1,195 prompts matching "Reading for meaning in context: substituting difficult words"
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Quiz me: speaking for two minutes on an unseen topic after one minute's preparation
Act as my SS1 English tutor and quiz me on speaking for two minutes on an unseen topic aft
Help me practise: using punctuation as a guide to phrasing when reading aloud
Act as my SS1 English tutor and help me practise using punctuation as a guide to phrasing
Quiz me: comparing what two texts do differently when performed aloud
Act as my SS1 English tutor and quiz me on comparing what two texts do differently when pe
Check my understanding: placing emphatic stress on the word that carries an intended contrast
Act as my SS1 English tutor and check my understanding of placing emphatic stress on the w
Exam drill: stressing content words and weakening function words to keep an even beat
Act as my SS1 English tutor and drill me exam-style on stressing content words and weakeni
Check my understanding: preparing and delivering a talk from note cards without reading
Act as my SS1 English tutor and check whether I understand preparing and delivering a talk
Quiz me: identifying j, z and zh sounds in words
Act as my SS1 English tutor and quiz me on picking out the sounds /j/, /z/ and /ʒ/ in word
Quiz me: pronouncing words with a consonant-plus-w sound
Act as my SS1 English tutor and quiz me on pronouncing and using words such as 'twist', 's
Practise: transcribing words with consonant-plus-j and syllabic l
Act as my SS1 English tutor and help me practise transcribing words such as 'curious', 'hu
Quiz me: identifying the syllabic n sound in different word positions
Act as my SS1 English tutor and quiz me on finding the syllabic [n] sound in words like 's
Help me practise: pronouncing two-syllable words stressed on the second syllable
Act as my SS1 English tutor and help me practise pronouncing words like 'enjoy', 'impound'
Quiz me: word stress on words like enjoy, invite and incite
Act as my SS1 English tutor and quiz me on saying and using words such as 'enjoy', 'invite
Teach me: listening for main points and useful expressions
Act as my SS1 English tutor and play or describe a short audio talk for me, then teach me
Check my understanding: structuring a short talk for an audience
Act as my SS1 English tutor and check my understanding of how to organise a short talk, id
Practise: building a table of nominalised words
Act as my SS1 English tutor and help me build a table of adjectives and verbs alongside th
Teach me: the three reading sub-skills
Act as my SS1 English tutor and teach me the three reading sub-skills — scanning, skimming
Teach me: the format and tone of an informal letter
Act as my SS1 English tutor and teach me the format of an informal letter — address, salut
Writing task: an informal letter to a friend
Act as my SS1 English tutor and give me a writing task to write an informal letter to a fr
Writing task: a formal letter to a school authority
Act as my SS1 English tutor and give me a writing task to write a formal letter to a schoo
Writing task: a short semi-formal letter
Act as my SS1 English tutor and give me a writing task to write a short semi-formal letter