I'm here!

I'm here, in the E-learning building, for the prize-giving ceremony for the 'Educational Blogging' Competition. 

Feeling nervous and scared as surrounded by many adults..

Ada.

Maths Tips

• Always read maths problems completely before making any calculations.  If you "look" too quickly at a problem, you may misunderstand what really needs to be done to complete the problem. 

• Whenever possible, draw a diagram.  Even though you may be able to visualize the situation, a hand drawn diagram will allow you to label the picture and to view the situation from different perspectives.  

• If you know that your answer to a question is incorrect, and you somehow cannot find your mistake, start over on a clean piece of paper. Sometimes when you try to correct a problem, you continually overlook the mistake.  Starting over on a clean piece of paper will let you focus on the question, not on trying to find the error. 

• If you simply cannot determine the answer to a question, make a guess.  Think about the problem and the information you know to be true.  Make a guess that will be logical based upon the conditions of the problem.

•   Make sure that your answer "makes sense" (logic).  For example, if a question asks you to find the number of feet in a drawing and your answer comes out to be a negative number, know that this answer is incorrect.  (We cannot measure negative feet.)  

And the most important thing of all, remain confident! Focus on what you do know, not what you do not know.

I hope these tips become handy when you're in an exam! 
Till then,
Ada

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Countable Nouns 
Countable nouns can be counted as one or more.

• Example: pen, computer, bottle, spoon, desk, cup, television, chair, shoe, finger, flower, camera, stick, balloon, book, table, comb and more..

Take a 's' to form the plural.

• pens, computers, bottles, spoons, desks, cups, televisions, chairs, shoes, fingers, flowers, cameras, sticks, balloons, books, tables, combs, etc.

Work with expressions such as (a few, few, many, some, every, each, these, and the number of).

• a few pens, a few computers, many bottles, some spoons, every desk, each cup, these televisions, the number of chairs, a few shoes, a few fingers, many flowers, some cameras, every stick, each balloon, these books, the number of tables, many combs, etc.

Work with appropriate articles (a, an, or the).

• a pen, the computer, a bottle, the spoon, a desk, the cup, a television, the chair, a shoe, the finger, a flower, the camera, a stick, the balloon, a book, the table, a comb, etc.

Do not work with much (for example, you would never say much pens or much computers).


 Uncountable nouns
 Cannot be counted. They usually express a group or a type.

• water, wood, ice, air, oxygen, English, Spanish, traffic, furniture, milk, wine, sugar, rice, meat, flour, soccer, sunshine, etc.

Work both with and without an article (a, an, or the), depending on the context of the sentence.

• Sugar is sweet.
• The sunshine is beautiful.
• I drink milk.
• He eats rice.
• We watch soccer together.
• The wood is burning.

Work with expressions such as (some, any, enough, this, that, and much).

• We ate some rice and milk.
• I hope to see some sunshine today.
• This meat is good.
• She does not speak much Spanish.
• Do you see any traffic on the road?
• That wine is very old.

Do not work with expressions such as (these, those, every, each, either, or neither).
Work both with and without an article (a, an, or the), depending on the context of the sentence.

• Sugar is sweet.
• The sunshine is beautiful.
• I drink milk.
• He eats rice.
• We watch soccer together.
• The wood is burning.

Work with expressions such as (some, any, enough, this, that, and much).

• We ate some rice and milk.
• I hope to see some sunshine today.
• This meat is good.
• She does not speak much Spanish.
• Do you see any traffic on the road?
• That wine is very old.

Do NOT work with expressions such as (these, those, every, each, either, or neither).

Good News!

My beloved mother got a call from UPSI (Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris) saying that I won 3rd place in the 'Educational Blogging' competition!
All of my hard work has paid off. Thanks to this blog, I won third place. I never expected this.

Until now, it is still hard for me to believe!

I would like to thank my mother who introduced me to the competition .. and also for her support! Thank you!