Thursday, January 15, 2009 @ 11:02 PM
Vocabulary Building 03
Hiyee!!

I apologise for the late entry. I totally forgot about it! :)
Luckily Wan Ting reminded me. If any of you are still in Wonderland with Alice, these words were discussed during our daily news article discussion.


1) Doubt
- a feeling of uncertainty
~ "I doubt that I can do it," Wei Min said to himself. "It is too difficult!"

- a lack of conviction
~ David is working hard to prove his doubters wrong. "I will pass this time round!" he exclaimed.

2)Peer
- a group of people of the same age, status, ability
~ Erry does not have many friends. She has a problem getting along with her peers.

3)Cohort
- a group of people banded together or treated as a group
~ Mr Saleem enjoyed the previous primary 4 cohort. To him, they were the most adorable pupils in the school.

4) Headstrong
- self-willed
~ Rufeen is a headstrong individual. He does not listen to most people.

5) Obtain
- get, acquire
~ Jasvinder obtained the highest score for the Mathematics test. He attributed it to his hard work and support from his teacher.

6) Pleasant
- a sense of happy, satisfaction or enjoyment
~ I was pleasantly surprised when my mum baked my favourite cake for my birthday.
@ 1:07 PM
Unit 1 - Worksheet 3
Greetings 6F-lings (ala earthlings),

Please do read pages 8 to 10 of the English textbook (if you had not concientiously done so ~ don't let me nag in the blog. it'll be ugly :P) and if you have any queries, please do ask me tomorrow.

These are the corrections,

1) Anne kept her promise to look after the old woman.

2) Janet hoped to have enough money to visit her relatives in China one day.

3)The detective wanted to solve the mystery before it became dark.

4) Aunt Agatha was too upset to say anything.

5)James was too excited to sleep that night.

6) Josh looked out of the window to check if it was raining.

7) To get a better price for her purchases, Mrs Ridwan argued with the fruit seller for an hour.

8) Ravi went to the library to borrow a book on how to make a kite.

9)The Principal counselled the boys to help them realise their mistake.

10) Ali worked hard to win the first prize.

Have fun!