STRUCTURE : TENSE (simple, present, tense, simple past tense, present perfect tense, past perfect tense, present continuous present perfect continuous tense. TIME AND TENSE The words time and tense are… Read More »STRUCTURE : TENSE (simple, present, tense, simple past tense, present perfect tense)
Formal letter is an official letter or business letter, written to those in places of authority to lodge a complaint, make a request, make a recommendation or even express your… Read More »COMPOSITION/ WRITING
Reading for Details and inference. The word “key “as used in the first paragraph in the passage refers to a fuller degree of physical Health. Health is being in a… Read More »COMPREHENSION (THE QUEST FOR HEALTH)
Affix : An element that is added to a base or root word to form another word. Affixes can be in the form of prefixes or suffixes. A PREFIX: is… Read More »AFFIX (AFFIXATION)
The focus here is to see how uncountable nouns can be made countable. Countable nouns are those we can count, they usually have singular and plural forms Example: girl –… Read More »Structure – Making Uncountable Nouns Countable
An article is a piece of writing on any subject of public interest, specifically for publication in a magazine or a newspaper. The topics of such articles may be narrative,… Read More »Essay Writing – Articles
Remember phrasal verbs are made up of verbs followed by a prepositions or adverbs – particles. The meanings of these combinations, as already known, cannot be determined in isolation, rather… Read More »Structure – More about Phrasal Verbs
The passage reveals the main criticism of Nigerian film and television. It explains that most programmes have no relevance to the Nigerian culture. More so, the funds generated for the… Read More »Comprehension – Reading for Critical Evaluation
Another aspect of Test of Orals which students must be very familiar with is rhyme. Rhyme occurs when words end in same sound. To be more precise, two words rhyme… Read More »Speech Work – Rhyme Scheme
It is important to realize that, when reading, the writer sometimes takes for granted that the reader knows something about the thing he writes. He expects that you will be… Read More »Comprehension – Reading for Implied Meanings
Remember that formal letters are letters to offices rather than persons, and so are regarded as impersonal letters. As such, they should neither contain personal greetings nor discussion of personal… Read More »Essay Writing (Formal Letters): Letters of Complaints
Punctuation marks are the marks or signs inserted in a piece of writing to mark off words or groups of words. The use of punctuation marks makes for effective presentation… Read More »Structure – Punctuation Marks; Comma, Semicolon, Question Mark and Colon
Structure – Use of Possessive Apostrophe The apostrophe ( ’ ) has three uses: contractions plurals and possessives. It is used with ‘s’ toshow possession. The formation of possessive is… Read More »REVISION OF LAST TERM’S EXAMINATION
Remote Sensing is defined as the act of obtaining information about an object without being in direct contact with the object. A satellite is an artificial body placed in orbit… Read More »SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING
Tenses occur only in verbs. Tense refers to the changes that take place in the form of the verb to indicate time. Only two tenses, namely the present and the… Read More »Review of Tenses
Vowels: There are twenty vowels in the English Language. They include twelve pure vowels and eight diphthongs. Pure vowels /i:/ Seat, Cheap, Sheep /i/ sit, chip, ship /e/ set, bread,… Read More »Vowel and the Consonants
The aspects of oral English tested in the examination include the following: vowels, consonants, rhymes, word-stress, emphatic stress and phonetic symbols. Vowels: There are twenty vowels in the English language.… Read More »Requirement of the Examination on Orals
Nominalization is the changing of a part of speech into a noun by the addition of a suffix Verbs Nouns Advise advice Apologise apology Authorise authority Choose Choice Fail failure… Read More »Nominalization of Infinitives | Nouns, Verbs & Clauses
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… Read More »Formal & Informal Letters
The stressing of a particular word more than other words in a sentence is referred to as emphatic or contrastive stress. Such as a stress normally have its implications in… Read More »Contrasting stress