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Direct and Indirect speech

What a person says can be shown by using direct speech or indirect speech. Direct Speech is the actual words […]

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consonant /h/

Content /h/ hit, hood, hawk, home, herd, hide, hall, whole, who, whore, whom, head, behave, adhere, abhor, inhabit, perhaps, behold, […]

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Making Request and Commands

Requests are usually expressed by using please. e.g.      Please, lend me your pencil. Don’t be angry, please.             It may […]

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Consonant Contrast /l/ and /r/

/l/                     /r/ lip                    rip lot                    rot lack                  rack lag                   rag loom                room ply                   pry bleed               breed blew                brew flesh                fresh […]

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Figures of speech

Onomatopoeia is a word that echoes or imitates the sounds of the things they represent. Examples: cuckoo, crash, squeak, sizzle, […]

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Comprehension: An Extract from ‘Things Fall Apart’

The passage is an extract from Achebe’s Things Fall Aprt. Okonkwo has just taken part in the killing of Ikemefuna, […]

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Parts of speech: Conjunction

A conjunction is a word used to join expressions. Expressions joined together by conjunctions are words, phrases and clauses. Examples: […]

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Consonant contrast /f/ and /v/

/f/                     /v/ fan                   van fat                    vat fine                  vine fast                  vast few                  view fault                 vault ferry                very safe                  save staff                 […]

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Comprehension: The Lorry Trip

Content: The Lorry Trip Page 79 – 80 The passage discusses a trip by a lorry and how some f […]

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Past Tense Aspects

The past tense is used to show that an action was completed or done in the past. Examples:        He went […]