1,204 prompts matching "Reading a passage to identify the main ideas"
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Quiz me: meanings of key words from a passage
Act as my SS1 English tutor and give me a short passage, then quiz me on the meanings of i
Teach me: words that link ideas in a speech or summary
Act as my SS1 English tutor and teach me expressions that help sequence and link ideas in
Practise: spelling difficult words from a prose passage
Act as my SS1 English tutor and give me a list of difficult words from a prose passage and
Practise: sorting phrases by type from a passage
Act as my SS1 English tutor and give me a short passage or set of sentences and help me pr
Quiz me: spotting phrasal verbs in a passage
Act as my SS1 English tutor and give me a short passage and quiz me on finding the phrasal
Quiz me: mood and tone across short paragraphs
Act as my SS1 English tutor and give me a few short paragraphs with different moods and to
Teach me: what to scan for in a text
Act as my SS1 English tutor and teach me the difference between scanning and other reading
Discuss: what makes a descriptive passage effective
Act as my SS1 English tutor and give me a descriptive passage and discuss with me which pa
Teach me: reading a newspaper article for facts and consequences
Act as my SS1 English tutor and give me a short newspaper article and teach me how to iden
Practise: a class-style dictation of a short passage
Act as my SS1 English tutor and dictate a short passage to me, have me write it out, then
Teach me: synonyms and why they matter for writing
Act as my SS1 English tutor and teach me what synonyms are, why they are useful, and help
Quiz me: choosing the right synonym for a word in context
Act as my SS1 English tutor and give me a short passage with a few words underlined and qu
Practise: hearing and marking rising and falling intonation
Act as my SS1 English tutor and give me a set of sentences and help me practise identifyin
Practise: identifying complex sentences in a paragraph
Act as my SS1 English tutor and give me a paragraph and help me practise picking out the c
Practise: identifying adjectival clauses in a given text
Act as my SS1 English tutor and give me a short text and help me practise identifying the
Discuss: the plot and characters of a recommended book so far
Act as my SS1 English tutor and give me a short passage from a recommended book, then disc
Practise: answering intensive reading questions on a prose extract
Act as my SS1 English tutor and give me a short prose extract and a set of intensive readi
Teach me: reading for both speed and accuracy
Act as my SS1 English tutor and teach me how to balance reading speed with accuracy, and g
Practise: summarising the gist of a text I have skimmed
Act as my SS1 English tutor and give me a text to skim quickly, then help me practise writ
Teach me: identifying rhyme in a poem
Act as my SS1 English tutor and give me a short poem and teach me how to identify rhyming