The pronoun is a word used in place of a noun to avoid repetition and monotony in speech or writing. In replacing the noun however, the pronoun must reflect gender and number of the noun.
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Letter writing is an act of communicating information, feelings, ideas or opinions to somebody who is absent or resides in a distance. A letter should contain full details of the issue one is writing about in order to bring about the same reaction that would have occurred if the message contained in it had been
Formal Letters These are letters we write to people in their official positions. Features of a formal letter Writer’s Address and Date: This is written at the top right hand corner. The date is written beneath the address. Receiver’s Address: This is written at the left hand corner beneath the writer’s address. Salutation: The acceptable
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FUTURE TENSE: SIMPLE FUTURE No change occurs in the simple form of the verb in the expression of the future, but English has a few ways of indicating futurity. By using the modal auxiliary verbs ‘shall’ and ‘will’ e.g I shall travel soon. You will see me again. By using the form ‘be going’
Stress in Word of seven syllable and in compound words Stress in an important feature of speech which create special problem to many Nigerian speak of English. As the air stream flow during speech, we exert some effort for the production of the sounds. Some syllable are uttered with greater breath effort and muscular energy
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VOWEL SOUND Vowel sounds are produced when the airstream flows from the lungs to the mouth without obstruction. There are fourteen-four sounds segments in English, which comprises of twenty (20) vowels and twenty four (24) consonants. Consonant sounds are produced with obstruction or interrupt flow of air from the lungs. CLASSIFICATION OF ENGLISH VOWEL
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When one intends to put ideas, information findings or opinions down in paper for the purpose of storage for postenfy, utmost care and castion need to be taken by the writer to ensure that the intention is perfectly communicated and the readership duty considered. Stages in the creative writing process Deciding on a theme and
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This refers to when two or more consonants occur together in a word without a vowel between them. E.g. street, slump etc. It can be found at the beginning (initial) middle (media) or end (final) of words, In many Nigerian languages, there are no consonant clusters, but in English, there may be initial cluster of
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Contrasting vowels /e/ and /ᴣ:/ Word Contrast /e/ /ᴣ:/ ten turn germ gem bed bird learnt lent EVALUATION Give five other examples on each sound. See also COMPOSITION Simple Present Tense and Simple Past Tense Expository Essay Introduction to Vowel Contrast COMPOSITION
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Diphthongs: The word ‘diphthong’ is from a Greek word, which means double sound. They are also vowels. The difference is that while a pure vowel contains only one sound, a diphthong contains two sounds with a glide from the first vowel. /ei/ as found in rain /ᶕu/ as found in spoke /ai/ as found
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WHAT I DO EVERYDAY I work up every day by 6:00am to pray, and read my bible. After which I joined my mummy in the kitchen to assist her. At exactly 6:45am, I have my bath, get prepared for school and have my breakfast at exactly 7:00am. By 7:15am, I walk to school since my
ARTICLE An Article is written specifically for publication in news paper or a magazine. This implies that you must write with the reader in mind. The purpose of writing article are as follows: (i) To educate or inform (ii) To prove a case or argue a point. (iii) To entertain or Amuse (iv) To provide
Fiction vs Non fiction Fiction is not true and non-fiction is true. This is the simplest way of defining fiction and non-fiction. Non-fiction involves real things, real people, real events, real places and real writing. However, fiction is just imaginary things, imaginary people, imaginary events, imaginary places and imaginary writing. While a writer based on
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An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb. Types of adverbs Adverbs of manner: they denote how an action is being carried out. Examples are boldly, quickly, friendly, happily etc. Adverbs of time: adverbs of time tell us the time when an action takes place. Examples are- yesterday, tonight, tomorrow, weekend etc.
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? We Shall not Go with them, Buy from them, Tell the truth,
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Antonyms are words that are opposite in meaning Look carefully at the underlined words: Word antonyms Happy sad New old Remember forget Smaller bigger Like dislike Big small Beautiful ugly Like hate Big small Quiet noisy Supply the opposite of these words Dead – Awake – Bright – Far – Fat – Dark
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, I am Men don’t surrender easily, do they? No, they don’t We agreed to meet
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? Didn’t she? Didn’t he? Hasn’t he? Ade could not buy a pen, She is not