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Making Uncountable Nouns Countable

The focus here is to see how uncountable nouns can be made countable. Countable nouns are those we can count, […]

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Essay Writing – Articles

An article is a piece of writing on any subject of public interest, specifically for publication in a magazine or […]

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Speech Work – /ʧ/ and /∫/, /ʤ/ and /ʒ/

/∫/ This is a voiceless palato – alveola fricative consonant. It is realized when the tip of the tongue and […]

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Speech Work – Diphthongs /Iə/, /eә/and /Ʊə/

/Iə/ For this sound, the glide begins with a tongue position for /I/and moves in the direction of /ə/ Example:   […]

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Structure – Introduction to Sequence of Tenses

Sequence of tenses is the principle which requires all the verbs in a sentence or a number of sentences to […]

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Types of Pronoun

In the first series, we saw the use of relative pronouns (who, whom, which, whose etc.). But this time, attention […]

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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 […]