In Hot Pursuit (RD pages 18 to 20) - vocab list

1. the morning rush hour
2. eager to get to work
3. flagged down a taxi
4. sped past
5. accelerated down the road
6. stood stunned for a few seconds
7. pointed in the direction the motorcyclist was heading
8. follow the thief
9. aware that he was being pursued
10. approached an intersection
11. slowed to a crawl
12. wove between the cars without slowing down
13. stuck behind a car
14. disappear into the heavy traffic
15. still clutching his lunchbox
16. hopped down and ran
17. denied any wrongdoing
18. ease his bike forward
19. caught up with
20. put up a fierce fight
21. several onlookers stepped forward
22. managed to subdue him
23. bystanders
24. keeping the perpetrator under control
25. risked their life
26. turned down an offer of a cash reward
27. an altercation with the thief
28. received certificates of recognition

Meaning of new words
intersection - junction
subdue - control
perpetrator - a person who commits a crime; a person who is responsible for a wrongdoing
altercation - a heated or angry dispute; a noisy argument

Disappointing Post Writing Test 2 results :(((

How was the writer treated unfairly?
She was given the cold shoulder by her sister for something she did not do.
OR
Her sister, Zoe, ignored her totally because she thought that the writer had used her handphone without her permission.

Why did the writer look up to Zoe?
Zoe was always cool and composed.

"Where did you go yesterday, Zach?" asked Miss Koh.
Miss Koh asked Zach where he had gone the previous day.

Kim prefers going shopping to reading in the library.
Kim would rather go shopping than read in the library.

Peter is bad a Mathematics. So is her sister.
Neither Peter nor his sister is good at Mathematics.

1
ANG HUI XIN 19
2
YU JING JIE 18
3
AO MINGYI, BELINDA 17
4
ANG QI JIAN 16
5
SEE JIA YI 15.5
6
MUHAMMAD ASYRAF B ADAM 15
7
PEH JIN HAO 15
8
NADIAH BTE ISA 14
9
TRICIA LIM YUN QI 14
10
ELUMALAI VAISHNAPRIYA 13
11
FONG WEI DENG 13
12
HASZIRAH BTE GHANI 13
13
LI ZHIXIAN, RODRICK 13
14
NUR NAAZILAH BTE HIDAYATULLAH 13
15
GOH JIA YING, CHRISTABEL 12
16
JULIANO PRASETYO ARDI 12
17
JACELYN SIM SOCK LING 11
18
NAVETHIRA D/O RAVI CHANDRAN 11
19
HO XI MIN 10
20
KEE KAH LOK 10
21
LIM YUAN BIN 10
22
SIM WEI JIE, EDRICK 10
23
AW HWEE HEAN 9
24
CHEW JIA HUI, CHLOE 9
25
LIM QIAN WEI 9
26
CHIA YUN SHAN 8
27
HOU XIN'YU 8
28
ONG WEI LONG 8
29
PEI YAN BO 8
30
TAN GUAN MIN 8
31
DEBBIE KOH TENG 7
32
LOW SONG DA EMERSON 7
33
LYNN LIM YAN YIN 7
34
CASSANDRA LIM MIN HUI 6
35
LIM XUE TING SHIRLEY 6
36
NG YAN ZHEN 6
37
WU JINGNI 6
38
ZACKIR HUSSAIN AJMAL ARSATH 4
39
CAI MENGYU Abs
40
LOH XIAO QI Abs
41
SNG JIA HUI Abs
42
WOON WEE HAN, EUGENE Abs

SW5 June Holiday Enrichment Result

Good morning all Upper Primary Pupils

The English Department (1m) has organised a "Speak Good English Enrichment" during the June holiday. The purpose of this workshop is to help us learn how to speak confidently with suitable tone and appropriate body language (1m).

Those who face problems when striking up a conversation with others (1m) will definitely benefit from this enrichment workshop. It will be held on 20 and 21 June from 8 a.m. to 12 noon (1m) at the Communication Lab 1 (1m).

If you are interested, register with your class monitor by 20 April (1m).

Thank you.

Suggested answer by Edrick Sim
1
ANG HUI XIN 14
2
SIM WEI JIE, EDRICK 14
3
NADIAH BTE ISA 13
4
ELUMALAI VAISHNAPRIYA 12
5
HO XI MIN 12
6
JULIANO PRASETYO ARDI 12
7
LYNN LIM YAN YIN 12
8
ONG WEI LONG 12
9
ANG QI JIAN 11
10
AO MINGYI, BELINDA 11
11
AW HWEE HEAN 11
12
CHIA YUN SHAN 11
13
HASZIRAH BTE GHANI 11
14
HOU XIN'YU 11
15
JACELYN SIM SOCK LING 11
16
LIM QIAN WEI 11
17
MUHAMMAD ASYRAF B ADAM 11
18
PEH JIN HAO 11
19
PEI YAN BO 11
20
TAN GUAN MIN 11
21
WOON WEE HAN, EUGENE 11
22
ZACKIR HUSSAIN AJMAL ARSATH 11
23
CAI MENGYU 10
24
KEE KAH LOK 10
25
LI ZHIXIAN, RODRICK 10
26
LOW SONG DA EMERSON 10
27
NG YAN ZHEN 10
28
NUR NAAZILAH BTE HIDAYATULLAH 10
29
WU JINGNI 10
30
CASSANDRA LIM MIN HUI 9
31
DEBBIE KOH TENG 9
32
FONG WEI DENG 9
33
GOH JIA YING, CHRISTABEL 9
34
LIM XUE TING SHIRLEY 9
35
LIM YUAN BIN 9
36
NAVETHIRA D/O RAVI CHANDRAN 9
37
SNG JIA HUI 9
38
TRICIA LIM YUN QI 9
39
SEE JIA YI 8
40
CHEW JIA HUI, CHLOE 7
41
LOH XIAO QI abs
42
YU JING JIE abs

Wrongly accused

"How can it be me? Why me? You..." I was shocked, too shocked to even finish my sentence.

"Yes. What's wrong with you? Why did you do that?"questioned Dad, furious.

"I did not. I just cannot believe that you have accused me! How could you!" I shouted, my heart erupting like a volcano.

"It's not an accusation, James! It's true. You did it, didn't you?" asked Dad, his face turning red in fury.

"I did not! I said I did not means I did not!" Ishrieked hysterically, spun around and stomped off to my room and flung the door shut.

I broke down into quiet sobs. My heart sank in great disappointment. I just could not stand wild accusations from my father. I just could not accept it, my Dad! Dad, whom I always know would stand by me, whom I trusted wholeheartedly. All my good thoughts of Dad were gone with an allegation.

Why me? Why must I take the blame? Who told Dad about this? All these questions raced through my confused mind.

"James! James!" called Dad, with anger.

Dad knocked the door hard. I just did not want to open the door to the one who thought so little of me.

"Just go, Dad! I just want to be alone!" I screamed, my heart was pounding faster than before.

My eyes burnt. Without knowing it, tears came rolling down my cheeks, unrestrainedly. I huddled mself to a corner, sobbing.

"James? What happened?" asked Mum, sweetly and soothingly, coming into my room.

"Mummy... Mumm..." I called Mum in between my sobs.

"Jimmy has told me everything," Mum told me, looking deeply into my eyes.

"Did he accuse me?? Why, he surely will get it from me," I said, clentching my fist in anger, while wiping away my tears with the other hand.

"I am not sure if he had accused you. What I want to know is the truth. Did you really vandalize the school walls?" asked Mum sternly.

" I didn't, Mum. Please believe me," I tried to convince Mum.

Jimmy, that little brother of mine, was going far too much. My father loves Jimmy more than me.I knew it. Jimmy just got to ask for what he wanted, and Dad would certainly get it for him. I hate Jimmy!

"Mum, don't believe in any of Jimmy's tall tales. He's lying. He loves to see me being scolded," I pleaded with Mum.

Mum sighed and sat beside me, with a disappointed face. Dad suddenly popped in at my door, holding my handphone in his hand.

"That's mine," I went running towards my Dad to get my phone.

"I believe you now," Dad told me, giving an apologetic smile.

I looked at my handphone. There was an sms. It was from John. John was vandalizing thes chool walls when I advised him against it yesterday. The sms read: Thank you for advising me not to vandalize the walls. I am really grateful to you. Thanks a lot, pal, John.

I showed Mum the text message. She smiled and heaved a sigh of relief. I was glad, they believed me at last. I hugged both my parents.

"Do you want to accuse me of something without proof again?" I asked Dad, arms akimbo, with a smile.

"No, I won't. I'll always trust you," Dad replied, with a cheerful laugh. "Let's go for dinner!" Mum suggested.

"Yay!" Jimmy cheered, jumping madly like a monkey. "We;re not taking you along, Jimmy," I exacted a punishment for Jimmy.

"What?!" came the loud reply, and both my parents and I laughed.

Writer Nadiah
6-9

Betrayed by my twin

I had never trusted anyone after that incident, not even my parents and relatives.

That incident was the most unforgettable and I did not want to experience it ever again.

I had a twin brother in the same class. His name was Joe. That day, I was punished by my formteacher, Miss Lee. I had forgotten to hand in my homework and for punishment, I was told to stayback after school to clean the classroom. I could still remember the icy cold look that she gave me after she left. Her words replayed in my mind, again and again.

"Belinda, I want you to wipe the windows, clean the tables and chairs and mop the floor. I will be back in two o'clock and I want to see the classroom spick and span. If not, I will ask you to run around the field ten times!"

Then, she gave me her icy cold look and left.

I shuddered at the thought of running around the field. I glanced at the clock and realized that it would be two o'clock very soon. Immediately, I wiped the windows. Armed with a piece of rag and a bucket, I headed to the windows. There, I saw Joe in the field, playing soccer with his pals.

The air remained hot and humid despite the fact that the ceiling fans were whirring away furiously. I sighed.

"How nice it would be if I were to take a nice, long break! I would buy an ice-cream. No, no, a packet of potato chips." I thought to myself dreamily.

A loud crash interrupted my thoughts. I could not imagine what had happened when I heard the sound of glass shattering on the floor. I turned around and saw the window panes shattered to smithereens. Not far away was a soccer ball, still rolling on the floor. I gazed at the pieces in dismay. How on earth was I supposed to explain this? I stomped out of the classroom and to the field.

"What happened?"I demanded an explanation from Joe.

"I don't know, Sis! Honest!" Joe blurted out, but guilt was written all over his face.

At that fateful moment, I heard that Miss Lee's voice.

My eyebrows shot up, eyes widening in horror. I spun around, and to my shock, I was face-to-face with Miss Lee. She was so close that I could hear her breathing. Miss Lee shot a barrage of questions.

"Miss Belinda, why have you left the classroom? And why are the window panes smashed on the floor?"

"I... I... didn't do it!" I protested, but was quickly interjected by Joe.

"Miss Lee, Belinda did it. She was the one who broke the window panes," Joe said, feigning innocence.

Joe's pals nodded. By then, I was speechless. How could Joe do this to me?

"I... I... you... Miss Lee, I swear, I didn' tdo it!" I fumed, my face suffused with anger.

Miss Lee ignored me and ordered me to follow her to the general office. Hobson's choice, I followed Miss Lee.

"Damn that Joe!" I cursed silently, seething with indignation.

I felt hot tears welling up in my eyes, but I told myself not to cry. Nobody trusted me at all. Nobody. Life was never fair.

I overheard Miss Lee calling my parents. I, however, was prepared for the worst. Maybe, someday, I would take revenge. I would never, in my life, ever forgive Joe. Never!

Writer Ao Ming Yi, Belinda
P6-9

CW3 - Proven Innocent

Once you were treated unfairly by someone in your family. You were blamed for something that was not actually your fault.

For the entire two weeks, I put up with cold stares from my elder sister, Zoe, every single day. It pained me because she was the closest person to me in this world. She was more than a just a sister. She was also my advisor, confidant and best friend.

She started giving me cold shoulders when she was questioned by my mother on her hefty phone bill.

It was a Tuesday afternoon. Three of us were in the living room. My mother was going through the mails when out of the blue, she hollered, "Zoe, your phone bill chalked up to more than $400 last month! Explain yourself!" In her fury, she had clutched the bill so hard that it had lost its crispness. She shoved the creased phone bill to Zoe.

Composed, as she always was, and the main reason why I looked up to her so much, she took the bill from my mother's shaky hands. Her eyes widened in disbelief as she studied the bill.

"Mum, Singtel must have made a mistake. How is it possible for me to send more than a thousand sms'es in a month?" she explained.

Not buying what Zoe had said, my mother raised her voice by a few decibels, "Don't you dare try to push the blame? Fancy you to say that it was the fault of Singtel! How brilliant!"

"It's not me, Mum. I am not the one! If it's not a mistake made by Singtel, it must be someone else using my phone without my knowledge! After all, I always leave my phone on the coffee table," Zoe answered, not at all threatened.

With that, both of them turned simultaneously and cast accusing glares at me. Those glares were deadly, so deadly that my soul was jolted out of my skin. Before I could speak up to defend myself, my eardrums were treated to a flurry of false accusations and reprimanding!

"It must be you, right? How could you? You do not have to resort to this even if I don’t agree to buy you a handphone!" My mother blared into my ears. "Why must you behave like a thief? I don't understand! You're such a disappointment!" she continued, seething in rage.

Cupping my ears, I turned to look longingly at Zoe for help only to receive a cold stare. The coldness invaded every single blood vessel and into the bones. My heart sank and as it sank, it broke into a million pieces. I had lost Zoe, my once dear sister. She did not believe that I was innocent.

"I did not! I am innocent! Get the detailed billing if you don't believe me!" I uttered in sadness.

I would describe the two weeks which followed as thoroughly torturous. The seconds felt like minutes, the minutes like hours and hours like days. Time crawled at such a slow pace that the sheer two weeks seemed an eternity.

The detailed billing finally arrived. We pored through the thick stack of 30-odd page report. Upon close examination, there were, on a few occasions, sms'es were sent to the same party every ten seconds. It puzzled us but we finally analysed how that was possible. Zoe had left her phone in her waist pouch and with the keypad unlocked, and some forces of fluke, messages were sent over and over again to the same party.

Terribly relieved was I that it was all over. The detailed billing report had proven me innocent. Zoe had figured out that it was no fault of mine. No one was at fault. If you were to ask me, I would say that the biggest culprit is the keypad of the phone. It was not locked properly or rather it was unlocked accidentally.

"I am sorry," Zoe apologized sheepishly. "It was foolish of me to think that you were the one. And guess what, my next phone will be a clamshell phone and you should know why!"

We laughed. I finally had Zoe back!

Practice Paper 1, Sections G, H and I results.

1
JULIANO PRASETYO ARDI 32.5
2
ANG HUI XIN 31.5
3
LOH XIAO QI 31.5
4
LI ZHIXIAN, RODRICK 31
5
NADIAH BTE ISA 28.5
6
AO MINGYI, BELINDA 27
7
ZACKIR HUSSAIN AJMAL ARSATH 26
8
MUHAMMAD ASYRAF B ADAM 25.5
9
GOH JIA YING, CHRISTABEL 24.5
10
HO XI MIN 24.5
11
KEE KAH LOK 24.5
12
SEE JIA YI 24.5
13
ONG WEI LONG 24
14
NG YAN ZHEN 23.5
15
TAN GUAN MIN 23.5
16
ANG QI JIAN 23
17
CHIA YUN SHAN 23
18
NAVETHIRA D/O RAVI CHANDRAN 23
19
LYNN LIM YAN YIN 22.5
20
ELUMALAI VAISHNAPRIYA 21.5
21
HOU XIN'YU 21.5
22
AW HWEE HEAN 21
23
FONG WEI DENG 21
24
JACELYN SIM SOCK LING 21
25
LIM XUE TING SHIRLEY 21
26
WU JINGNI 21
27
CAI MENGYU 20.5
28
LIM YUAN BIN 20.5
29
NUR NAAZILAH BTE HIDAYATULLAH 20.5
30
PEH JIN HAO 20.5
31
WOON WEE HAN, EUGENE 20.5
32
YU JING JIE 20.5
33
CASSANDRA LIM MIN HUI 20
34
HASZIRAH BTE GHANI 20
35
LIM QIAN WEI 20
36
PEI YAN BO 19
37
CHEW JIA HUI, CHLOE 18.5
38
SIM WEI JIE, EDRICK 18.5
39
TRICIA LIM YUN QI 18.5
40
DEBBIE KOH TENG 18
41
LOW SONG DA EMERSON 17
42
SNG JIA HUI 9

Average score: 22.46429