how was english ?
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when you dream of a shoe, it means you might be going on a journey" --> 0 marks
Wtf are you serious? I wrote a whole lot on examples.....
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Originally posted by Dejomel:
Easiest English paper I have ever done in my life.
Paper 1: Q4 - PowerWas 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
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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.
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: SummaryTricky. 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 marksThey 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 cannot find any points at paragraph 6. i did from 3 to 5 and i already had 140 words.
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format should be
Dear Past pupil,
Text
Yours sincerely,
Signature
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Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:
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
u screwed. supposed to write between 350 to 500
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it was boomz
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Aiya I think my summary fail liaos... I included all those useless examples and all that..
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Originally posted by Sgforum King:
u screwed. supposed to write between 350 to 500
not screwed. it's advised. boomz!
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hmmm details are aint important in summary, thats why they are called summary. i included a point in para 6, i dun see any reason if they put para 3 to 6, they is no point in para 6 which is a bit impossible. so i anyhow bomb 1 in
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i find paper 2 to be a breeze.
scary thing was. i finished in an hour.
i was done and i looked around.
fuck? did i miss anything?
paper 1. i wrote on power. section 2. i had no idea what format is it.
I just wrote Dear past pupils,
.....
yours truly, ____
i think they don't really care about the format.
but overall i know i did good. BOoMZZ
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Originally posted by Sgforum King:
u screwed. supposed to write between 350 to 500
they will not penalize
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Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:
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
mine touch on global warming and nuclear and malnutrition
hopes> world peace and nuclear plorification program and health problem
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Good for you, I think I just screwed up summary badly...
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booomz, they will, but it doesnt matter. only 2 marks or so.
Dun worry, i have a friend who wrote speech for this -.-
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Originally posted by Sgforum King:
i cannot find any points at paragraph 6. i did from 3 to 5 and i already had 140 words.
I believe the nightmare and trauma event is one point.The final line on the tuba and periodic table invention is another point.
Not sure if there are any more in paragraph 6.
Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:format should be
Dear Past pupil,
Text
Yours sincerely,
Signature
Something along those lines. Yes.
Does not really matter as long as you sign off appropriately. I've given up on putting "yours sincerely" or "yours truly" or "yours faithfully".
I just put "Regards". It's safe.
Originally posted by Sgforum King:u screwed. supposed to write between 350 to 500
Does not matter. If it's not 700 words of rubbish and full of grammatical errors that piss the markers off, he might actually do better than most.
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Originally posted by ViewtyKU990:
hmmm details are aint important in summary, thats why they are called summary. i included a point in para 6, i dun see any reason if they put para 3 to 6, they is no point in para 6 which is a bit impossible. so i anyhow bomb 1 in
there is two point in para 6.
about the particular event.
and amazing discoveries thingy.
don't put the examples though.
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Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:
they will not penalize
so lenient? i would have wrote more than 500 alr
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Originally posted by ViewtyKU990:
mine touch on global warming and nuclear and malnutrition
hopes> world peace and nuclear plorification program and health problem
nice one. =) I at first intended to write such a approach but later no eg. so drop some pts....
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Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:
nice one. =) I at first intended to write such a approach but later no eg. so drop some pts....
same, but it the question was worries and hopes. so i tackled on both sides of a certain event.
and barney, i think i got that point haha (:
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I speak for many when I shout
"FUCK I WROTE SO MANY EXAMPLES IN THE SUMMARY WTF"
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So you think I will fail my summary?
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i love english now.
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Originally posted by Dejomel:
I speak for many when I shout
"FUCK I WROTE SO MANY EXAMPLES IN THE SUMMARY WTF"
hehe i didnt write any examples they gave.
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Originally posted by SBS n SMRT:
they will not penalize
As long as you write all of relevant content can already. Good luck too.However, I found myself that it was not an easy subject to pass.
I managed to get D7 for 'O' Level after getting E8 for prelim and school paper.
Mainly I did not do well on it was: Paper 2 (Especially comprehension), only for summary to score well. As compre. qns mainly ask you to write in own words instead of blind-lifting.
For summary, as long as you found out the relevant sentenses and shortened by modifying into own words can already.
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Originally posted by Dejomel:
I believe the nightmare and trauma event is one point.The final line on the tuba and periodic table invention is another point.
Not sure if there are any more in paragraph 6.
Something along those lines. Yes.
Does not really matter as long as you sign off appropriately. I've given up on putting "yours sincerely" or "yours truly" or "yours faithfully".
I just put "Regards". It's safe.
Does not matter. If it's not 700 words of rubbish and full of grammatical errors that piss the markers off, he might actually do better than most.still got one in para 6: Valuable discoveries resulted from vividly recollected dreams
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Originally posted by Dejomel:
I speak for many when I shout
"FUCK I WROTE SO MANY EXAMPLES IN THE SUMMARY WTF"
lol chill. some of them need a example, eg on the work of Sigmund Freud
thats what i feel. I gave a brief example on ancient greek and egyptian too