1,146 prompts matching "common English collocations to avoid word-for-word mistakes"
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Reading for style: comparing two texts in the same genre
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Give me two texts of the same genre but different registers,
Identifying topic sentences and using them to summarise
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Give me a passage and ask me to identify the topic sentence o
Reading for the writer's presence: active versus passive voice
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me short extracts from different genres and as
Write a biography or autobiography extract
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Explain the difference between biography and autobi
Write an expository essay on a scientific topic
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Write an editorial expressing a newspaper's stance
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Redraft a piece of my own writing to a higher standard
Act as my WAEC English tutor. I am in SS 2. Take a short piece I have already written and
Write a well-composed expository essay from facts, not opinions
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Give me a topic and guide me to gather only facts, not opinio
Practise turning notes into continuous prose
Act as my WAEC English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me a set of rough notes on a topic and gu
Turn a news report into two contrasting personal statements
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Summarise a passage of dialogue into reported points
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Reduce two paragraphs to one point each
Act as my WAEC English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me two paragraphs from a passage and ask
Build a points scheme from a passage before marking
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me a passage and guide me to build my own poin
Practise summarising with topic sentences as a shortcut
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Give me a passage and guide me to identify the topic sentence
Practise the own-words rule in summary writing
Act as my WAEC English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me a passage with several distinctive phr
Listening to a talk and answering questions
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Practising the intonation of tag questions
Act as my WAEC English tutor. I am in SS 2. Teach me how a tag question's tone changes its
Listen for main points and specific detail in one hearing
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Describe a spoken text to me once, and ask me to record both
Move a group towards an agreed decision
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Set up a group problem-solving scenario and role-play the oth
Listen to a debate and rate the speakers
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Describe two sides of a short debate to me, and ask