face
fearsome features

Onomatopoeia - The formation of a word from a sound

Eg Thump. Thump.Thumpity-thump

http://www.examples-of-onomatopoeia.com/

Vocabulary to describe speech

Squeaked

Urged

Gasped

Questioned

Panted

Mused

Exclaimed

Shouted

Screamed

Murmured

Mumbled

Muttered

Grumbled

Enquired

Announced

Asked worriedly/anxiously

Asked politely/urgently

Assured

Called out

Chided gently

Replied in my usual thoughtless fashion

Yelled

S&T Rules

Change Tenses only:

Sequence of action (After/Before/If/Until)

From direct to indirect speech

Unless

Determine which is the condition (c) and which is the outcome(0)

Change +ve to -ve

Who - followed by verb

Whom- followed by pronoun/noun

Whose - followed by noun

However- followed by adjective or adverbs and must have comma after the first part of the sentence

No matter - followed by how/what/where and the next word is an adjective or adverb; must have a comma after the first part of the sentence

In spite of/Despite - followed by a noun phrase eg his hard work

is leading (present continuous) change to being led (past continuous)

Useful Assessment Books

华文口试一本通 by Raffles Publication
Contents include:
How to describe people's apparents, expression, action
Relevant words for different scenes/festivals eg accident, at home, national day

学校食堂的词汇

碗盆
摊主
守秩序
饮料摊
告示牌
保持食堂的干净和卫生
接过
热腾腾
捧着

写作文

开头
1) 倒叙(flash back)
2) 人物
3) 时间和环境
4) 俗语
5) 提问(ask a question)
6)人物话语(conversation)
7)不例外
8)由物品联想
9)感想
10)介绍


结尾
1) 感谢
2)总结
3)称赞

4) 教训
- 我惭愧地低下头，泪水禁不住流了下来。我告诉自己，一定要记住这一次教训。
- 一朝被蛇咬，十年怕井绳。经过这次深刻的教训后。。。。

5)心理描写
车祸- 心想：马路如虎口，小朋友在玩耍时可要小心，注意安全阿！

内容

五官法技巧

- 看一看图中有什么东西

- 听一听图中有什么声音

[听见弟弟的喊叫声]

- 闻一闻图中有什么气味

[闻到一股刺鼻的烟味][嗅到那种药味]

-尝一尝图中有什么味道

-摸一摸图中的东西， 你有什么感觉

六个"W"

为什么

谁

什么时候

什么地方

怎样

什么结果

情况变化
1）突然
2）然而/可是
3）看到这种情况
4）果然不出所料
5）眼前的一切
6）说时迟，那时快
7）没想到/万万没料到
8）看了这悲惨的一幕

连接词
有的。。。有的。。。还有的。。
有。。。有。。。还有。。。
一边。。。一边。。。一边。。。
一面。。。一面。。。
有些。。。有些。。。

描写烤肉会的词汇

放在烧烤台上，就直冒烟，还发出兹兹的声音

大家围着烧烤台争先恐后地大口吃着

一股焦焦的、香香的烤肉味儿往我的鼻子里使劲地冲

牛油刷

炭

火苗

让句子发出声音

她从他那儿抢过了照相本，砰的一声合上了
汽车喇叭声
扑通一声，他扎进水里去了。
嘭嘭的敲门声
嗒嗒地响个不停
我的肚子“咕咕”直叫，好饿啊！
不禁流出了滴滴泪水
咕噜咕噜

唉
喂
哎呀

哭声：哇哇 呜呜 抽抽泣泣 哀哀 哇啦

笑声：哈哈 嘻嘻 嘿黑 咯咯 吃吃 呵呵

脚步声：
远处传来嚓嚓/沙沙的脚步声
他噔噔地跑上楼去
嗒嗒地行走

风声：呼呼 沙沙 啸啸
雨声：沙沙 扑扑 哗哗 滴滴嗒嗒 劈里啪啦

水声：哗哗 叮咚 汩汩

动物声：

猫“喵喵”叫 狗吠
鸭子叫 公鸡啼
苍蝇“嗡嗡”叫
小鸡“叽叽”叫
老鼠“吱吱”叫
绵羊"咩咩"叫
青蛙“呱呱”叫
鸽子“咕咕”叫
猴子“喳喳”叫

对话词句

生气地说
愤恨地说
生气地批评道

兴高采烈地说
兴奋地喊道
微笑地说

关心地说
很有礼貌地对他说
温和的口气问我
心平气和地说
细声地说

惊奇地问

有气无力地说
我自言自语地说

他解释道
我心里想
口里不停地说

后悔地说

主动对他说

焦急地问
着急地问

描写在地铁站里的词汇

扫描乘车卡
电动扶梯
地铁站内只有英语广播
车厢里也装上电动的荧光字幕，显示到站站名
搭客/乘客
地铁闸门
车厢是通连的，两边都有长排椅，中间还有扶手拉环
售票机
咨询服务
易燃物品
喝饮料
路线图
地铁月台
地铁值勤人员

常见错别字归类

下列各题中，画横线的是错别字，括号里的才是正确的字。

1.贫心（贪 ）
2.极格（及 ）
3．睛郎（晴朗）
4.时后（候 ）
5．著明（名 ）
6.跳跑（逃 ）
7．以经（已 ）
8.已前（以 ）
9．功打（攻 ）
10.工课（功 ）
11.生休（身体）
12.因该（应 ）
13.应刻（该 ）
14.冲忙（匆 ）
15.因些（此 ）
16.辛福（幸 ）
17.烦脑（恼 ）
18.知到（道 ）
19.断落（段 ）
20.报子（纸 ）
21.作天（昨 ）
22.教顺（训 ）
23.汽球（气 ）
24.即然（既 ）
25.既使（即 ）
26.竞然（竟 ）
27.竟争（竞 ）
28.没天（每 ）
29.拿这（着 ）
30.在也不（再）
31.带眼镜（戴 ）
32.决的好（觉、得）
33.到外走（ 处 ）
34.建康(健）
35.请问，你要到那里去？ ( 哪 )
36.那辆汽车把一棵树撞到了。 ( 倒 )
37.我以经把这遍文章读过三篇了。 (已、篇、遍)
38.不关乱风还是下雨，我都要去上学。 (管、刮)
39.这本书是我找了很多地方才卖到的，我不愿意买给别人。 (买、卖)
40.他花了一身的心血，终于完成了这步伟大的著作。(生、部)

http://www.zhonghuapri.com/showinfo.asp?id=39

虚词

即然 – since
竟然 – unexpectedly
居然 – unexpectedly
当然 - of course
果然 - really
突然 - suddenly
依然 - still
必须 - must [一定要]
必需 - need [一定要有的， 不能缺少的]
连续 - non stop
继续 - to continue
一向 - all this while (until now)
一直 - all the time (last time, now, in the future)

Common Grammer Errors

Who vs Whom

Who
Who is always used as the subject of the verb.

eg Who went to the circus?

Whom
Whom is never used as the subject of a verb. It is the object form of a pronoun.

eg Whom should I ask about the discount?

eg The actors, one of whom was Jack, were treated to a dinner by a wealthy man.

Whose

Whose is used in the posssessive form for a person or people.

eg Mary whose responsiblity it was to complete the project did a remarkable job.

Bring vs Take
Bring means to bear HERE or move TOWARD the speaker.

eg When I come home, I will bring my work. (The point of reference is from my home.)

Take means to bear THERE or to take AWAY from the speaker

eg When I go home, I will take my work. (The point of reference is from work.)

had finished vs finished

Wrong - After I finished explaining myself, she told me that....

Right - After I had finished explaining myself, she told me that....

Prefer to vs Rather than

Prefer (noun) to noun

Rather (verb) than (verb)

A vs The

A number of boys are hiding in the toilet

The number of road accidents is increasing

But

A group of students is

Agreement - Who

Charlene is a scientist who writes the report.

He is one of the men who do the work.

• PRT/ PST / PPT

tell a lie - lie/ lied/ had lied

lie down - lie / lay / had lain/ lying

lay an egg - lay / laid / had laid/laying

Every

Every boy and girl has the opportunity to play the computer game.

AM vs I

Julie will be treating her and me to ice cream. [object]

Julie and I will be buying icecream for the girls.[subject]

Irregular Past Participle

PRT/ PST / PPT

become/became/become

come/came/come

run/ran/run

saw/sawed/sawn

sew/sewed/sewn

show/showed/shown

Verbs which do not change their form

burst/cost/cut/hit/hurt/let/put/read/set/shut/split/spread

Nouns singlular in form but plural in meaning

people/police/cattle/footwear

Nouns plural in form but singular in meaning

mathematics/measles

Same form for both singlular and plural

sheep/fish/series/means/Chinese/Japanese

Unique singular nouns

Furniture/Information/Equipment

Singluar form

anything, anyone, another, anybody, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, , many a, neither, no one, nobody, nothing, one, other, somebody, someone

Plural form

both, few, many, others, serveral

Either Plural or Singular

All, any, none, some, such

Tag questions
http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/verbs-questions-tag.htm

+ Positive statement,	- negative tag?
Snow is white,	isn't it?
- Negative statement,	+ positive tag?
You don't like me,	do you?

Negative adverb creates a negative meaning in a sentence without the use of the usual no/not/neither/nor/never constructions:

• He seldom visits.
• She hardly eats anything since the accident.
• After her long and tedious lectures, rarely was anyone awake.

So the following tag question should be written as

"He rarely shouts at others,_________?" - does he since rarely is use as a negative adverb.

1. In the present tense, if the subject is 'I', the auxiliary changes to 'are'or 'aren't'.

I'm sitting next to you, aren't I?

2. With 'let's', the tag question is 'shall we'.

Let's go to the beach, shall we?

3. With an imperative, the tag question is 'will you'.

Close the window, will you?

4. We use a positive tag question after a sentence containing a negative word such as never, hardly, nobody.

Nobody lives in this house, do they?
You've never liked me, have you?

5. When the subject is nothing, we use 'it' in the tag question.

Nothing bad happened, did it?

6. When the subject is nobody, somebody, everybody, no one, someone,or everyone, we use 'they' in the tag question.

Nobody asked for me, did they?

7. If the main verb in the sentence is 'have' (not an auxiliary verb), it is more common to use 'do' in the question tag.

You have a Ferrari, don't you?

8. With used to, we use 'didn't' in the tag question.

You used to work here, didn't you?

9. We can use positive question tags after positive sentences to express a reaction such as surprise or interest.

You're moving to Brazil, are you?

Useful Website

Chinese - English Dictionary with Character writing
http://www.nciku.com/

Free School exam papers
http://www.misskoh.info/

http://test-paper.info/

http://www.oldschool.com.sg/

http://psle2009.blogspot.com/

Common mistakes made/Answers to school exam questions
http://road-to-psle.blogspot.com/

Common English Grammer Mistakes
http://www.jamesangtutors.com/downloads/James_Ang_Grammar_Notes.pdf

PSLE English
http://alison-solarexpress.blogspot.com/

PSLE Maths
http://prischoolmaths.blogspot.com/
http://psle2010.blogspot.com/2009/10/psle-2009-questions-some-to-share.html

OnSponge -(Maths website)
http://www.onsponge.com/

Onomatopoeia (list of sound for composition usage)
http://www.examples-of-onomatopoeia.com/

Subject-verb agreement rules
http://www.yale.edu/graduateschool/writing/forms/Subject%20and%20Verb%20Agreement.pdf

Improve your spelling
http://www.usp.edu/writing/handouts/sp/SP15-ImprovingSpelling.pdf

Learning Phonics
http://www.abcfastphonics.com/index.html

MOE's Newsletter
http://www3.moe.edu.sg/corporate/contactprint/

Science Q&A by Singapore Science Centre
http://www.science.edu.sg/ssc/scinet_browse.jsp?type=6

Mini-science guide
http://www.creativeculture.com.sg/downloads/Science%20Guide-Energy.doc

Science Expriments
http://www.vidyaonline.net/arvindgupta/physicsexperiments.pdf

PSLE Science Questions & Answers
http://pslescience.blogspot.com/

Science Keywords
http://speaksmart.org/science/index.html

Science reference
http://www.saburchill.com/border/map.html

PSLE
http://psle2010.blogspot.com/
James Ang top PSLE/O Level Coach

Science Guide to Answering HOT questions

http://www.scienceheuristics.com.sg/News.htm

Learn Chinese Everday
http://www.learnchineseeveryday.com

口试

看图作文

重要事项
1）地点
- 这幅画描绘的是。。。。的情景。
- 早上的空气最清新，所以很多人到公园里。。。。

2）人物
- 一位梳着齐耳短发的女学生。。。。。

3）行为- 在做什么
- 。。。。低头吃着面， 吃得津津有味。

4）平价 – 对/错
- 如果我是那个年轻人，我看见残疾人士这么辛苦， 我会。。。。。。
- 我想着样做是为了。。。。。
- 他们这样做妨碍了其他人行走， 真是太没有公德心了。

Oral Exam - English

Reading Aloud

1)Commonly mispronounced words
a) A-thlete/Athletic (2 syllables not 3)
b) Basically (3 syllables not 4)
c) Calm (don't leave out the 'l')

other common mispronounced words can be found in the following website http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/mispron.html

Picture Description

1) In one sentence, summarise what is the main activity in the picture (where?when?what is happening)

Eg This picture shows/ This picture depicts...a scene at an amusement park

2) Describe the picture in an organised way
- clockwise direction
-anticlockwise direction
-right to left/left to right
-in front of picture to at back of picture

3) Sequence

a) Opening line

b)Brief description of general activity

c)Cluster 1
Describe
-what is happening eg The doctor and nurses look very busy
-facial expression eg The boy looks rather afraid
-attire eg A young boy carrying a backpack..
-thoughts of person(s) eg He may be thinking....
-feeling of persons(s) eg He must be annoyed.....
-character of person eg He is a kind/inconsiderate boy.

d)Opinion
- I think /I feel....good/bad/commendable.....
- Perhaps/I suppose/In my opinion

e) Cluster 2

f) Opinion
.
.
. Concluding statement

When describing
a)Use better words.
b) Be consistent and use the present tense, present continuous tense and present perfect tense throughout your conversation
c) Avoid common mistakes like - "These 2 women is", "the children is", "Here got", "The boy which is.."
d) Speak in grammatically correct sentences. Try to use the right words and vocabulary.


A P6 teacher has wrote this website to help her student prepare for 2009 oral exam
http://psleoral2009.blogspot.com/