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my next N5 exam (english) is in two days and I’ve done such insufficient amount of studying. I’ve done 1 past paper today and I just realised how behind I am. For my set text, im currently in an OK position, i just need to put in more hours and I’ll be fine.
My problem is RUAE. On my prelim I got 11/30 and I actually cried over it. Tbf I crammed it over might so idk what I was expecting. I also know ruae is supposed to be easy but the structure, the way to the questions are asked, and knowing all the techniques is the things I find difficult. If you have any tips please do share, because I’m in a tight position.
For my critical essay, it’s not that bad but I just need to fix certain areas and memorise it. Can someone please please help me cus I have no idea what to do with such limited time. I haven’t done much for my other exams in 22 and 23 of may….but I got B in them and I just want an A.
okay guys pls, any tips share because i NEED to get an A in English thanks. 🙏🏾

my next N5 exam (english) is in two days and I’ve done such insufficient amount of studying. I’ve done 1 past paper today and I just realised how behind I am. For my set text, im currently in an OK position, i just need to put in more hours and I’ll be fine.
My problem is RUAE. On my prelim I got 11/30 and I actually cried over it. Tbf I crammed it over might so idk what I was expecting. I also know ruae is supposed to be easy but the structure, the way to the questions are asked, and knowing all the techniques is the things I find difficult. If you have any tips please do share, because I’m in a tight position.
For my critical essay, it’s not that bad but I just need to fix certain areas and memorise it. Can someone please please help me cus I have no idea what to do with such limited time. I haven’t done much for my other exams in 22 and 23 of may….but I got B in them and I just want an A.
okay guys pls, any tips share because i NEED to get an A in English thanks. 🙏🏾

For the essay, make sure to memorise additional quotes in case the question isn't what you expect and you need to tweak it last minute.
For RUAE, honestly just don't panic. The structure isn't as strict as they lead us to believe in S3, you will not be persecuted if your answer is a very slightly different format. Treat any type of quoting or 'examples of language' questions pretty much just like doing the analysis for your set text, it's very similar.
What are your exact problems with it?

for essays - plan around your quotes and key scene - you should be able to use these in ALL essays but tweaking your analysis to the question. start your paragraph with a clear topic sentence referring to the question and end in the same way.
for RUAE- take your time as you'll have plenty. read the whole passage first then attempt the questions - marking the lines given in the as you go. keep your answers clear and simple and remember at the end you can go back and give more points than the marks require.

i think like genuinely explaining and analysing the text is my problem. I love to read, but not necessarily under pressure. I tend to overanalyse the text and my mind goes elsewhere. How do you usually answer sentence structure/use of language questions?

This might sound odd, but for sentence structure, try to use the overthinking to your advantage and imagine that you're having a text conversation with a friend. You know when someone uses a full stop at the end of a short sentence where they wouldn't normally and you wonder if they're mad at you? It's the same thing. if in doubt, it's for EMPHASIS - just figure out what point they're trying to make and say it emphasizes that.
Eg. Exclamation mark - why would someone be yelling at you? It shows that their tone may beshocked, surprised, frustrated, angry, enthusiatic etc depending on the context. Short sentence structure - well, generally if someone's annoyed or frustrated, they use shorter sentences, and it also emphasizes what they're saying. Long sentence or list format - usually emphasizes an emotion, the variety or the amount of whatever it is. Brackets, dashes or commas add more information. Question marks (careful if they are rhetoric or not) can show different emotions (such as doubt or curiosity) and engage the reader and force them to consider the issue. If you see two parallel sentences (sentences that are very similar in length and structure with just a couple different words) then usually the writer it drawing a connection between them or again, emphasizing something.
example i vaguely remember from last week:
The author uses em dashes to allow them to include the competitors' names and emphasize the significance of this: "QUOTE" The surnames clearly originate from many different cultures, which suggests that the competition is very inclusive and every child has an equal chance to win.

This makes soo much sense! Thank for this, I think I’ll start learning what all the different sentence structure means then do past papers. Will update on Tuesday !

Good luck!

okay i did itttt
Im super confident in both of them and super proud of myselfff!
ruae: it was about Taylor swift and I honestly loved it! I wish the grade boundaries aren’t extremely high this year
set text + essay: i memorised the majority of my essay last night and this morning and im glad I figured out a way to answer the question. Honestly the parts in my essay i didnt memorise weren’t really relevant so im happy with that.
For the set text, i memorised many quotes and analysed them. The section of my set text was the one we did in class the week before exam leave, i literally let out a sigh😮*💨
so overall im extremely happy with the outcome and just hope ive done enough to get an A in English

Awesome, I'm so happy for you!! That's great to hear!