750 prompts matching "Grammar: Spot My Mistake — the phrase written as though it were a clause"
Upgrade my words: making 'nice' more precise
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me at least eight more precise words to use inste
Simile or metaphor? tell them apart
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me the difference between a simile and a metaphor
Building strong similes about the weather
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Help me practise building vivid similes about different
Proverb power: Nigerian proverbs and their meanings
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me the meaning behind well-known Nigerian proverb
Scanning skill: finding an answer fast
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to scan a passage quickly to find a specif
Inference questions: reading between the lines
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to answer inference questions by reading b
Common Entrance exam: pacing myself across sections
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to pace myself sensibly across the differe
Connectives that show contrast
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me a bank of connectives that show contrast, such
Repetition as a deliberate cohesive device
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how writers sometimes repeat words on purpose
Using synonyms to avoid repeating the same word
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to use synonyms to avoid repeating the sam
Using 'however' and 'therefore' correctly
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me the correct punctuation and placement for usin
Checking my handwriting is legible to a stranger
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me a simple way to check whether my handwriting w
Listening for the main point in a speech
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to listen for the main point of a short sp
Listening for tone: is the speaker serious or joking
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to listen for tone of voice to work out wh
Determiners: this, that, these, those
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me how to use the determiners this, that, these a
Commas in a list versus commas for clauses
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Teach me the difference between using commas in a list
Building my personal 'wow words' list
Act as my Primary 6 English tutor. Help me build a personal list of impressive 'wow words'
Explain changing the pronouns in reported speech
You are my Primary 6 English teacher. Teach me changing the pronouns in reported speech step by step, with an example I would meet in Nigeria. Check I have followed each step, then set me one question to try.
Explain adding the suffix -ful
You are my Primary 6 English teacher. Teach me adding the suffix -ful step by step, with a
Mixed review: consolidating the term's punctuation
You are my Primary 6 English teacher. Revise consolidating the term's punctuation with me: