Importance of reading the newspapers

Dear all,

As we approach the end of week 3, here's today's main learning points:

• We went through the English Supplementary Worksheet from Grammar Cloze to Comprehension Cloze.
• We learn that when we use a verb after the words 'can, could, shall, should, will, would, may, might', the verb should be in the base form (present tense, plural form)
• We learn about Synthesis and Transformation, recapping about the skills on how to answer direct to indirect speeches. 
• You need to also learn skills on answering questions and not just about the model way of answering. 
• For direct speeches, we first look at the tense of the verb OUTSIDE the speech followed by the punctuation mark in the speech.
• If it is a question mark, then in your answer, the subject (main item/person) comes first followed by the verb(s).

e.g "Have you finished your work yesterday?" Mother asked Peter.

The subject here is you (Peter) and have finished is the verb group.

Present tense changed to Past Tense.
Past Tense changed to Past Perfect Tense.

Ans: Mother asked Peter if/whether he had finished his work the previous day. 

You need to pick up the newspapers and start reading. It is essential in helping you for your english, especially comprehension cloze and open ended. Most of the articles or passages in the examinations are using articles from the newspapers to set their questions. As such, you have to know the STYLE of writing, the STRUCTURE of writing and THE VOCABULARY WORDS used in newspaper articles and current affairs. Start reading today if you have not!

 Other reminders:

• Bring CNY decorations to decorate the class. Be proud of your class and take ownership in keeping it beautiful and clean. I will leave the decorations up to you. It is the ultimate effort that counts. I hope that each of you can contribute to decorating the class for CNY :)
• Filing for Unit 1 will be done tomorrow.

Sincerely,
Mr Nelson Ong