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O-Level English help and practice
Secondary school, working toward the Singapore-Cambridge GCE O-Level. Rae explains, marks and drills English with your level in mind. Free to try, no install.
What Rae does for English
- Feedback on essay content and language, with a suggested next improvement.
- Comprehension technique and 80-word summary writing, drilled on fresh passages.
- Oral practice: read a passage aloud or talk it through, and get feedback on a voice note.
- Snap a photo of the problem, send a voice note, or attach the file.
- Revisit topics with Rae’s notes and practice tools.
Tell Rae your O-Level subject and syllabus, then check the explanation against your course materials.
How the exam is structured
Paper 1 Writing
- Section A: Editing (10 marks): Spotting and correcting grammar mistakes inside a short prose passage of at most 250 words.
- Section B: Situational Writing (30 marks): Producing a piece such as an email, letter, report or speech that responds to a described situation and a visual stimulus, matching purpose, audience and context.
- Section C: Continuous Writing (30 marks): Writing an extended piece of continuous prose, for example a narrative or an argument, on a chosen topic.
Paper 2 Comprehension
- Section A (5 marks): Assorted comprehension questions on Texts 1 and 2, one carrying visuals, covering use of visuals and how language achieves effect.
- Section B (20 marks): Varied questions on Text 3, a narrative or recount, testing comprehension, meaning of words in context, and language used for effect.
- Section C (25 marks): Varied questions on Text 4, a non-narrative piece, testing comprehension, vocabulary in context and language for effect, plus a summary of roughly 80 words.
Paper 3 Listening
- Section A (22 marks): A spread of listening tasks on assorted audio types (recount, description, explanation, information), sometimes with visuals, using formats like multiple choice, matching and completing a graphic organiser.
- Section B (8 marks): A short note-taking task based on an informational recording.
Paper 4 Oral Communication
- Part 1: Planned Response (15 marks): Planning then delivering a spoken response, up to two minutes long, to an on-screen video clip and its prompt, aiming to engage the listener.
- Part 2: Spoken Interaction (15 marks): Discussing with the examiners a topic loosely tied to the Part 1 video clip.
What the exam rewards
- Write for a clear purpose, reader and situation, choosing correct and fitting words, grammar, punctuation and spelling.
- Understand written and multimodal material on the surface, by inference and by evaluation, including how language creates effect.
- Pick out central points and supporting detail, then combine and condense information drawn from several texts.
- Follow a range of audio material and understand it literally, inferentially and evaluatively, including its key points and detail.
- Deliver ideas and views fluently and in a way that holds a listener's attention.
- Take part in a discussion, putting across ideas and views in a clear manner.
How it works
Open Rae on the web or in Telegram. Ask a question, attach your working or use voice. Read the explanation, try a follow-up question and use the notes and practice tools to revisit what you learned. AI feedback can make mistakes; check it against your syllabus and your teacher’s guidance.