SPEECH WORK
SPEECH WORK /u/ A vowel sound is made with a free flow of air through the mouth without any obstruction either by the tongue or the lips e.g /e/ is pronounced freely as in “set” /set/ Common spelling symbols…
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Lesson Notes, Audio Lessons, Exam Questions
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Lesson Notes, Audio Lessons, Exam Questions
Mrs. Favour
I am Favour, an English Language teacher with 17 years of teaching experience. I hold a Bachelor's degree in English and a Master's in Applied Linguistics.
FORMAL LETTER
A formal letter is also known as official letter or business letter. It is the kind of letter we write to people we don’t know or are not used to. Here, the language you use must be formal Examples of…
ADVERBS
What is an Adverb? An adverb is a word that is used to modify (to tell more about) a verb, an adjective, and another adverb. TYPES OF ADVERB Adverbs of Manner Adverbs of manner are ones that answer the…
Identifying Types of Nouns
Identify the nouns in the following sentences No one understands why whales sometimes strand themselves. Since 1989, people in a group called Project Jonah have used an inflatable pontoon to rescue stranded whales and other marine mammals. More than two…
Radioactivity: Meaning, Uses, Types, Effects, Danger & Properties
Meaning of Radioactivity Radioactivity is the spontaneous disintegration or breaking down of the nucleus of an atom which makes it give out or emit radiation. Any element that disintegrates spontaneously and release rays us called a radioactive element Discovery of…
Vocabulary: Astronomy
Vocabulary: Astronomy The lexis and structures on the vocabulary of astronomy. Some of the words used include universe, orbits, planets, eclipse, cosmonaut, satellite, galaxies, etc. Astronomy: the Scientific study of the universe, especially of the motions, positions, sizes, composition, and…
PUNCTUATION
Punctuation is the system of symbols that we use to separate sentences and parts of sentences, and to make their meaning clear. Each symbol is called a punctuation mark. For example (., ! – : etc) Punctuation marks can be…
Capitalization
Capitalization is the writing of a word with its first letter as an upper case and the remaining letters in lower case. The following are the cases when capitalization is used: (A) Abbreviations Abbreviations begin with a capital letter. (i)…
QUESTION TAGS
QUESTION TAGS A question tag or a tag question is a phrase that is added at the end of a statement to turn into a question. When a speaker uses a question tag at the end of a statement, he/she…
INDIRECT SPEECH
Indirect speech is used to refer to a person’s words without quoting him or her exactly. It is also referred to as indirect quotation or reported speech. The original spoken words are not repeated. The exact meaning is given without…
DIRECT SPEECH
Direct speech is used to give a speaker’s exact words. It is also referred to as direct quotation. Direct speech is always enclosed within quotation marks. Examples: Hemedi announced, “My aunt works in a biscuit factory ” “Creating jobs will…
KINDS OF SENTENCES
There are five kinds of sentences classified according to their end marks and the different jobs they do: (i) Declarative sentences (ii) Interrogative sentences (iii) Exclamatory sentences (iv) Imperative sentences (v) Conditional sentences (i) Declarative sentences: A declarative sentence simply…
NOUN CLAUSES
A noun clause is a clause which takes the place of a noun or a noun phrase. It can be used in any way that a noun is used. That is, it can act as the subject, object, object of…
ADJECTIVAL CLAUSES
An adjectival clause acts as an adjective in a sentence, that is, it modifies a noun or a pronoun. Examples: The bushman, who knew the forest well, told us about the hidden cave. (Who knew the forest well is an…
ADVERBIAL CLAUSES
ADVERBIAL CLAUSES An adverbial clause is a subordinate clause which takes the place of an adverb in a sentence. Just like adverbs and adverbial phrases, adverbial clauses answer the questions where, when, how, to what extent, with what goal/result and…
WHAT IS A CLAUSE?
A clause is a group of words that contains a verb and its subject. There are two types of clauses – main clauses and subordinate clauses. Main clauses A main clause is a clause that can stand as sentence by…
TYPES OF SENTENCES
Sentences can be categorized in terms of structure or in terms of purpose. (A) In terms of structure Sentences can be categorized into 3 main types: (i) Simple sentences (ii) Compound sentences (iii) Complex sentences. (i) Simple sentences A simple…
COMPLEMENTS
Some sentences do not take objects or adverbs (or adverbial phrases) after the verbs. Instead, they take complements. A complement is the part of the sentence that gives more information about the subject (subject complement) or about the object (object…
OBJECTS SENTENCE
An object in a sentence is a word or words that complete the meaning of a sentence. It is involved in the action but does not carry it out. The object is the person or thing affected by the action…
SUBJECTS AND PREDICATES SENTENCE
The two fundamental parts of every English sentence are the subject and the predicate. A subject can be described as the component that performs the action described by the predicate. It tells who or what does or did the action.…