Q&A - P1 English

[potentialkp]

Question :

My sister and I _____ studying in the same school.
(1) is (2) am (3) are (4) was
My DD choose (3) are
Answer Sheet is (2) am

I ask around and there are many arguments, so i am very confuse now. Pls help…

[buzzlady]

The answer is definately " are ", how can it be "am".

[catherineleesg]

potentialkp:

Question :

My sister and I _____ studying in the same school.
(1) is (2) am (3) are (4) was
My DD choose (3) are
Answer Sheet is (2) am

I ask around and there are many arguments, so i am very confuse now. Pls help....

ans: \"are\"

[Curious mum]

Hi All,


I’m new to this forum…
My DS will be going to P1 next year. I am worried as he is having difficulties in his reading.May I know what is expected of a P1 student? Are they expected to write in sentences on their first day?

[Jing Wen]

If you no sure about what is expected from your kid, see the top 10 primary school exam paper for Primary 1 to 6. You can download it free from http://www.testpaper.biz. Share it with your friends.

[micollh]

thanksa Jing Wen !! downloaded all… hee

[sagacious.04440sg]

Hi, just curious. Do parents send their kids for phonics when they are 4 yrs old? Does it help them during P1? Is there a lot of reading required at P1?

[mummy of 2]

I didn’t send DS for phonics lessons. He learnt phonics in school (PCF) and I reinforced at home. He was able to read independently in the beginning of K1. By mid-K2, he started to read cheapter books. He is coping well in P1. He may be better in phonics had I sent him for lessons but I think the benefits are not tremendous. Hope this helps.

[laughingcat]

sagacious.sg:

Hi, just curious. Do parents send their kids for phonics when they are 4 yrs old? Does it help them during P1? Is there a lot of reading required at P1?

Sharing on my own experiences.....I self taught phonics on my DS1 and he was able to read on his own by 4.4yrs old. His kindy has spelling at K1 and dictation at K2 and I only spend 5- 10mins testing him. Because DS1 has good grasp of phonics, he is able to read chapter books before K1 and his spelling is very much easy to handle. So for my experiences, phonics do help alot.

[usa-sing-1]

As a native English speaker, I have been looking at the supplementary exercise books available in bookstores such as Popular, etc. I have purchased a few for my daughter to work through in addition to what is taught in school. I also found a site which includes test papers from the top schools, in later years like P5/6. It seems like the top schools in particular teach and test at a level of a native English speaker, in the top 10% or so of their cohort. Some of the material I read would be quite challenging for a non-native speaker, especially someone who has not read English literature extensively and not conversed in advanced English on a daily basis.