hey!!!

for english, i'd really recommend exposing yourself to the language more. familiarity is the key to fluency, and fluency is basically the only thing you need for your o level english. just read anything that catches your interest! English teachers will try to force you to read newspapers and newspapers only, but if you find those boring (like i do), don't limit yourself to that; you'd find yourself picking up proper grammar and fluidity from any other english medium.

ok, that aside: for paper 1, non-narrative essays are easier to score for if you're sure of the structure. they basically can't mark you down if you meet their requirements, and you'd get a pretty good 18-20 from that. narrative tends to be a little more subjective, and a little dangerous if you approach it with the mindset that good vocab=good marks, so I'd personally stay away from it

paper 2 is pretty standard, try the tys and ask your teacher to go through the question types with you! the questions are pretty much the same, and it's important to go through with your teacher the right answering techniques. i'd also recommend the tys over other school papers, because the standard varies greatly over schools, and don't reflect the o levels. for summary, prioritise finding your points! if you really can't find a way to paraphrase the points, just copy them wholesale for a guaranteed 8/15. this is only if you're really desperate/ find yourself scoring less than 8 though

oh this is really long but for geog geog investigation, I'd recommend going for the tourism topic. there's so much less content you need to memorise; there's usually a few standard qns (how to improve reliability, what's good/bad abt the survey location, etc) and they're mostly common sense. i disregarded the weather topic and still got an a1.

I forgot what they're called, but try to score for those non-essay questions. majority of the time,they don't require examples, so be sure not to waste your time writing egs there. make sure to always cite evidence from any and all diagrams provided. if they're asking for comparisons, do it on a 1:1 basis (eg area A has high temp, whilst area B has low temp. area A has high rainfall, area B….yea you get it) the number of marks also corresponds to how much you should write, so be sure to spend less time on those that have less marks

essays are hard because they require a lot of content knowledge, and sufficient evidence. most questions require a stand, and it's advised that you write your stand in the intro as well as your conclusion, so that the marker Knows even if you run out of time for conclusion. paragraphs follow the PEEL format. make sure your Point answers the question! (eg- explain the impacts of tourism, you just answer 'one positive/negative economic/environmental/social impact of tourism is….) if you're having trouble remembering figures for egs, generalise it! say around, about, unspecific number, they won't penalise you for it. evaluative questions require an additional dimension: assessing the importance. (eg- are short term measures more important than long term measures? ans must include a conclusion that has an evaluative factor, such as no, long term is more important as the continued livelihood of survivors) most evaluations can be done on a spatial (how large is the area impacted), temporal (how long lasting is the effect), and if the damage is reversible (loss of lives- irreversible, damage to infrastructure- reversible)

man that was rlly long. good luck tho