Zippy SingaporeO-Level English: Final-Week Writing and Exam Prep
O-Level English 1184, final week: essays, editing, comprehension and a timed Paper 2.
A self-paced final-week course for O-Level English 1184. Choose the discursive and narrative lessons you need, practise Editing and Comprehension, and prepare for the exam afternoon.
- units
- 7
- lessons
- 41
About the course
A final-week course for O-Level English 1184. Choose the discursive and narrative lessons you need, drill Editing and Comprehension on fresh passages, and finish with a timed Paper 2 practice test and a plan for the exam afternoon.
What you practise
- Discursive essays
- Narrative and descriptive essays
- Editing drills
- Visual text, comprehension and summary
- Timed practice
What the course covers
Start here
1 lesson- S1 · How your essay is marked, and how to choose your question
Discursive essays
9 lessons- D1 · Take a clear stand
- D2 · Build a body paragraph that scores
- D3 · Answer the other side
- D4 · Introductions and conclusions that answer the question
- D5 · Theme pack: success, effort and competition
- D6 · Theme pack: youth, family and generations
- D7 · Theme pack: technology and social media
- D8 · Theme pack: happiness, health and time for yourself
- D9 · Theme pack: money, spending and advertising
Narrative and descriptive essays
5 lessons- N1 · Answer every part of a “write about a time” question
- N2 · Your memory bank: three experiences that fit many questions
- N3 · Slow down the key moment
- N4 · Endings that reflect
- N5 · Descriptive essays: route, stops, zoom in, why it matters
Writing for both
5 lessons- W1 · Language that scores
- W2 · Plan fast: four questions, five minutes each
- W3 · Timed essay: narrative or descriptive
- W4 · Timed essay: discursive
- W5 · Fix one thing, then use it again
Editing drills
6 lessons- E1 · Editing 1: The School Canteen
- E2 · Editing 2: The Community Library
- E3 · Editing 3: The Park Connector
- E4 · Editing 4: The School Band
- E5 · Editing 5: The Hawker Centre
- E6 · Editing 6: The Science Laboratory
Comprehension drills
13 lessons- V1 · Visual text 1: How to answer Section A
- V2 · Visual text 2: The Beach Clean-Up Poster
- V3 · Visual text 3: The Museum Exhibition Flyer
- V4 · Visual text 4: The Sports Camp Web Page
- U1 · Summary 1: The method, with a worked paragraph
- U2 · Summary 2: Community Gardens
- U3 · Summary 3: Teenage Sleep
- U4 · Summary 4: Food Delivery
- C1 · How to answer comprehension questions
- C2 · Narrative comprehension 1: The Last Bus
- C3 · Narrative comprehension 2: The Substitute
- C4 · Non-narrative comprehension 1: The Line We Choose to Join
- C5 · Non-narrative comprehension 2: In Praise of Doing Nothing
Exam prep
2 lessons- X1 · Time management: decisions that save marks
- X2 · Paper 2 practice test (1 hour 50 minutes)