English Grammar items

Dear all,

1 more month left for your SA2. Have you started revising? You should be in the midst of revising and not just starting......

[SA2 Schedule] 

I will post the schedule first so that your parents and you can take note of the timings early and plan for it.

19th Oct - English Paper 1 + Listening (we will have one good practice soon)

23 & 24 Oct - English and Chinese Oral

25th Oct - Chinese Paper 1 + Listening

29th Oct - English Paper 2

30th Oct - Maths

31st Oct - Chinese Paper 2

1st Nov - Science

[What makes a sentence?]

Going back to the basics, it is important to identify the components that make a sentence. One of the greatest weakness is the lack of basic knowledge. As such, it is important for you to know yr grammatical items well.

A basic sentence is made up of a 'subject' + a 'verb'.
e.g The boy is running.
The boy - Subject
is running - Verb.

A more complex sentence can be made up of a 'subject' + 'verb" + 'object' + 'adverb / adjective'
e.g The boy is running in his new sports shoes today.
the boy - subject
is running - verb
new - adjective
sports shoes - object
today - adverb (manner of time)

It is crucial to identify components of sentence so that you know what the phrases are in the sentence. Remember that a phrase does not contain a 'subject' + a 'verb' together!

[Passive / Active voices]

Active voice is used when we talk about a subject doing something.

e.g Peter is mopping the floor with a new mop.
peter - subject
is mopping - verb
floor - object
mop - object

Passive voice is used when the subject is being used to do something.

e.g The new mop is being used by Peter to mop the floor.
new mop - subject
is being used - verb
Peter - object
floor - object

[Identifying the subject and object]

Subject usually comes before the verb!

Object comes after the verb!

Look at the above examples!

Study group resumes tomorrow after school and broadbased until 4pm. Do stay if you can. I will be going through both english and science.

[Homework]

For group points, do hand up your science topical worksheet for plants transport system as a group tomorrow. if not, the due date is on 20th September (Thursday).

For those who were curious and were asking how 'farts' are formed, visit this website. It is informative. Click on the link below!
How farts are formed

Thank You,
Yours Sincerely,
Mr Nelson Ong