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Verb complementation: infinitive, gerund or both
Act as my SS2 grammar tutor. Teach me which verbs take an infinitive, which take a gerund,
Phrasal verbs versus prepositional verbs
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Teach me how to tell a phrasal verb from a preposit
Nominal style against verbal style
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me a heavy nominal sentence like 'the implemen
Correcting concord errors in a written passage
Act as my WAEC English coach. I am in SS 2. Give me a short passage full of subject-verb a
Word-class shift across an extended piece of writing
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Teach me how the same root word can shift between noun, verb,
Correcting misplaced prepositions
Act as my WAEC English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me sentences with the wrong preposition,
Correcting ambiguous pronoun reference
Act as my WAEC English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me sentences where a pronoun could refer
Commonly confused word pairs for WAEC
Act as my WAEC English tutor. I am in SS 2. Quiz me on word pairs that WAEC loves to confu
Vocabulary for describing character traits
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Teach me a range of precise adjectives for describi
Editing my own script in three separate passes
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Teach me a three-pass method for editing my own wri
Distinguishing commonly confused word pairs in writing
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me a short piece of writing containing pairs l
Detecting bias hidden inside a noun phrase
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me a passage with loaded language like 'this r
Evaluating the reliability of a source
Act as my WAEC English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me a short text and ask me to judge how r
Comparing a passage's claim with the evidence given
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me a passage and ask me to find a claim that i
Answering IGCSE-style Reading Paper 1 short-answer questions
Act as my IGCSE English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me a short unseen text and ask me short-
Answering IGCSE-style Reading Paper 2 extended questions
Act as my IGCSE English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me a longer unseen text and ask me exten
Write a magazine article for a named readership
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Give me a topic and a specific readership, then guide me to w
Write a formal report with recommendations
Act as my WAEC English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me a scenario and guide me to write a for
Write a directed response from a given source
Act as my WAEC English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me a short source text and a brief specif
Write a persuasive piece of writing
Act as my WAEC English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me a persuasive topic and guide me to wri