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ten-year series en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈtɛn ˈjəː ˈsiːɹiːz/ (Singapore)

Etymology

From ten + year + series.

Meanings

1. (Singapore) A compilation of national examination questions from past years.
   • For example, the traditional 10-year-series, a compilation of past year examination questions, now comes in all shapes and sizes. 1993, Ng Wei Joo, Tan Seow Hon, “The Straits Times”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page Insight 26:
   • The "ten-year series" is a phrase used in local parlance to denote assessment books collating Cambridge examinations from previous years. Students use the ten-year series as practice exams for the real thing. 2005, Yu-Mei, “When a ten-year series is not enough”, in Too Many Thoughts:
   • Ronald is looking for someone who has a 10-year series of H.S.C. questions on pure and applied mathematics (from 1955-65) to lend or to sell. 1970, “The Straits Times”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 11:
   • They are not worried - because questions are designed in such a way that the answers will not be found in any of the textbooks, classnotes or 10-year series. 2000, Sandra Davie, “The Straits Times”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page Review 36:
   • Students are more exam-smart today. During my school days, there was no 10-year series. We just studied everything from textbooks, learned everything and enjoyed learning. 2016, Sim Kian Ho, “SPIRIT”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 1, page 56:
   • The 10-year series is a compilation of 10 years of GCE O and A-level examination questions and model answers, which students use to "spot" and mug for questions in their own examinations. 1996, Evelyn Yap, “The Straits Times”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page Life 3:
   • On top of the 10-year series and the thick booklet of other schools' exam papers we were assigned to do, I requested to get more English papers to practice my composition writing and comprehension skills. 2015, Yonas Ngaturi, “Tuition was not so bad”, in Youth SG, archived from the original on 28 Dec 2015:
   • She said: 'Before the new syllabus was introduced, I think students relied heavily on TYS to get good grades. They're like mock exam papers and they prepare the students for the real thing, and the questions are quite similar.' 2009, Liyana Othman in Pearly Tan, “The New Paper”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 13:

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