SENTENCE BUILDING: MODALS
The use of “shall”, “will”, and “may” Read the sentences in the table several times and write out fourteen correct sentences from it: He The boy Will Buy a book, Go to Lagos, Pay the bill, Won’t he?…
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PAST AND PAST CONTINOUS TENSE
Read these sentences: He came in at a point in time I was eating then He came in when I was eating When I was eating, he came in. Now, write down the sentences below like sentence (iii) above. I…
SENTENCE FORMATION
Read these sentences. Use the underlined words in sentences of your own. Put away all the toys Some children are very playful Give me any of the colours Each book costs $300 None of the boys is in school …
QUESTION TAGS
Read these sentences aloud Ngozi was there, wasn’t she? Yes, she was They were not busy, were they? No, they weren’t My sister did not buy sugar, did she? No, she didn’t You are a small boy, aren’t you? Yes,…
QUESTION TAGS
Read these sentences aloud. Think about the two parts. Statement Question I ate beans, She bought two oranges, They swept the room, Carol sang a song, He killed the snake, He has gone, Didn’t i? Didn’t she? Didn’t they?…
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…
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.…
INFINITIVE PHRASES
An infinitive is a verb form that usually appears with the word to before it. To is called the sign of the infinitive. Examples: To lift to eat to launch to register To is a preposition if it is followed…