English lesson on Thursday 12 July

Dear all,

I've gone through companion booklet 7 learning sheets 1,2 & 3 with our boys today. Tomorrow, I'll be returning writing practice 7 to our boys to make the necessary writing amendments over the weekend. I've also consolidated the useful phrases / words on the topic of MRT breakdown. Boys are strongly encouraged to print these phrases / words and use them in compositions with topics that are similar to MRT breakdown. Similar topics include power failure in a building, bus breakdown etc.



Please also remember to bring the following items to school tomorrow.
1) What's up newspaper July issue
2) A4 size writing paper



Useful words / phrases



Contributed by Gabriel

1. interim 2. peak 3. fault 4. rectified 5. bridging 6. ambassadors 7. milling 8. occurred 9. recurrence 10. chaotic



Contributed by Yu Chuan

1)commuters 2)peak morning 3)inconvenience 4)recurrence 5)chaotic 6)milling about 7)faulty 8)contractors 9)disruptions 10)shortcomings 11)maintenance 12)multi-function



Contributed by Aaron Lee

1. Electrical earth fault 2. Inconvenience caused to commuters 3. Morning peak traffic 4. Fault was rectified 5. General mass of people milling about 6. Reiterated its strong concerns 7. Resolved the problem 8. Shortcomings 9. Maintenance regime 10. Regrettable 11. Making the area impassable



Contributed by Yan An

1) maintenance 2) commuters 3) faulty 4) peak-hour 5) breakdown 6) critical 7) ventilation 8) fire extinguisher 9) prevent 10) impassable



Contributed by Sean Sim

1) occured during peak morning traffic 2) train services were disrupted 3) train was in total darkness 4) jerked to a stop 5) a lack of ventilation 6) a little chaotic 7) apologized for the inconvenience caused to commuters 8) station staff members were deployed to assist the commuters 9) a mass of people milling about 10) investigated the cause of the problem 11) faulty power cables 12) disembarked 13) services resumed after the fault was rectified



Contributed by Shaun Tan

1. prevent a recurrence 2. train disruption 3. affected the train signaling system 4. fault was rectified 5. deployed 6. chaotic 7. no orderly queues were seen 8. mass of people milling about 9. reiterated its strong concerns 10. effective maintenance 11. critical role to prevent the incidents 12. triggered by a defective fasterner 13. stalled 14. identified and remedied 15. disruption could have been averted 16. haste to resume services



Contributed by Sean Seow

1. supplies power 2. incidents 3. impassable 4. prevented 5. maintenance 6. recurrence 7. faulty 8. damaged 9. investigations 10. situation



Contributed by Heng Kai

1) Lack of ventilation 2) Total darkness 3) Power rail problem 4) Held up 5) People breaking windows to get ventilation 6) Bridging service 7) Long taxi queue



Contributed by Ryan Chng

1. General mass of people 2. a little chaotic 3. stuck in a queue 4. resolve the problem 5. play a critical role 6. triggered by a defective fastener 7. impassable to all trains 8. in its haste 9. going undetected 10. major train disruptions



Contributed by Dylan

1) Averted 2) Cited shortcomings in SMRT maintenance regime 3) Major train disruptions 4) Maked available to the public 5) Play a critical role 6) Triggered by 7) Dislodged 8) Tolerance limit 9) Identified and remedied 10) In its haste



Contributed by Eddy Song

1. Disruption 2. Lack of ventilation 3. Chaotic 4. General mass of people milling around 5. No proper guidance or instructions 6. Bus bridging service 7. Control station 8. Service delay 9. Investigate the incident 10. Resolve the problems 11. In a haste to resume services 12. To prevent a recurrence



Contributed by Jeriel Ong

1. disruption 2. breathless 3. commuters 4. massive 5. stampede 6. inconvenience 7. ambulance 8. large crowd 9. spokessman 10. gathered



Contributed by Ho Wei Ren

1. We are sorry for the inconvenience caused to commuters and the public.
2. To investigate the cause of the problem to prevent a recurrence.
3. The fault was rectified.
4. Staff members were deployed to assist those affected by the train disruption.
5. The scene at Bishan MRT station on Wednesday morning, however, was a little chaotic.
6. Although a "Queue here" sign had been put up, no orderly queues were seen. Instead, there was a general mass of people milling about.
7. No proper guidance or instructions were being announced by the SMRT ambassadors present.
8. Many people were thus forced to take taxis.
9. Currently working with the authority to investigate the incident
10. We recognise that many commuters have been inconvenienced and upset over this incident.
11. Commuters reiterated strong concerns over these incidents…..
12. To submit a report on the train breakdowns and plans to resolve the problems.
13. The investigation results concluded that both incidents were related and could have been prevented.
14. Cited shortcomings in maintenance regime……
15. Effective maintenance would play a critical role to prevent the incidents from happening again.
16…. rail to dislodge and the rail to sag beyond its tolerance limit
17. defective
18. With further vibration from passing trains………
19. trains stalled…. and no longer draw sufficient power
20. Over time……….
21. rail collapsed onto the tracks, making the area impassable to all trains
22. ascertain
23. the defects in question…
24. It was regrettable that these were not identified and remedied under the maintenance regime.
25. the disruption could have been averted…
26. Evidence also showed that……
27. The unusual occurrence was reported in a routine manner.
28. This contributed to the rail problem going undetected.