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Speech Work: Introduction to Stress, Word Stress on Syllables

English words have a fixed stress pattern, so it is very important to take note of this when looking up […]

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Comprehension: Speech work: Introduction to syllable

A syllable represents a unit of pronunciation which is uttered with one breath effort, Examples: Words with one syllable: go, […]

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ESSAY WRITING, More on Argumentative ‘Child Abuse’ Who is to Blame, Government or parents?

In this kind of argument which is a good example of an ordinary argumentative essay, not a debate topic. All […]

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Structure: Simple Past Tense, Past continuous, Past perfect and past perfect continuous

Simple Past Tense: The regular verbs form there past by adding (Ed) to the simple form of verb, while irregular […]

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Comprehension-YVONNE AND YVETTE, vocabulary Development- Printing/Mass Media

COMPREHENSION-YVONNE AND YVETTE– UNIT 8- Pages 139-145This passage is centered on Yvonne and Yvette who were born connected head to […]

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Comprehension/Writing Skills, Answering Summary Questions

Answering Summary Questions Useful hints There are various ways of writing a summary. What is important is that you should […]

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Letter Writing: Formal Letter

Letter writing is the art of communicating by writing one’s request, feelings, idea, opinions and so on to someone, as […]

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Comprehension: Comprehending words meanings in context

Meaning. How to comprehend the meanings of words in context. Comprehension: means understanding. To comprehend words in context means to […]

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Comprehension/Listening Skill-Listening to Grasp the Main Points

Comprehension: The passage focuses on colour selection and clash of textures and styles. Therefore, read the passage in between the […]

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Homographs: Words that are Spelled the Same

B: Homographs: words that are spell the same but sound different and have different meanings or origin. Examples: (i)Bow (verb) […]