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Listen-and-Transcribe Drill: Emphatic stress and how it shifts...
Act as my SS2 English tutor preparing me for the WAEC Test of Orals. Read or describe item
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
Noun clauses as subject, object and complement
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Teach me the different positions a noun clause can
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
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
Correcting misplaced prepositions
Act as my WAEC English tutor. I am in SS 2. Give me sentences with the wrong preposition,
Direct speech to reported speech with tense backshift
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Give me sentences in direct speech and ask me to convert them
Quantifiers and number agreement
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Teach me how quantifiers like 'a number of', 'the n
Vocabulary for describing character traits
Act as my English tutor. I am in SS 2. Teach me a range of precise adjectives for describi
Spelling words that end in -ible and -able
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Teach me the pattern for choosing between -ible and -able end
Building new words with cross-word style clues
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Give me cryptic definition-style clues for vocabulary words f
Distinguishing denotation from connotation
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Explain the difference between what a word literally means an
Words that examiners commonly set as odd-one-out
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Give me sets of four related words and ask me to identify the
Punctuating a formal letter correctly
Act as my WAEC English tutor. I am in SS 2. Teach me exactly how to punctuate the address,
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 British and Nigerian usage in spelling
Act as my WAEC English tutor. I am in SS 2. Explain any spelling variations I should be aw
Punctuation that carries a long argument
Act as my SS2 English tutor. Give me an unpunctuated argumentative paragraph with several