An Argumentative Essay is the one that demands that the student should carefully consider an issue which has two sides to it and prove that one side has more merit than the other. It is like a debate in which you have two-sided topic and you have to decide that the other. Argumentative topic demand…
Intonation is another feature of speech which affect the understanding of a message. This is the rise and fall of the voice in speech (or the vanation) in pitch intonation convey the attitude or mood of the speaker to his audience. Intonation is the change in the level of pitch (how high or low the…
PHRASES AND NOUN CLAUSES (ADJECTIVAL PHARASES, ADJECTIVAL CLAUSES) NOUN PHRASE A noun Phrases does the work of a noun in a sentence. Example Ade, the school driver, has died Jerusalem a city on high land has cool weather. NOUN CLAUSE A Noun clause functions as the subject of a verb or the object of a…
A formal letter refers to letter to the press, business letter request for casual leave by staff in offices, an application for Job etc. It is also a letter written to people who are not close to us. FEATURES OF THE FORMAL LETTER Address: This should be written at the top of a letter on…
An Adverbial clause functions as an adverb in the sentence. It modifies the verb in the main sentence Types of Adverbial Adverbial Clause of Reaction: it is introduced by the following conjunction e.g. that, since, because, seeing that. Example: The teacher could not talk because he was dumb. Adverbial Clause of Purpose: It introduced by…
/i/ this is a short vowel which is also a front vowel. For the production of the vowel, however, the part of the tongue raised is nearer the centre than the front while the lips are spread. The common spelling symbol are: “I” as in Pit “e” as in Pretty “a” as in Village “y”…
/l/ in the production of /l/, the tip of the tongue makes contact with the alveolar ridge. This obstruction causes a partial obstruction of the airstream which however passes along the sides of the tongue. The local card vibrates during the production of /l/ and the consonant is therefore a voiced alveolar lateral. The usual…
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…
Adjective have three degree of comparison namely: Positive, Comparative and Superlative. POSITIVE It is used when describing object. Example: She has a long ruler. (ii) Ajide has a small bag (iii) Mr Obiora is a big man. COMPARATIVE It is form by adding ‘er’ to the positive. We can use comparative when comparing…
DIPHTHONG /CI/ To articulate this /ci/, the tongue glide begins from the back toward the front and the lips which are rounded gradually become spread toward /i/. there are two spelling symbol for diphthong /ci/’ “oi” as in boli” “oy” as in boy Contrast between /c:/ and /ci /c:/ /ci/ Corn Coin Ball Boil Call …
ADVERB These are used to modify a verb or an adverb in a sentence. Example: sadly, quietly, strongly, fairly, quickly, carefully, wisely, godly etc. (i) The children acts carefully (ii) The teacher speaks wisely (iii) She answered her mother quickly CONJUCTIION These are words use in joining two or more word together to give…
NOUNS, PRONOUN, VERBS AND ADJECTIVES PART OF SPEECH NOUN A Noun is refers to the name of a person, animal, thing or place, A Noun also includes quality or idea. Example Gbenga, Lion, School, Abuja, Lagos, Sokoto, Table, Book, Intelligent, wisdom, etc. TYPES OF NOUN Noun are broadly divided into two, proper noun and common…
Formal letter is refers to letter to the press, business, request for casual leave by staff in offices, an offices, an application for a job. It is also refer to as a letter written to people who are not too close to us. FEATURES OF FORMAL LETTER (i) The Address (ii) Salutation (greeting) (iii) The…
These are phrases in question form which are asked at the end of statement. For example He is going to school, isn’t he ? He is going to school is a statement while isn’t he? Is the question tag. Question tags are also called question phrases. Auxiliary verbs are usually use in question tags. Steps…
VOWEL SOUND – A Diphthong /ie/ Listening and speaking skill DIPHTHONG /ie/ Diphthong is a “double sound” vowels because the articulation involves a glide from one vowel quality to the other. A diphthong is therefore, a vowel which change its qualify in the process of its articulation e.g ‘boy’ starts with /b/ and ends with…
An expository essay describes and explains how something or work is done. It requires or calls for a clear understanding of what things are. To write this essay effectively, you should equipped yourself with knowledge of ‘facts’ which can be required and the processes involved in any topic given i.e stages should be clearly stated….
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…
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…
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 kind farmers. I feel most proud of my village because of the many traditional festivals that takes place every year. One of the most important…
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’…