English Language (All Classes)

Tense is a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctious of time.  We shall look at the present tense. Present tense is used to show an action that occurs… Read More »Tenses | The Present Tense

Folktales are stories that are made up long ago to teach people and children how to live good lives and how to live wisely.  These stories are usually about animals… Read More »LITERATURE-IN-ENGLISH: Folktale

A formal letter is an official letter or business letter written to those in places of authority. A SAMPLE LETTER THAT CONTAINS ALLTHE FEATURES OF FORMAL LETTER Question          –           Write… Read More »COMPOSITION – FORMAL LETTER

Read the following passage carefully and do the exercise on it: The dog is a domestic animal whose usefulness is rarely appreciated by man.  It is not an ordinary animals.… Read More »COMPREHENSION

Adverbs are words that adds more information to a verb, to an adjective and to another adverb.  We shall be looking at only two types of adverbs in this lesson:-… Read More »Adverbials (Frequently and Manner)

What is a vowel sound?  A vowel sound is a speech sound that is made with the vocal that being opened. We shall be contrasting three monothongs or pure vowels… Read More »Contrast of pure vowel /u/ /u:/D/

THE QUESTION MARKS (?) – It is used after direct speech. Example: (i) What is your name? (ii) Who are you? THE COLON (:) – It is used for introducing… Read More »Punctuation Marks | Question Marks, Colon & Semicolon

These sounds are called nasal sounds. The nasal sound in English are consonants which are produced when the soft palate is lowered to close the oral cavity so that airstream… Read More »Consonant /m/, /n/ and /⌡/

The Full Stop and The Comma The Comma (,) – It is used to separate items of a date. An example Monday, 3rd July, 2015 It is also used for… Read More »Punctuation Marks | Full Stop and The Comma

/k/ – To produce, the back of the tongue makes contact with the velum. This contact results in a total obstruction of the flow of air. The air pressure which… Read More »Consonant Sounds /k/ and /g/

Birthday is the day in each year which is the same date as the one which you were born. My last birthday, was on 23rd June, 2015. It was a… Read More »Narrative Essay | MY LAST BIRTHDAY

Punctuation marks is a sign mark used in writing to divide sentence and phrases. 1a. THE COMMA (,): It is used after ‘No’ and ‘Yes’. Example No, they never go… Read More »PUNCTUATION MARKS

For articulation of /s/, the tip and blade of the tongue make light contact with the alveolar fridge while the airstream passes through the groove created by partial obstruction. There… Read More »CONSTANT /S/ AND /Z/

IRONY: This refers to the art of saying one thing and meaning its opposite. An irony is either verbal or dramatic. The former means intentionally saying the opposite of what… Read More »Irony, Euphemism and Hyperbole

Entrepreneurship Introduction: Expository is detailed explanation. It is a writing that explains a process, an idea or a feeling. It is some-what like a descriptive essay in that it contains… Read More »Expository Essay

Science and Technology You must have been introduced to science and technology in your school through integrated science and introductory technology (Basic Technology). You must have also felt the impact… Read More »VOCALBULARY DEVELOPMENT

The basic function of adverbials is that of modification. Adverbial modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. Examples Adverbials as modifiers of the verb. John ate hurriedly (modifies ate) The children… Read More »Adverbials and the Present Tense

LEISURE What is this life if, full of care a We have no time to stand and stare a   No time to stand beneath the boughs b And stare… Read More »LEISURE

An argumentative essay is one that makes student to carefully consider an issue which has two sides to it and which has two sides to it and prove that one… Read More »Argumentative Essay

Stress is an important feature of speech which creates special problems to many Nigeria speakers of English. In speech sound, there words that are ultered or produced with greater breath… Read More »STRESS