Q&A - P2 English

[plum-cake]

Tinkerbelle:

nms1:

[quote=\"Ymy\"]Hi! Mdm Koh, thank you for your reply. My DD wrote realized in her comp, the teacher changed to realised.

Realize is the American spelling, realise is the UK spelling so both are correct but you need to be consistent.

DD's teacher only accepts 'realised'. Her reasoning is Singapore follows British education system (such as 'O' & 'A' levels) and its way of spelling. Therefore, for all words ending with either 'ise' or 'ize', the teacher will only accept 'ise'. [/quote]Hi Tinkerbelle

yes I agree,

after a long time...what happened??

[plum-cake]

* British english words that end in -re( e.g. centre, theatre, fibre) often end in -er in American English (center,theater, fiber)

* British english words that end in -our( e.g. colour,favour,humour) usually end with -or in American English (color,favor,humor)
* verbs in British eng that can be spelled with either -ize or -ise at the end (e.g. recognize/ recognise) are always spelled with ize in American eng.
* Verbs in British eng that end in -yse (e.g analyse) are always spelled -yze in America ( analize)
* In British english verbs ending in a vowel plus l double the l when adding endings that begin with a vowel e.g travel, travelled, traveller. In American
english l is not doubles e.g. traveled, traveler.
* Some nouns that end with -ence in B.english e.g. licence, defence are spelled inAmerican eng (license, defense)

if you set your pc in American eng you can always see the diff. when you are typing using the british eng.

and if your child knows the phonics very well he/she can spell most of the words correctly.

[Tinkerbelle]

plum-cake:

Tinkerbelle:

[quote=\"nms1\"]Realize is the American spelling, realise is the UK spelling so both are correct but you need to be consistent.

DD's teacher only accepts 'realised'. Her reasoning is Singapore follows British education system (such as 'O' & 'A' levels) and its way of spelling. Therefore, for all words ending with either 'ise' or 'ize', the teacher will only accept 'ise'.

Hi Tinkerbelle

yes I agree,

after a long time...what happened??[/quote]Hi plum-cake,
Long time no 'see'. Been absent from this thread for ages..... has been super busy the 1st half of the year.

Hope your DD has settled nicely into her P2 routine...keke. How time flies... our gals will be in their final term for P2 once sch reopens. P3 next yr :nailbite:

[Tinkerbelle]

plum-cake:

* British english words that end in -re( e.g. centre, theatre, fibre) often end in -er in American English (center,theater, fiber)

* British english words that end in -our( e.g. colour,favour,humour) usually end with -or in American English (color,favor,humor)
* verbs in British eng that can be spelled with either -ize or -ise at the end (e.g. recognize/ recognise) are always spelled with ize in American eng.
* Verbs in British eng that end in -yse (e.g analyse) are always spelled -yze in America ( analize)
* In British english verbs ending in a vowel plus l double the l when adding endings that begin with a vowel e.g travel, travelled, traveller. In American
english l is not doubles e.g. traveled, traveler.
* Some nouns that end with -ence in B.english e.g. licence, defence are spelled inAmerican eng (license, defense)

if you set your pc in American eng you can always see the diff. when you are typing using the british eng.

and if your child knows the phonics very well he/she can spell most of the words correctly.

:goodpost: Thanks for the detailed clarification, plum-cake.

[plum-cake]

Tinkerbelle:

Hi plum-cake,
Long time no 'see'. Been absent from this thread for ages..... has been super busy the 1st half of the year.

Hope your DD has settled nicely into her P2 routine...keke. How time flies... our gals will be in their final term for P2 once sch reopens. P3 next yr :nailbite:

Hi, Tinkerbelle.
Good to see you back. she is ok. only I stuggled with her is compo writing... now her writing style is a bit okay.. how is your dd? Is she still going for piano classes?

Ye One more subject..one more exam :evil: to prepare. another part is CCA... after school staybacks.... :faint:

I bought 2 science guides to refresh my science skills

Have a nice SA2 preparation and enjoy your holidays.

[Tinkerbelle]

plum-cake:

Tinkerbelle:

Hi plum-cake,
Long time no 'see'. Been absent from this thread for ages..... has been super busy the 1st half of the year.

Hope your DD has settled nicely into her P2 routine...keke. How time flies... our gals will be in their final term for P2 once sch reopens. P3 next yr :nailbite:

Hi, Tinkerbelle.
Good to see you back. she is ok. only I stuggled with her is compo writing... now her writing style is a bit okay.. how is your dd? Is she still going for piano classes?

Ye One more subject..one more exam :evil: to prepare. another part is CCA... after school staybacks.... :faint:

I bought 2 science guides to refresh my science skills

Have a nice SA2 preparation and enjoy your holidays.

Hi plum-cake,

Yes...compo usually requires some fine-tuning in lower pri. Lots of practice will help the kids develop their flair for writing in upper pri. DD tends to lose marks for the spelling errors in her compo.

Yes, DD is still going for her piano lessons. Will be having her theory exam in Oct, as well as her SA2.... Hope she can manage. What about your DD?

Another subject next year so the kids will definitely have to adapt to more workload. I know what you mean, I also bought science guide books to help DD1 when she was in P3. How time flies...DD1 is sitting for her PSLE in 3 weeks time... :nailbite:

What CCA is your DD planning to take up in sch next yr? DD is taking Modern Dance now. :rahrah:

Enjoy your holidays.

[plum-cake]

Hi Tinkerbelle,


All the best and good luck to your dd1. ye mine is also taking theory exam in oct.

re- CCA mine is planning to take bowling/choir. but she is taking tap dance as enrichment at school.

sorry for tapping this thread…

[Tinkerbelle]

plum-cake:

Hi Tinkerbelle,


All the best and good luck to your dd1. ye mine is also taking theory exam in oct.

re- CCA mine is planning to take bowling/choir. but she is taking tap dance as enrichment at school.

sorry for tapping this thread....

Hi plum-cake,
Thank-you for your well wishes.

Good CCA choices. I'm sure your DD will enjoy herself. :rahrah:

All the best to your DD with her coming exams too. :xedfingers:

[vistauser]

Re-arrange the letters to form words.


iddnwsiere si_ _ _ _ _ _ _
trteos ot _ _
ielstrh sl _ _ _ _


So hard fo for me.Please help!

[plum-cake]

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