" Surely, with hardship comes ease " 94 ; 6: January 2011

Teacher's Guide : Teknik Menjawab UPSR

10:16 AM

For more info on how to answer Paper 2 English UPSR click here.

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Teacher's Guide : How to attract student attention

9:53 AM

How to attract students' attention
All teacher farcing the same problem with student attention especially in primary school. To make it short here are some tips on how to attract students' attention.

Use interesting and attractive teaching aids that suitable for students' age or stage.
Use music in teaching lesson to make students' less boring.
Use multimedia presentation such funny video clips to tackle students' attention.
Let the all of the students's take part in lessons' activity, never underestimate your student ability.
Wear a proper clothes. (For students' expressions towards the teacher)

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Question sample :)

7:31 AM

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WHAT IS CONJUNCTION?

7:36 PM

Hello readers, today you will learn about conjunction.

A conjunction joins two parts of a sentence.

For examples:

Coordinating Conjunctions	Subordinating Conjunctions
and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so	although, because, since, unless

Form

Conjunctions have three basic forms:

Single Word
for example: and, but, because, although
Compound (often ending with as or that)
for example: provided that, as long as, in order that
Correlative (surrounding an adverb or adjective)
for example: so...that

Function

Conjunctions have two basic functions or "jobs":

Coordinating conjunctions are used to join two parts of a sentence that are grammatically equal. The two parts may be single words or clauses, for example:
- Jack and Jill went up the hill.
- The water was warm, but I didn't go swimming.

Subordinating conjunctions are used to join a subordinate dependent clause to a main clause, for example:
- I went swimming although it was cold.

Position

Coordinating conjunctions always come between the words or clauses that they join.

Subordinating conjunctions usually come at the beginning of the subordinate clause.

credit to: http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/conjunctions.htm

izzatul hidayah binti ahmad puad (0952111)

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SIMPLE PAST TENSE

9:20 AM

Hello dear readers, today we want to give a little information about simple past tense.

To be Statements +	To be Statements -	Questions ?
I was.	I wasn't.	Was I?
He was.	He wasn't.	Was he?
She was.	She wasn't.	Was she?
It was.	It wasn't.	Was it?
You were.	You weren't.	Were you?
We were.	We weren't.	Were we?
They were.	They weren't.	Were they?

Regular Verb (to work) Statements +	Regular Verb (to work) Statements -	Questions	Short answer +	Short answer -
I worked.	I didn't work.	Did I work?	Yes, I did.	No, I didn't.
He worked.	He didn't work.	Did he work?	Yes, he did.	No, he didn't.
She worked.	She didn't work.	Did she work?	Yes, she did.	No, she didn't.
It worked.	It didn't work.	Did it work?	Yes, it did.	No, it didn't.
You worked.	You didn't work.	Did you work?	Yes you did.	No, you didn't.
We worked.	We didn't work.	Did we work?	Yes we did.	No, we didn't.
They worked.	They didn't work.	Did they work?	Yes they did.	No, they didn't.

Simple Past Timeline

For example:
"Last year I took my exams."
"I got married in 1992."
It can be used to describe events that happened over a period of time in the past but not now.

For example:
"I lived in South Africa for two years."
The simple past tense is also used to talk about habitual or repeated actions that took place in the past.

For example:
"When I was a child we always went to the seaside on bank holidays."

-izzatul hidayah (0952111)-

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COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

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PREPOSITION (TIME AND PLACE)

10:40 AM

Prepositions of Time:

English	Usage	Example
on	days of the week	on Monday
in	months / seasons time of day year after a certain period of time (when?)	in August / in winter in the morning in 2006 in an hour
at	for night for weekend a certain point of time(when?)	at night at the weekend at half past nine
since	from a certain point of time (past till now)	since 1980
for	over a certain period of time (past till now)	for 2 years
ago	a certain time in the past	2 years ago
before	earlier than a certain point of time	before 2004
to	telling the time	ten to six (5:50)
past	telling the time	ten past six (6:10)
to / till / until	marking the beginning and end of a period of time	from Monday to/till Friday
till / until	in the sense of how long something is going to last	He is on holiday until Friday.
by	in the sense of at the latest up to a certain time	I will be back by 6 o’clock. By 11 o'clock, I had read five pages.

Prepositions of Place:

English	Usage	Example
in	room, building, street, town, country book, paper etc. car, taxi picture, world	in the kitchen, in London in the book in the car, in a taxi in the picture, in the world
at	meaning next to, by an object for table for events place where you are to do something typical (watch a film, study, work)	at the door, at the station at the table at a concert, at the party at the cinema, at school, at work
on	attached for a place with a river being on a surface for a certain side (left, right) for a floor in a house for public transport for television, radio	the picture on the wall London lies on the Thames. on the table on the left on the first floor on the bus, on a plane on TV, on the radio
by, next to, beside	left or right of somebody or something	Jane is standing by / next to / beside the car.
under	on the ground, lower than (or covered by) something else	the bag is under the table
below	lower than something else but above ground	the fish are below the surface
over	covered by something else meaning more than getting to the other side (also across) overcoming an obstacle	put a jacket over your shirt over 16 years of age walk over the bridge climb over the wall
above	higher than something else, but not directly over it	a path above the lake
across	getting to the other side (also over) getting to the other side	walk across the bridge swim across the lake
through	something with limits on top, bottom and the sides	drive through the tunnel
to	movement to person or building movement to a place or country for bed	go to the cinema go to London / Ireland go to bed
into	enter a room / a building	go into the kitchen / the house
towards	movement in the direction of something (but not directly to it)	go 5 steps towards the house
onto	movement to the top of something	jump onto the table
from	in the sense of where from	a flower from the garden

izzatul hidayah binti ahmad puad (0952111)

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English is Fun :)

12:24 AM

Hello everybody :)

Here I want to share some tips on how to make student interested with english subject and make it fun.

You can came out with many ideas but here I want to use drama activities and how to use it in class :)

Drama activities are a fun, easy and low resource way to teach children English as a foreign language. Because of their communicative style, they are also an excellent way for children to practice using English in realistic situations. Some groups may need some sessions warming up, getting comfortable with each other and building up self-confidence before jumping into the role-play activities and teacher should keep this in mind when planning the first few sessions.

"How Would You Look If…"

The teacher should have the children stand in a circle and he or she should hold up a card, one at a time, which has a different picture showing an emotion or a situation on it. The teacher can then ask the children to act out how they would look/behave if they were feeling the emotion shown on the card or were in the situation shown on the card. Some examples that can be put on the cards include:

You are cooking a big meal
You see a car crash
You won the lottery
You are watching fireworks
You are stuck in the lift
Someone tells you a funny joke
Emotions: bored, scared, happy, angry, sad

Usually students will be more interested with activity like this rather than reading a book or passage.

With this kind of activity also sometimes can dig out students' talent.

Good Luck!

Siti Nurain Binti Mohd Ghazali 0952129

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Differences between the Present Perfect Tense and the Simple Past Tense.

6:56 AM

The present perfect is used when the time period has NOT finished:

I have seen three movies this week.
(This week has not finished yet.)

The simple past is used when the time period HAS finished:

I saw three movies last week.

The present perfect is often used when giving recent news:

Martin has crashed his car again.
(This is new information.)

The simple past is used when giving older information:

Martin crashed his car last year.
(This is old information.)

The present perfect is used when the time is not specific:

I have seen that movie already.
(We don't know when.)

The simple past is used when the time is clear:

I saw that movie on Thursday.
(We know exactly when.)

The present perfect is used with for and since, when the actions have not finished yet:

I have lived in Victoria for five years.
(I still live in Victoria.)

The simple past is used with for and since, when the actions have already finished:

I lived in Victoria for five years.
(I don't live in Victoria now.)

WAJIHAH ABD RAHIM

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Simple Present

6:49 AM

USE 1 Repeated Actions

Use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is repeated or usual. The action can be a habit, a hobby, a daily event, a scheduled event or something that often happens. It can also be something a person often forgets or usually does not do.

Examples:

I play tennis.
She does not play tennis.
Does he play tennis?
The train leaves every morning at 8 AM.
The train does not leave at 9 AM.
When does the train usually leave?
She always forgets her purse.
He never forgets his wallet.
Every twelve months, the Earth circles the Sun.
Does the Sun circle the Earth?

USE 2 Facts or Generalizations

The Simple Present can also indicate the speaker believes that a fact was true before, is true now, and will be true in the future. It is not important if the speaker is correct about the fact. It is also used to make generalizations about people or things.

Examples:

Cats like milk.
Birds do not like milk.
Do pigs like milk?
California is in America.
California is not in the United Kingdom.
Windows are made of glass.
Windows are not made of wood.
New York is a small city. It is not important that this fact is untrue.

USE 3 Scheduled Events in the Near Future

Speakers occasionally use Simple Present to talk about scheduled events in the near future. This is most commonly done when talking about public transportation, but it can be used with other scheduled events as well.

Examples:

The train leaves tonight at 6 PM.
The bus does not arrive at 11 AM, it arrives at 11 PM.
When do we board the plane?
The party starts at 8 o'clock.
When does class begin tomorrow?

USE 4 Now (Non-Continuous Verbs)

Speakers sometimes use the Simple Present to express the idea that an action is happening or is not happening now. This can only be done with Non-continuous verbs and certain Mixed Verbs.

Examples:

I am here now.
She is not here now.
He needs help right now.
He does not need help now.
He has his passport in his hand.
Do you have your passport with you?

WAJIHAH ABD RAHIM

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Teacher's Guide : Teknik Menjawab UPSR

Teacher's Guide : How to attract student attention

How to attract students' attention
All teacher farcing the same problem with student attention especially in primary school. To make it short here are some tips on how to attract students' attention.

Teacher's Guide

Question sample :)

WHAT IS CONJUNCTION?

Form

Function

Position