its okay.
i rate it a 5/10 on difficulty.
In contrast with 2008 (cats passage) 3/10
and 2007 (astrology passage) 9/10
(: Good luck for tomorrow Elementary Mathematics paper!
i thought it was okay too...
but i screwed up here and there so i think i have no hopes of getting distinction anymore :(
ugh... my letter screwed up and i think my summary included those useless examples as points...
the letter is supposed to be what format? i write formal.
The format i put was
(name)
Address
Date
School Alumni
A secondary school
8 Sentosa Ave 10
Singapore 999999
Dear Past pupils,
RE: Celebration for principal
What?! Its formal?! I write as informal..
i think its supposed to be informal though. but how i wrote could be wrong or correct i dunno coz i wrote to the alumni which has past pupils
Well, I asked my teachers and they said its formal...
Originally posted by Han chiang:Well, I asked my teachers and they said its formal...
i am jumping with joy now
Wa amituofo ah... Hope that at least can get a C6 man... I don't want to end up in ITE T_T
i wrote informal gosh. It is like writing to Past PupilS.
so the address cannot be only 1 right?
please clear my queries pls
Originally posted by ViewtyKU990:i wrote informal gosh. It is like writing to Past PupilS.
so the address cannot be only 1 right?
please clear my queries pls
if u put 1 address then thats informal alr
now where got use RE: alr
my teacher said it was formal but without the receipent address
Originally posted by <(0))><:my teacher said it was formal but without the receipent address
hopefully the whole world wrong format then bring down the score. but what if i put alumni? would i be correct?
Paper 1: Relatively okay
Free writing: Q5.
Situational: I wrote informal letter
HOWEVER, according to Cambridge International Examinations, you should only write
Dear past pupil,
Text
And no RE is needed
Paper 2: Okay, but summary is a little tricky and hard
Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:Paper 1: Relatively okay
Free writing: Q5.
Situational: I wrote informal letter
HOWEVER, according to Cambridge International Examinations, you should only write
Dear past pupil,
Text
And no RE is needed
Paper 2: Okay, but summary is a little tricky and hard
they put no RE is needed meh?
yes
Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:yes
screw it upside left right down
even if you put also nehmind 1 la.. haha. i wrote no. 5 too. Hi 5!
anyway what school are you guys from?
Originally posted by Sgforum King:screw it upside left right down
nvm lah...format - 1m onli
Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:nvm lah...format - 1m onli
but liddat alot of people also -1m sia. i wrote Power for section one btw. i manage to elaborate to 480 words hahaha
Easiest English paper I have ever done in my life.
Paper 1: Q4 - Power
Was a little tough to write a narrative on it. Wasted half an hour brainstorming. Worked out fine but left me with 10 minutes for the situational writing section.
The other four questions were somewhat managable at a glance, the only thing is that most people tend to overwrite, leaving very little time for situational writing (like myself).
Paper 1: Situational
Format does not matter. It never has, it never will. Address or not, RE or not, it does not matter. I repeat.
FORMAT DOES NOT MATTER AS LONG AS IT IS A FEASIBLE AND NICE-LOOKING FORMAT.
Tone, register, language and content do.
SBS n SMRT is correct. Simply writing
===============
Dear Past Pupil,
Content
Sign off
Head Prefect '09
Bla bla bla
===============
Will result in no marks being deducted for format issues.
And yes, Cambridge does recommend forgoing the addresses of recipient and sender entirely.
The qustion itself is considered a formal letter, considering you are writing to alumni whom are all older than yourself, as well as the fact that you are a head prefect, and the letter itself should contain an invitation. But it has elements of informal letter in it as well.
Take note, at most, they minus up to three marks for format, only if it is way off. Such as writing a recipient's address on a brochure etc.
Screwing this one up, such as writing weird things in place of an impossible "recipient's address" soon minus up to one or two marks only. Relax.
Paper 2: Comprehension
Considering there were 4 marks worth of "write down the word" questions, scoring anything below 16/25 means your distinction is almost certainly gone due to the bell curve being shifted.
In other words, it was easy as hell.
Paper 2: Summary
Tricky. Tough to find the correct points.
The examples do not count as points.
"Dreams are interpreted via association" --> 1 mark
"when you dream of a shoe, it means you might be going on a journey" --> 0 marks
They gave you paragraph 3 to 6 for a reason. Each paragraph has at least 2 points.
This summary question is the only section of the entire English Language O' Level I find difficult.
I was foolish enough to include the examples and wasted away 25 words or so, thus I only got 11 points onto my summary.
Hope I still can get A1.
GOOD LUCK FOR EMATHS TMR.
i put informal too. my teacher said its formal though.
My compo touches these
Worries (Environmental concerns, world peace)
Hopes ( poverty be eradicated, environmental problems be solved, world peace)
Managed to cover 700 plus words