5 Tips for A-Level Exam Success (Singapore, 2026)
                     THE ACADEMIC WORKSHOP
A-LEVEL
5 Tips for ENGLISH + GP
A-Level Exam Success
What twenty years of marking Singapore scripts actually teaches you
Ms Evelyn See  ·  Director & Co-Founder
Singapore  ·  2026  ·  English Matters.
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Stop treating English as talent
English can be taught systematically.
• Most students believe English cannot be studied — that you either “In our 
write well or you do not. experience,
• That belief is the most expensive thing a student can carry into an grades improve reliably.”
A-Level year.
— Evelyn See
• English can be taught systematically: curated notes, clear 
frameworks, drilled technique.
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General Paper is a gate, not an option
94.7% 10,977students sat the 2025 A-Levels
Take-away
attained three or more H2 passes
with a pass in General Paper Your H2 results only count 
alongside a GP pass.
Do not leave it until later.
Source: Ministry of Education Singapore, February 2026.
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Diagnose before you revise
Turn one marked paper into a term-long syllabus.
01 02 03 04
Name your 
Sit one timed Have it Build your three 
paper. marked revision weaknesses.
plan.
Test under exam conditions. pFinrdo wpheerrel ym.arks Topic sentences · That list becomes your 
actually disappear. inference · expression. syllabus for the term.
Rereading notes feels productive. It changes almost nothing.
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Mark everything you write
Halve the volume. Mark all of it.
10 UNMARKED 1 MARKED + REWRITTEN
The same errors get embedded The rewrite is where
ten times over. the learning happens.
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Start a term earlier than feels necessary
They cannot be crammed — which is why they have to be started early.
• The most common mistake: leaving English and General Paper 
until last. “We would rather set that 
expectation honestly than 
• Meaningful improvement usually takes one to two terms of promise a jump in a few 
consistent practice and consultation. weeks.”
— Evelyn See
Term 1 Term 2 Prelims A-Levels
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