1,143 prompts matching "Practise: summarising the gist of a text I have skimmed"
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Idiomatic expressions and their fixed meanings
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Teach me idioms like 'under a cloud', 'take heart' and 'hold
Words with the prefix re- meaning 'again'
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Teach me preservative prefixes like re- in reaffirm
Reading a scientific or technical text accurately
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Give me a short scientific or technical passage and ask me to
Reading advertising and persuasive texts critically
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me a short advertisement and ask me to turn it
Selecting information from a text for a specific purpose
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me a passage and a stated purpose, then ask me
Reading for critical evaluation of a newspaper extract
Act as my WAEC English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me a newspaper extract and ask me to crit
Answering levels-of-response questions on implicit meaning
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me a passage from fiction and ask me to separa
Answering questions on a recommended prose text extract
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Give me a short extract from a recommended novel and ask me t
Reading a passage to identify explicit and implicit points together
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Give me a passage from fiction or description, and ask me to
Reading to interpret a text's tenses and language choices
Act as my WAEC English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me a passage and ask me to explore the te
Reading a text to find where imagery is and isn't used
Act as my WAEC English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me two texts from different genres, one l
Write a chronological account of a past trip
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Guide me to write a narrative composition about a past journe
Write a formal letter of complaint
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Give me a complaint scenario, such as a faulty product or poo
Write two paragraphs on the same topic for different audiences
Act as my WAEC English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me one topic and guide me to write two sh
Write an opening paragraph that hooks the reader
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Give me a composition title and guide me to write three diffe
Practise writing openings and endings side by side
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me a weak opening and a weak ending from a sam
Adapt a text's style for a different genre
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Give me the same information written as literary fiction and
Write a well-composed narrative essay in the first person
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Give me a narrative title and guide me to write it strictly i
Write two contrasting composition types on the same subject
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me one subject and guide me to write two very
Summarise a passage answering only the aspects the question asks
Act as my WAEC English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me a passage and a summary question that