Golden phrases to remember

• A crop of disappointments
• A flood of pride rose in him
• A glittering infectious smile
• A reputation that swelled like a sponge
• An albatross around my neck
• An apple of his eye
• Break one’s heart
• By word of mouth
• Crowed about
• Despite bleeding profusely, she endured the pain
• Eddie chickened out when the bully challenged him to a fight.
• Everyone was whispering to another about the scene
• felt a shiver down my spine
• fished out my handphone and dialled triple nine
• Flames leaped in his eyes
• He was on cloud nine when he won the prize
• her laughter moves like a bat through silent haunted woods
• Her scream cut like a knife as the snatch thief ran off with her handbag.
• His face turned red like a tomato
• hollered, exclaimed, yelled, whispered, warned, advised...
• horsed around
• I felt a shiver down my spine when I heard the bad news.
• I was all thumbs with the dialling as I was feeling nervous
• In the twinkling of an eye
• Lend a helping hand
• lightning glare
• Made a beeline
• mathematical precision
• My friends horsed around in class when the teacher was away
• My mother nagged, "Wake up, you will be late for school."
• Paramedics rushed over to attend to the wounded
• Passersby stood rooted not knowing what to do next.
• Pay through one’s nose
• Put one’s foot down
• She was elated over her results
• She was so embarrassed that she weeped bitterly
• stung like a scorpion
• The beating of her heart was like a drum
• The place swarmed like a hive
• the pupils roared in laughters
• turned a deaf ear
• When Andrew saw his results, a bitterness crept into his face.
• Words as soft as rain

Fables to enjoy

Dear pupils and bookworms out there,

If you are interested in reading more great stories and fables, you may want to click here.

Do you remember what fables are?

Fables are stories with a moral in the story. Enjoy!

Important examination dates

Please note these important examination dates:

• English Topical test (2) 23 April Fri (Unit 1-4)
• English Oral – 26 April Mon 2.15pm to 4.20pm
• English paper 1 (Composition) – 4 May Tuesday
• English paper 2 & Listening comprehension- 11 May Tuesday

• Also, there will be an Open-book test for Social Studies which covers Chapters 1-3.

Letter writing practice

Many children write a letter to Santa before Christmas telling him what presents they would like. Here is Katie’s letter, but it’s been cut up, can you put the letter back together again?

Click here to put the sentences in order.

Fables to enjoy

Click here to read an old Chinese fable and then answer the following questions.

Answer the following questions.
1. What did the old woman give to Han-Shin every day?
2. Why was Han-Shin made the king?
3. Which sentence in the story tells you that Han-Shin is a person of perseverance?

4. Think about it. What kind of person is the old woman? (use adjectives in your answer)

Vocabulary Building

Click here for variants of the word, 'said'.

This is no April Fool's joke... I will be back!

Dear pupils,

Though my eyes are not fully recovered, I will be back on Monday. I can't wait to see all of you. Do amaze me with what you have learned and we will move on from there. I trust that you have learned a lot from the relief teachers like what I have advised previously. I hope no one turned a deaf ear on this one.

Cheers,
Mr Kok