The library is a building that houses a collection of books and other materials. It can also mean a room where books are kept. Consider the following words. Library card… Read More »VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT | THE LIBRARY
Tense is a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time. We shall look at the present tense. The present tense is used to show an action that… 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/
Register are terms or words that are used in any given field of human knowledge or human Endeavour Register of farm Peasant farming or subsistence farming – Agricultural production for… Read More »Register
What is an adjective? An Adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun Types of Adjectives We have the following types of adjective : Adjective of… Read More »Adjectives
/I/ – this sort vowel has various spelling symbols like e, I, u, ay, ey, y, ui, ie, a,ia e.g. market, manage, quick, Friday, village, holy, symbol / I: /… Read More »SPEECH SOUNDS. LONG AND SHORT VOWELS
Elements of Composition Elements of composition are the features or characteristics that make up the composition; they are divided into 3 parts which are: (i) The introduction (ii) The body… Read More »Composition
Members of the family Nephew- A son of your brother or sister Niece-A daughter of one’s brother or sister (or brother-in-law, or sister-in-law) Cousin-the child of your aunt or uncle,… Read More »Members of the family
A pronoun is a word that is used instead of a noun. Underline the pronouns in these sentences. John is a boy He is in the class Nike is a… Read More »Pronouns
Literature is the art of composition in prose and verse literature mirrors life and the society. There are three (3) genres of literature which are: Drama (b) Prose (c) Poetry.… Read More »Introduction to Literature
What is an essay? An essay is a written composition of moderate length explaining a particular issue or subject matter. In writing an essay, we must consider the following types… Read More »Essay-Meaning and Definition
All the parts of speech are: Noun (2) pronoun (3) verbs (4)adjective (5) adverb (6) preposition (7) conjunction We shall consider each one, under our grammar… Read More »Parts of speech
Speech involves language sounds which are associated with meaningful sounds that come out of the mouth (human mouth) and they are known as speech sounds. What is articulation? Articulation is… Read More »INTRODUCTION TO SPEECH
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… Read More »INTRODUCTION TO DIPHTHONGS
A FESTIVAL IN MY VILLAGE I was born in Ha Nam , a province in the North of Vietnam . I am always proud of my hometown with hard-working and… Read More »Guided Composition (Narrative)
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… Read More »FUTURE TENSE