1,144 prompts matching "Choosing Skim Or Scan Before I Read"
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Comparatives and superlatives without slipping
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Quiz me on forming comparative and superlative adje
Active and passive voice: when to switch
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Give me sentences in active voice and ask me to convert them
Sequence of tense across a paragraph
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Explain how tenses must agree across a paragraph, a
Complex, compound and compound-complex sentences
Act as my SS2 grammar tutor. Review the difference between compound, complex and compound-
Adjuncts of place, time and manner
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Teach me how adjuncts function as adverbials modify
Nominalisation: turning verbs and adjectives into nouns
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Show me how to turn verbs and adjectives into nouns through n
Prefixes de-, dis-, un- and anti-
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Explain the meanings of the prefixes de-, dis-, un-
Nouns to adjectives, verbs to adverbs
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Give me a list of nouns and verbs and ask me to convert as ma
Reflexive pronouns in context
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Explain when reflexive pronouns like 'himself' and
Relative and demonstrative pronouns compared
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Teach me the difference between relative pronouns like 'who'
Noun phrases: structure and function
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Define a noun phrase for me and show me its typical
Adjectival phrases and their function
Act as my SS2 grammar tutor. Teach me how to build an adjectival phrase and identify its g
Figures of speech in everyday sentences
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Introduce me to simile, metaphor, personification a
Verb patterns: infinitive versus gerund after specific verbs
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Quiz me on verbs that must be followed by a gerund like 'enjo
Future perfect and future perfect continuous
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Revise the future tense and the perfect tense with
Identifying dependent and independent clauses
Act as my SS2 grammar tutor. Give me a set of sentences and ask me to identify which claus
Spotting and fixing dangling modifiers
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Explain what a dangling modifier is with a clear ex
Conditional sentences: all four types
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Teach me the zero, first, second and third conditio
Building complex sentences from two simple ones
Act as my SS2 grammar tutor. Give me pairs of simple sentences and ask me to combine each
Quantifiers and number agreement
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Teach me how quantifiers like 'a number of', 'the n