“A LETTER TO THE SISTER WHO PLANS TO DIVORCE HER HUSBAND ADVISING HER AGAINST THE DECISION” ESSAY WRITING: INFORMAL LETTER Content Definition Features Informal letters are private or personal letters. They are letters we write to people who are very familiar to us such as our parents, relatives, friends, classmates and other people with whom […]
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COMPREHENSION AND WRITING SKILLS Introduction to Summary Writing Content The Procedure Useful Hints The Test: Summary section seeks to test the candidate’s ability to extract or pick relevant information from a longer passage and present that information in clear, concise language. The Procedure Read over the passage once or twice for thorough understanding Read the
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COMPREHENSION/ READING SKILLS INTRODUCTION TO ANSWERING COMPREHENSION CONTENT Introduction Basic Guide Comprehension simply means understanding Basic Guide Carefully check the instructions you are given. Read the passage through very quickly to grasp the general sense idea Quickly look at the questions thoroughly and keep them in mind. Read through the passage again more slowly trying
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THE JEWS The passage is about the Jews who looked at Abraham as their father. He made a covenant with God. The Jews were once enslaved by the Egyptians. The Jews moved to their country (Canaan) and later began to travel to other countries where they settled and became successful. Their main belief is that
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VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT-TRANSPORTATION AIR TRANSPORTATION Taxi- The process of a plane moving slowly along the ground before beginning to run forward for take-off. Runway: This is a wide path from which aircraft take off and on which they land. Tarmac: This is a surface of a road, runway at an airport. E,g The plane was waiting
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COMPREHENSION/ORAL SKILLS ADVERTISING: Page 86-87 of the Effective English. The passage discusses about two basic objectives advertising, which are: to inform the target audience about the product or service; and to create or stimulate demand for the product or service through persuasion. Evaluation Answer the questions below the passage. FIGURES OF SPEECH Content:
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COMPREHENSION / READING SKILLS The passage is a short extract from a full-length play. There are three characters; Salubi, Samson and Kotonou. Kotuno is a driver who wants to give up driving, Samson, a motor park tout, is his mate or conductor. Salubi is a driver-trainee. EVALUATION Answer the questions under the comprehension passage.
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ESSAY WRITING: TYPES OF ESSAYS; SPEECH WORK: MONOTHONGS, IDIOMS ESSAY WRITING Essay writing is an art of communication, it requires the acquisition of the necessary skills to attain excellence. Types of Essays Narrative Descriptive Expository Argumentative Creative Writing REPORT WRITING: FORMAL REPORT. A formal report can be that of a robbery, an accident,
Phrasal Verbs Verbs often combine with adverbial particles to form multi-word verbs or phrasal verbs.Its meanings cannot be determined from the meaning of the verb and the particles in isolation, rather, it has to be comprehended from the entire phrase Examples turn down: refuse :I turned down the offer give in: surrender: Our team refused
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Review of Word Class- Parts of Speech Noun– A noun is a naming word. It is a name of a person, animal, place, thing or and idea. Nouns also cover names like those of institutions, months and days, and abstract ideas. Below are examples of nouns: Names of people: Uche, Peterson, Adebisi, Falase Names of
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