You start your Prelims Listening this coming Friday. We would have practice for your listening. Key skills are to not rush through shading your answers. For the first time around, listen first and jot down key points. During the second round, you then confirm your answers and shade your answers.
Key points for English:
- Prefers ................ to .....................
- Tom prefers swimming to cycling.
- Tim prefers basketball to tennis.
- Rather.............than...........
- I rather walk than cycle.
- The boys would rather sing a song than dance on the stage.
- Much to (pronoun) (noun), .....................................
- Much to their horror, ..............
- Much to his surprise, ................
- Much to my happiness, ................
- Much to the supporters' dismay, .....................
Pronouns are grammar items to represent the noun (person or item) like his, her, my, their, its, our, the boy's, the boys'.........
the boy's --> one boy (singular)
the boys' --> more than one boy (plural)
this above item is an item most of you often mixed up! do take note!!!
Key points for Science:
- A plant cell has cell walls and chloroplast that animals cells do not have.
- Chloroplast contains chlorophyll which are essential for photosynthesis.
- Stigma is essential to receive the pollen grains for fertilisation.
- Magnetism is strongest at the two ends and weakest in the middle.
- Good conductors of heat gain heat very quickly but they also lose heat the fastest like metals. If hot water is poured into the metal cup, the metal cup will heat up very quickly but overtime, the hot water inside will cool down very quickly too.
- Poor conductors of heat gain heat slowly but they also lose heat slowly, retaining heat for a longer time. If hot water is poured into plastic or styrofoam cups, the cups will heat up very slowly and they are able to keep the water warm for a longer period of time.
- Hot air rises (expansion), cool air sinks (contraction)
- We feel cold when we get out of the swimming pool or shower as the water on our bodies will evaporate to the surroundings and thus our body loses heat.
- Germination requires air, warmth and water. When the leaves of the seedling is present, the plant can make food on its own.
- Seed leaves get lighter as the plant develops into a seedling and it will eventually wither off.
- Respiration takes place all throughout the day but photosynthesis only takes place in the presence of light.
- Shadows are formed when light source is blocked by an opaque or translucent object.
- If the distance of the light source and object is shorter, the shadow formed is longer.
- Arteries carry blood rich in oxygen and nutrients from the heart to the rest of the body.
- Veins carry blood rich in carbon dioxide and waste from the rest of the body to the heart and then to the lungs to be passed out.
- Air occupies space and has a fixed volume.
- Stomata can be found on both the upper and underside of the leaf but more stomata is found on the underside of the leaf.
- Strength of an object is its ability to withstand weights without breaking.
- Hardness of an object is its ability to withstand scratches.
It's full scale revision time. Please complete your PSLE booklets and come to class prepared for marking and discussion of answers.
Due to the tight schedule, I may not have time to mark through all your questions in the PSLE booklets so I need your fullest cooperation and self-discipline to mark with 100% accuracy and take down the model answers and notes given to you. The PSLE booklets are extremely important as they represent the type of questions being set for PSLE each year.
Hang in there and please please pay your fullest attention in class. It's revision and I know that lessons may be long with tedious explanations but you need to understand and treat it as a form of revision as I go through the answers with you.
Work hard for the last lap. It's time!
Sincerely,
Mr Nelson Ong
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