Wordsmiths at work

Winners all: Kamalanathan and Yeoh posing with the champions in the lower primary category.

NEVER underestimate the language prowess of a 11-year-old. During the demonstration of the Word Mania game, SK Taman Megah pupil Lim Yue Kin deftly clicked the mouse to remove one letter after another on the Chromebook to form multiple new words in split-second timing.

While observing him fully engrossed in the game, one could deduce that the Year Five pupil had mastered the art of forming new words by cleverly adding “-ed” and “-s” to the root words.