Tongue Twisters
Riddles
Grammar
Idioms
Singlish vs English
100

The first thing that they think of is this.

Hard?
100

Give it food, and it will live; give it water, and it will die.

fire

100

He played piano and go for a bike ride.

"went" for a bike ride

Or "plays piano and goes for bike ride"

100

A piece of cake

Something that is very easy.

Example: The math quiz was a piece of cake.

100

Translate to English:

Here have, meh?

Are you sure they have that here?

200

Betty bought a bit of butter, but the butter Betty bought was bitter

Getting harder....

200

What goes up and down stairs without moving?

carpet

200

She sell tomatoes at the farmers' market.

"sells"

200

Under the weather

Feeling sick or unwell.


Example: She didn’t come to school because she was under the weather.


200

Translate to English:


"Hey, don’t be kaypoh"

Mind your own business.

300

Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?

Oh dear...

300

I run, yet I have no legs. What am I?

a nose
300

The girl in the back, with the curly, black hair, raise her hand to answer the question.

raises

300

In hot water

In trouble.

Example: He was in hot water for not doing his homework.

300

Translate to English:

"Wanna go makan?”

Do you want to go eat?

400

How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

Wow!

400

What can fill a room but takes up no space?

light

400

The instructor explains the diagrams to the students who asked questions during the lecture.

"explained" or "ask"
400

Once in a blue moon

Something that happens very rarely.

Example: He only does homework once in a blue moon.

400

Translate to English:

"Die die must try!"

It is so good you have to try it!

500

She sells seashells by the seashore.
The shells she sells are surely seashells.
So if she sells shells on the seashore,
I'm sure she sells seashore shells.

The boss!!

500

A barrel of water weights 20kg. What can you add to it to make it weigh less?

holes

500

The children love their new tree house, which they build themselves.

"built"

500

On the same page

To agree or understand something in the same way.

Example: Let’s make sure we are on the same page about the project.

500

Translate to English:


"Don't play play"

Take it more seriously and focus

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