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Speech Work – Rhyme Scheme

Another aspect of Test of Orals which students must be very familiar with is rhyme. Rhyme occurs when words end […]

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Vocabulary Development – Power Production and Essay writing – Letter to a friend

The principal sources of power, apart from our own bodies are: Animals: (horses, camels, donkeys, etc.) to ride on, to […]

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Comprehension – Reading for Implied Meanings; Moral Behaviour, Effective English, pg168

It is important to realize that, when reading, the writer sometimes takes for granted that the reader knows something about […]

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Speech Work: Diphthongs

A diphthongs is a double quality vowel. It starts with one quality and ends with another. However, it still function […]

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Essay Writing (Formal Letters); Letters of Complaints

Remember that formal letters are letters to offices rather than persons, and so are regarded as impersonal letters. As such, […]

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Structure – Punctuation Marks; Comma, Semicolon, Question Mark and Colon

Punctuation marks are the marks or signs inserted in a piece of writing to mark off words or groups of […]

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Structure – Use of Possessive Apostrophe

The apostrophe ( ’ ) has three uses: contractions plurals and possessives. It is used with ‘s’ toshow possession. The […]

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SS2 2nd Term English Language scheme of work

SECOND TERM E-LEARNING NOTE SUBJECT: ENGLISH LANGUAGE                                                                                 CLASS: SS 2                         SCHEME OF WORK WEEK           TOPIC (i) Revision of […]

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Comprehension (Reading to Paraphrase a Prose Passage; Effective English; Nazzruddin, page 80

A paraphrase is saying or rewriting something in different words that makes it simpler. Paraphrase may mean using fewer words […]

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Plural Forms of Nouns and Stress of Five Syllable Words

Topic Structure: Plural Forms of Nouns. Content: Notes. English nouns derive their plural forms in a variety of ways. The […]