I found an app called ‘Flora’ really useful. I don’t know if you’ve heard of ‘Forest’ (the two are linked together), but it is the free version of it. What happens is, within the app, you set an amount of time that you want to revise for or just spend time off of your phone, and if you successfully complete that amount of time without coming off the app then you add points towards growing a tree.... more

The standards of 13+ exams vary depending on which school you are applying for. Most private schools use Common Entrance as entrance exams (if you are not applying for an academic scholarship), but different schools require a different average of grades (some will require an average of a C, some of a B etc.) and they will also have different grade boundaries (one school’s C grade will be 50% where... more

I suggest spending between 7-10 minutes writing a plan - draft what you will write in the introduction and come up with your main points and examples. Then when you come to writing your essay, the introduction should always answer the question. It is good to give a little bit of background knowledge about the topic you are writing about, but only a sentence as you don’t want to give the impressio... more

A modal verb is a verb that expresses morality, which is likelihood, ability, permission and obligation. Examples of English modal verbs are can, may, could, might, must, will, would, should.

The answer to this is 20.28.

A)So the total of the flour overall is 100%. 20% was used to bake the cake, and 30% for cookies, so 20+30=50%. To work out what percentage is left, we take away the used amount from the overall percentage, i.e. 100-50=50%. B) A percentage is a number out of 100, e.g. 100%=100/100, 50%=50/100 etc. So she used 30% of the flour to bake cookies: 30%=30/100. Then we need to simplify this fraction:... more