To show you how we do it, we are going to use a passage about Zheng He. First of all, download the passage for your child. The last page of the download contains the answers, so do not let your child see the answers yet!

In the previous article, we discussed Comprehension Cloze. In this edition, we are going to discuss the Open-Ended Comprehension component of the exams. These two sections are actually very closely related to each other. It is no surprise that a student weak in one will find doing the other difficult as well. Like Comprehension Cloze, it assesses the overall English skill level.

To understand this tip better, we are going to run through a sample passage using the above method. Firstly, please download the assignment and sample worksheet below:

In the previous two weeks, we shared some tips on how your child can do well for continuous writing in Paper 1. Now we will turn our attention to Paper 2. We will concentrate on two sections that many students find difficulty in – Comprehension Cloze and Open-ended Comprehension. We will discuss Comprehension Cloze first and move on the Open-ended Comprehension in next weeks article.

Hopefully our earlier discussions have not confused you. Let’s recap the past tense and how to use it.

You will realise that our tips, while focusing on a section of the English paper, actually targets multiple assessment objectives of the PSLE English paper. Many people do not see it this way, but Paper 1 and Paper 2 are actually opposites of each other. Paper 1 focuses on construction – writing words and linking them to create ideas to write essays. On the other hand, Paper 2 focuses on de-construction – breaking down the writing to get a deeper

This week, lets concentrate on how to improve for the Language and Organisation part.