English for 1B

Hi 1B!

Let's review what we have done for English so far.

Last week, we looks at sentences in active and passive form. I think many of you have already understood it well. Just in case some of you forgot:

In the ACTIVE form, the SUBJECT does the action on the object. For example, Sally BROKE the chair. If the SUBJECT is not able to carry out an action, then the action word comes first. For example, ADD the sugar to the coffee. The active form is ALWAYS in the PRESENT tense.

As for the PASSIVE form, the SUBJECT is the one on which the action is carried out on. What i mean is, The chair WAS BROKEN by Sally. Sally is the one doing the action but she comes after the action. Another example: The sugar TO BE ADDED to the coffee. The passive form is ALWAYS in the PAST tense.

I hope this makes it clearer for you.

Last week, we have also learnt what are nouns. Some of you are still confused between nouns and verbs. Nouns are words which mean a place, person, thing or idea. Such as day, door, man, Sally, football. Alot of you mistake verbs for nouns. Verbs refer to action words, such as run, kick, swing, feel. To help you make things clearer, watch this very cute video:



Hope you enjoyed the video! We have also done 2 newspaper articles. One about exhuming the cemetery to make way for MRT lines and another about tough love showing that parents care. Most of you have written well and put in some effort for your work. Keep it up!

Lastly, an important thing we have learnt is the format an address is written in. We will be doing letter-writing so it is very important that all of you learn this properly. To revise:
addresses are written in the following format:

Block 500, Jurong Road
#01-0111
Singapore 889922

Many of you like to write the postal code together with the unit number. Please note that that is wrong! The postal code is always a separate line by itself. I believe this is easy enough for all of you to remember! =)

If any of you have questions, please feel free to comment or see me in school. Let's work hard together and do well!