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3 questions from the article. Please post your answers in comments. (2 questions related to the article, 1 question for general knowledge)

1) What have the foreign workers done to curb the increase of mosquitoes?

Ans : They sealed off their rooms and burnt mosquito coils in their sleeping quarters.

2) Which word in the passage has the same meaning as 'gather'?

Ans : The word is 'accumulate'. (Hey guys, We were just talking about this in class the other day.)

3) What is the URL of the National Environment Agency?

URL means Universal Resource Locator or Uniform Resource Locator. Basically it means, the website address.

Ans : http://www.nea.gov.sg

Good luck!

23 comments:

Anonymous said...

1) they have sealed off the rooms and burnt mosquito coils in their sleeping quarters.

2) came down

3) they had advised the workers to look out for touble spots like pails , plastic containers and canvases which can accumulate satagnant water.

Anonymous said...

1)They sealed off rooms and burnt mosquito coils in their sleeping quarters.
2)The word is 'came down'.
3)www.nea.gov.sg

Anonymous said...

Question for news
1)They have sealed off rooms and burnt mosquito coils in their sleeping quarters,they have been advised to look out for trouble spots like pails,plastic containers and canvases which can accumulate stagnant water.
2)The word is "accumulate".
3)I am not sure but here's my guess nea.gov.sg

Anonymous said...

1)To flush out the mosquitoes, they even sealed off rooms and burnt mosquito coils in their sleeping quarters.

2)The word is'total'

3)www.nea.gov.sg

Anonymous said...

Q1:They sealed off rooms and burnt mosquitos coils in their sleeping headquaters

Anonymous said...

Q2:Accumulate.

Anonymous said...

Q3:The website link.

Anonymous said...

1}wipe out the Aedes mosquito breeding sites.
2}accumulate
3}?

Anonymous said...

Mr Dass I look horribly ugly i look like I am 70 years old oh and by the way the part when Zi Rui did the tooot sound it was so FUNNY my laugh bone (if I have 1 ) almost broke into 1 million pieces

Anonymous said...

1.they sealed off rooms and burnt mosquito coils in their sleeping quarters.
2.the word is "accumulate"
3.app.nea.gov.sg/ - 25k

Anonymous said...

if you think you are 70, you must be a very handsome 70 year old. HAHAHA! Yes it was funny. I am glad that he such a good sport!

Anonymous said...

sunday`s
Answer 1:they have sealed off rooms and burnt mosquito coils in their sleeping quarters.

Answer 2: accumulate

Answer 3: www.nea.gov.sg

Monday`s
1)Subject , Colour , Texture and what you see and understand.

2) a) Image 3.
b)The title will be: after the sun sets at the garden.
c) Subject: stars and planets near the green flowery bridge.
Colour :Red stars, blue planets and hills.
Texture: Soft & hard at the same time. soft as some of the colours are light. Hard as some colours are pretty dark.

Anonymous said...

thank you all for the dedication.It was so funny!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

1)To flush out the moquitoes,the workers even sealed off rooms and burnt mosquito coils in their sleeping quarters.
2)The word is " accumulate
3)The URL of the National Environment Agency is "app.nea.gov.sg/-25k

Anonymous said...

1)They flush out the mosquitoes, they even sealed off rooms and burnt mosquito coils in their sleeping quarters.
2)accumulate
3)www.NEA.gov

Anonymous said...

1)The foreign workers sealed off rooms and burnt mosquito coils in
their sleeping quarters.
2)The word 'increased' in the passage has the same meaning as 'gather'.
3)http://app.nea.gov.sg/

Anonymous said...

1)To flush out the mosquitoes,the workers sealed off rooms and burnt mosquitoes coils in their sleeping quarters.

2)`accumulate'

3)http://app.nea.gov.sg/

Anonymous said...

1)they sealed off rooms and burnt mosquito coils in their sleeping quarters.2)summonses.3)The Health Ministry.

Anonymous said...

1)they sealed off rooms and burnt mosquito coils in their sleeping quarters.
2)It is 'summonses'.
3)It is :http://app.nea.gov.sg/

Anonymous said...

1)The reign workers flush out the mosquitoes, they sealed off rooms and burnt mosquito coils in their sleeping quarters.
2)The word is 'accumulate'.
3)The URL of the National Environment Agency is (NEA).

Anonymous said...

1)They sealed off rooms and burnt mosquito coils.
2)Accumulate.
3)www.nea.gov.sg

Anonymous said...

1)TheySealed of rooms and burnt mosquito coils in their sleeping quarters.
2)The word is "summonses".
3)NEA .gov.sg

Anonymous said...

Question 1: They have sealed off rooms and burnt mosquito coils in their sleeping quarters, they were advised to look out for trouble spots like pails, plastic containers and canvases which can accumulate stagnant water.

Question 2: The word is "accumulate".

Question 3: I think it is nea.gov.sg